Definitions
A physical or psychological dependence on a substance or activity
What is Addition?
Smoke inhaled by nonsmokers
What is passive smoke?
The leading cause of cancer deaths among males
What is lung cancer?
The fraction that tells how many people who begin smoking as teens will eventually die from a smoking-related cause
What is one-third?
Tobacco that is sniffed through the nose or chewed
What is smoke-less tobacco?
A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that passes through the lungs into the blood
What is carbon monoxide?
An inflammation of the bronchi in the lungs, more common among smokers than among nonsmokers
What is bronchitis?
The number of Americans who are regular users of smokeless tobacco
What is 12 million?
A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heat, and other organs
What is a stimulant?
The smoke that a smoker blows off
What is mainstream smoke?
A smoking related disease in which the alveoli in the lungs burst and blend to form fewer, larger sacs with less surface area
What is emphysema?
The period of time after quitting smoking in which an ex-smoker's oxygen levels rise to normal
What is 8 hours?
Cancer-causing substances
What are carcinogens?
Increased chance of spontaneous abortion and prenatal death, low birth weight, and growth and development problems during early childhood
What are some risks of smoking during pregnancy?
Thickened, white, leathery-appearing spots on the inside of a smokeless-tobacco user's mouth
The number of American teens who light up their first cigarette every day
What is 6,000?