Facts about tobacco
Vocabulary
Diseases
Respiratory system
100
What ratio of smokers will die because of it?
1/2
100
What is a physical impairment of the heart and/or blood vessels
Cardio vascular disease
100
Name it he first thing alike about the respiratory system and a tree.
They look alike
200
About how many teens start smoking each day?
5,000
200
What is a dark sticky mixture of chemicals that forms when tobacco burn?
Tar
200
What are 3 types of blood vessels
1. Artery 2. Capillary 3. Veins
200
Name the second thing alike about the respiratory system and a tree.
The trachea and the trunk are the bases
300
How quickly does nicotine reach the brain?
7 seconds
300
What are cancer causing agents?
Carcinogen
300
What is it when the bronchial tubes become swollen/clogged with mucus?
Chronic bronchitis
300
Name the third thing alike between the respiratory system and a tree.
Bronchial tubes are like the branches
400
What are four cause of death combined that don't equal smoking as a cause?
Drugs, car accidents, murder and, aids.
400
What is any chemical that speeds the CNS?
Stimulate
400
What is it when the alveoli lose ability to expand/contract (exchange oz/co2).
Emphysema
400
Name the forth thing similar between the respiratory system and a tree.
The alveoli are like the leaves
500
What is ironic about cigarettes being the most advertised product?
They're not supposed to advertise it on tv and radio.
500
What is a colorless odorless poisonous gas in tobacco smoke?
Carbon monoxide
500
What is it when hard, white, leather patches form in the mouth from execive tobacco use?
Leukoplakia
500
Name the fifth and final thing similar between the respiratory system and a tree.
They both exchange oz/co2
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