Health Effects
An addictive, toxic substance present in tobacco products.
What is nicotine?
The physical and psychological need for a substance or behavior.
What is addiction?
A method of battling nicotine in which tobacco users gradually reduce their nicotine consumption.
The most commonly thought of form of tobacco when you hear the word “ smoking .”
What are cigarettes?
More than 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by smoking.
Truth
Substances that cause cancer.
What are carcinogens?
The use of a drug or intentional misuse of medication.
What is substance abuse?
The technique of avoiding situations that may lead to drug use.
What is stimulus control?
A newer kind of tobacco, this device is shaped like a cigarette, cigar, or pen and does not contain tobacco.
What is e-cigarette?
Total economic cost of smoking is $100 billion a year
False
Tobacco smoke in the environment that may affect a person even if he or she does not smoke.
What is secondhand smoke?
A condition in which the body adjusts to a given substance.
What is tolerance?
The surgical removal of the larynx.
What is laryngectomy?
A kind of smokeless tobacco product that is chewed in order to release nicotine and flavor.
What is chewing tobacco?
On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers.
True
A chronic disease characterized by episodes of blocked airflow to the lungs.
What is asthma?
The unpleasant physical or psychological symptoms associated with attempting to stop using.
What is withdrawal?
What tobacco companies spend more money on than anything else.
What is advertising?
White nicotine pouches, without tobacco for recreational use.
What is Zyn?
Each day, about 600 youth try their first cigarette.
False
A thick, sticky substance produced by burning tobacco.
What is tar?
A condition in which a person relies on a substance to function or feel normal.
What is dependence?
What is 21?
A cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking.
What is cigar?
Many adult cigarette smokers want to quit smoking
True.