Triple Points
A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs.
What is a Stimulant?
100
A group of alcohol-related birth defects that include physical and mental problems.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
100
Daily Double
A substance that causes physiological or psychological dependence.
What is an Addictive Drug?
100
The process that occurs in the body when nicotine, an addictive drug, is no longer used.
What are Nicotine Withdrawals?
100
Daily Double
A severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose:
What is Alcohol Poisoning?
200
Daily Double
Drinking 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting.
Binge Drinking
200
List the three factors directly associated with Alcohol Use:
Peer Pressure
Family
Media Messages
200
What is a carcinogen?
A cancer- causing substance.
200
The type of alcohol in alcoholic beverages; is a powerful and addictive drug
What is Ethanol?
200
A thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns:
What is Tar?
300
The smoke exhaled from the lungs of a smoker.
What is Mainstream Smoke?
300
A disease in which a person has a physical or psychological dependence on drinks that contain alcohol.
What is Alcoholism?
300
The state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another substance and the person’s physical and mental control is significantly reduced.
What is Intoxication?
300
Daily Double
True or False.
Tar in cigarette smoke replaces oxygen in the blood?
What is false? Carbon Monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood. Carbon Monoxide is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas.
300
True or False.
Cigars contain less cancer-causing tar than regular cigarettes?
What is False? They actually contain more and have no filter.
400
True or False.
Children of smokers are less likely to suffer from asthma than children of nonsmokers
What is False?
400
On average how many American teens drinking alcohol?
9 million American teens use alcohol.
400
The process by which the body breaks down substances
What is Metabolism?
400
What is the number one cause of deaths and disabilities among American teens?
Alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents. Be responsible and always have a DD. Remember the legal BAC in Louisiana is .08 for adults and .02 for those underage. You must be 21 to purchase or possess alcohol.
400
True or False.
Smoking increases blood pressure and leads to an increased risk of stroke?
What is True? Hypertension, stroke, and cancer
500
True or False.
ETS is a Department of Health and Human Services program to promote health nationwide?
What is False?
ETS stands for Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Secondhand smoke, is air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke.
500
The excessive use of alcohol- at some time before the age of 18.
What is Alcohol Abuse?
500
The addictive drug found in tobacco leaves:
What is Nicotine?
500
What percentage of homicides and suicides are linked to alcohol abuse?
Suicides - 33%
Homicides - 50%
500
How many known carcinogen are found in cigarettes?
If you can tell me how many are in smokeless tobacco this questions will be worth double points!!!!