Tobacco & Nicotine
dependence in the mind
What is psychological?
over 4000 of these in cigarettes
What are chemicals?
yellow stained teeth, fingers and nails affect this
What is your appearance?
major cause of death and heart disease
What is smoking?
number of tumor causing chemicals in tobacco
What is 50?
colorless, odorless drug found in tobacco plants
What is nicotine?
there are 3 of these in a cigarette
What are radio-active chemicals?
medical costs, insurance cost, lighters and mints affect this
What are your finances?
replaces the oxygen in red blood cells
What is carbon monoxide?
what smoke does to cilia
What is paralyze?
odorless, tasteless, poisonous gas that is a byproduct of burning tobacco leaves
What is carbon monoxide?
thick, sticky fluid produced when tobacco burns
limited contact with non-smokers and employment opportunities affect this
What is your relationship?
needing more of a substance the more you use it
What is tolerance?
bronchial tubes constrict, making it difficult to breathe
What is asthma?
plant that produces leaves which are smoked
What is tobacco?
hair-like structures in the respiratory tract that trap dust and remove it
What is cilia?
$8 - $15 for each one
What is a pack of cigarettes?
stimulates the nervous system and is highly addictive
What is nicotine?
uncontrolled multiplication of abnormal cells
What is cancer?
nicotine raises this by 20 beats
What is the heart rate?
there are 100 of these in cigarettes
What are carcinogens? (cancer causing chemicals)
What are signs of smoking?
cigars, cigarettes, pipes and smokeless
air sacs in lungs build up with carbon dioxide, lose function
What is emphysema?