Basic Facts
Any substance (besides food) taken into the body that can change the way you think, feel, or act.
Drug
Smoking causes this condition of the skin to happen more rapidly.
Wrinkles (aging)
This insecticide is a highly addictive poison used as the main chemical in a cigarette.
Nicotine
Electronic devices that have a battery, a heating element, and a place to hold liquid.
E-cigarette
This is type of smoke is breathed in by children in proximity to a smoker and can cause asthma.
Second-hand smoke.
What does tobacco come from?
A plant
What "buzz" effect(s) do cigarettes have on a person that they end up becoming addicted to?
It can make them feel "alert" or "energetic" for a very brief time.
A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas released by burning tobacco.
Carbon Monoxide
The most commonly used tobacco product among youth.
E-cigarettes or "vapes"
What sport is chew/spit tobacco most commonly associated with?
Baseball
Feeling dependent on a substance or activity.
Addiction
When you inhale a cigarette, the nicotine travels to the bloodstream and then to the brain in how many seconds?
It only takes 8 seconds!
This main chemical in cigarettes harms the developing brain and increases the risk for future addiction to other drugs.
Nicotine
The action of inhaling and exhaling the vapor produced by an e-cigarette or similar device.
"Vaping"
Tobacco is the leading cause of ______________ death in the world.
Preventable
Tobacco is classified as this type of drug.
(Hint - Alcohol is classified as a depressant).
Stimulant
This is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes that many smokers experience that causes chronic coughing, and excessive mucus production. Yuck!
Chronic Bronchitis
According to what we covered in class, how many known chemicals are in a cigarette?
3,000 or more. Gross!
A single e-cigarette pod contains as much nicotine as how many regular cigarettes?
A pack of 20
On average, the life expectancy of a smoker is ____ years less than a nonsmoker.
10-15 years!
Approximately how many teenagers try smoking for the first time each day?
2,500-3,000 per day! Don't be a statistic.
List 5 different physical effects that cigarettes and tobacco can have on a person's body.
Yellow teeth and fingernails, smelly clothes, bad breath, high blood pressure, smokers voice, lung cancer, heart disease, wrinkles, etc.
Name the 3 most poisonous chemicals in a cigarette.
Nicotine, Tar, and Carbon Monoxide
These are "cancer causing agents" in cigarettes and e-cigarettes...chemicals known to cause cancer.
Carcinogens
List 5 different ways tobacco can be consumed that were mentioned in class.
Cigarette, cigar, pipe, chew, dip, hookah, e-cigarettes