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What is a series of painful physical and mental symptoms that a person experiences when stopping an addictive substance called?
Withdrawal
What is using alcohol in ways that are unhealthy, illegal, or both called?
Alcohol Abuse
What is a substance other than food that changes the structure or function of the body or mind?
Drug
What term describes the amount of alcohol in the blood?
Blood alcohol concentration
Which term describes the smoke that is inhaled and then exhaled by a smoker?
Mainstream smoke
Which type of drug slows down the body's functions and reactions, including heart and breathing rates?
Depressant
Which term describes a disease that results in the destruction of the alveoli in the lungs?
Emphysema
What term describes having several drinks in a short period of time?
Binge Drinking
What term describes a conscious or unconscious restraint on a person's behaviors or actions?
Inhibitions
What is the addictive, habit-forming drug found in tobacco called?
Nicotine
What is a dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short time period?
Alcohol Poisoning
What is a group of alcohol-related birth defects that include both physical and mental problems?
Fetal alcohol syndrome
What colorless, odorless, poisonous gas is produced when tobacco is burned?
Carbon Monoxide
What is a gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help?
Intervention
What does DWI stand for?
Driving while intoxicated
What is the physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance called?
Detoxification
What are products that assist a person in breaking a tobacco habit called?
Nicotine replacement therapies (NRT)
What are persons called who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue unacceptable behavior?
Enablers
What is the thick, dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns?
Tar
What is a disease in which a person has a physical and psychological need for alcohol?
Alcoholism
Which term describes a person's belief that he or she needs a drug to feel good or function normally?
Psychological dependence
What is the scarring and destruction of liver tissue called?
Cirrhosis
What is the condition in which passages in the lungs become swollen and irritated, eventually losing their elasticity?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
What is an addiction in which the body develops a chemical need for a drug called?
Physical dependence
Which term describes a return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop?
Relapse