Definitions
Cigarettes
Diseases
Statistics
Quitting Tobacco
100
a physical or psychological despendence on a substance or activity
What is an addiction?
100
smoke inhaled by nonsmokers
What is passive or secondhand smoke?
100
the leading cause of cancer deaths among males
What is lung cancer?
100
the fraction that tells how many people who begin smoking as teens will eventually die from a smoking-related cause
What is one-third?
100
they live longer than those who continue to use tobacco
What is one reason people quit using tobacco?
200
tobacco that is sniffed through the nose or chewed
What is smokeless tobacco?
200
a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that passes through the lungs into the blood
What is carbon monoxide?
200
a disease that inerferes with breathing
What is COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)?
200
the number of Americans who are regular users of smokeless tobacco
What is 12 million?
200
worn on the skin of the upper body or arms. It releases nicotine into the bloodstream at a slow rate; it does not contain cancer-causing chemicals.
What is a nicotine patch?
300
a drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs
What is a stimulant?
300
the smoke that is directly inhaled into the smoker's mouth & lungs
What is mainstream smoke?
300
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?
300
the period of time after quitting smoking in which an ex-smoker's oxygen levels rise to normal
What is 8 hours?
300
chewing gum that releases nicotine when chewed; does not contain cancer-causing chemicals.
What is nicotine chewing gum?
400
cancer-causing substances
What is a carcinogen?
400
increased chance of spontaneous abortion and prenatal death, low birth weight, and growth and developmental problems during early childhood
What are some risks of smoking during pregnancy?
400
thickened, white, leathery-appearing spots ont he inside of a smoke-less tobacco user's mouth
What is leukoplakia?
400
the number of American teens who light up their first cigarette every day
What is 3000?
400
a program to help a person stop smoking or using smokeless tobacco
What is a tobacco cessation program?
500
a stimulant drug found in tobacco products--including cigarettes, clove cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, and snuff
What is nicotine?
500
this is the leading cause of fires
What is cigarette smoking?
500
smoking is a major cause of death from these type of diseases
What is cardiovascular disease?
500
the number of different chemicals in tobacco smoke
What is 4000?
500
most common side effects are shakiness and skin rash
What are side effects for non-nicotine pill?
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