Tobacco Vocab
What is the addictive drug found in tobacco leaves?
What is nicotine?
What happens to heart rate and respiration shortly after using tobacco?
What is that both increase?
What is tobacco called when it is sniffed through the nose, held in the mouth, or chewed?
What is smokeless tobacco?
Name one benefit of living tobacco-free related to physical fitness.
What is better cardiovascular endurance, improved lung function, or improved athletic performance?
What addictive substance in tobacco causes users to want more?
What is nicotine?
What is a cancer-causing substance called?
What is a carcinogen?
What are two short-term effects of tobacco use besides increased heart rate and respiration?
What are bad breath, yellowed teeth, dulled taste buds, reduced appetite, or smelly hair, skin, and clothes?
True or false: Pipes and cigars are harmless alternatives to cigarettes.
What is false?
What is one way to reduce the chance of using tobacco when friends pressure you?
What is using refusal skills, reducing peer pressure, or surrounding yourself with positive influences?
What is the name for the symptoms people may experience when they stop using tobacco?
What is nicotine withdrawal?
What is the thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns?
What is tar?
What are two long-term lung diseases caused by tobacco use?
What are chronic bronchitis and emphysema?
Name one type of cancer that pipe and cigar smokers have an increased risk of developing.
What is cancer of the lips, mouth, throat, larynx, lungs, or esophagus?
Name one reason some teens mistakenly believe tobacco use is helpful.
What is believing it helps with weight control, coping with stress, appearing mature, or seeming independent?
Name one symptom of nicotine withdrawal.
What are cravings, anxiety, irritability, difficulty concentrating, or sleep disturbances?
What is the colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that deprives body tissues of oxygen?
What is carbon monoxide?
What two major cardiovascular problems are linked to long-term tobacco use?
What are coronary heart disease and stroke?
What can develop in the mouth from using smokeless tobacco and may lead to oral cancer?
What is leukoplakia?
Name two factors that have contributed to fewer high school students using tobacco products.
What are tobacco legislation, no-smoking policies, family values, and positive peer pressure? Any two.
What is a program that provides information and help to people who want to stop using tobacco called?
What is a tobacco cessation program?
What is the term for thickened, white, leathery spots inside the mouth that can develop into oral cancer?
What is leukoplakia?
How does tar harm the respiratory system?
What is that it paralyzes and destroys cilia and damages alveoli and lung tissue?
According to the notes, how do cigars compare with cigarettes in nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide?
What is that cigars contain significantly more nicotine and produce more tar and carbon monoxide?
How can knowing about media and advertising techniques help teens avoid tobacco?
What is recognizing that tobacco may be made to look appealing while remembering its health risks?
Name two strategies that can help someone quit tobacco.
What are preparing for quit day, getting support, accessing professional health services, or replacing tobacco with healthier alternatives? Any two.