Alcohol Definitions
A substance that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body.
What is a stimulant?
The main addictive drug in tobacco that makes quitting so hard.
What is nicotine?
This is the percentage of Americans who drink alcoholic beverages.
What is 65%?
This is the immediate effect smoking has on the heart.
What is increased heart rate (or beat faster)?
True or false, people who drink alcohol get a great night's sleep.
FALSE!
A drug contained in beverages such as beer, wine, malt beverages, and liquor.
What is alcohol?
Heart Disease, Lung Cancer, and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (e.g., emphysema) are examples of what?
What are long term health consequences?
The type of drinking that is appropriate to the time and place. Most Americans call themselves this type.
What is social drinking?
This is the most preventable cause of death in the United States.
What is tobacco use?
BAC stands for?
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration?
Once it reaches the brain, it slows down the brain's activity.
What is a depressant?
A hard time concentrating or sleeping, have strong urges to smoke, or just feel generally uncomfortable are feelings that are called _________.
What is withdrawal?
After alcohol enters the bloodstream it travels to this organ.
What is the brain?
_____ oz of beer = 5 oz of wine = 1.5 oz of liquor
What is 12 ounces?
Smoking cigarettes can lead to build up of _____ in the lungs.
What is TAR?
This kind of drinking is destructive and frequently increases a person's problems rather than decreasing them.
What is compulsive or problem drinking?
E-cigarette vapor is NOT water vapor, it is this.
What is aerosol?
This is the current legal limit in the U.S., at this level it is considered illegal and unsafe to drive. You will lose more coordination, so your balance, speech, reaction times, and even hearing will get worse.
What is .08%?
This is the element that the heart needs more of when it starts to beat faster.
What is oxygen?
________ is dangerous for people and animals when around people that smoke.
What is Secondhand Smoke?
The metric used to measure the amount of alcohol in a person’s bloodstream.
What is BAC?
The nicotine in one JUUL pod is equivalent to this.
What is a pack of cigarettes?
This level of BAC may put you in a coma or cause sudden death because your heart or breathing will suddenly stop. This is what is known as a lethal blood alcohol level.
What is .40% and over?
Alcohol related deaths are the __________ leading cause of preventable deaths in the US.
What is third?
Long term alcohol use can lead to damage of this organ.
What is the Liver?