Brain and Body
Nicotine is classified as this type of drug because it speeds up the messages traveling between the brain and body
What is a stimulant?
Instead of smoke, e-cigarettes heat up a liquid to create this mist that users inhale.
What is an aerosol (water vapor)?
This 10-letter word means being physically or mentally dependent on a substance, making it incredibly hard to stop using it.
What is addiction?
This sticky, black substance is created when tobacco burns and coats the inside of a smoker's lungs.
What is tar?
This toll-free national hotline number can be called to get free help and coaching to quit smoking or vaping.
What is 1-800-QUIT-NOW?
Because it causes blood vessels to narrow, nicotine forces this organ to beat much faster than normal.
What is the heart?
Most e-cigarettes or "vapes" that claim to be "nicotine-free" actually still contain nicotine.
What is True?
Once inhaled, it takes nicotine only about this many seconds to zoom through the bloodstream and hit the brain.
What is 7 to 10 seconds?
This is the name for the smoke breathed out by a smoker or given off by a burning cigarette that can harm nearby non-smokers.
What is secondhand smoke?
Gums, lozenges, and skin patches that give a person small, safe amounts of nicotine to help them quit are called NRTs, which stands for this.
What is Nicotine Replacement Therapy?
Nicotine tricks the brain into releasing this "feel-good" chemical, which makes the user want to try it again
What is dopamine?
Many vape companies add these types of ingredients, like cotton candy or mango, specifically to target and appeal to young people.
What are flavors (or sweet flavorings)?
Over time, the brain gets used to nicotine and needs more of it to feel the same effect. This build-up is known as this.
What is tolerance?
Cigarettes contain over 70 known carcinogens, which is the scientific word for chemicals that cause this deadly disease.
People trying to quit often crave nicotine when they experience this common school or life emotion, even though nicotine actually makes it worse over time.
What is stress?
When someone stops using nicotine, they might feel grumpy, tired, or anxious. This uncomfortable phase is called this.
What is withdrawal?
E-liquids often contain this dangerous chemical, also found in antifreeze, used to help make the vapor cloud.
What is developing (or growing)?
These microscopic "docking stations" in the brain are what nicotine locks onto to trigger chemical releases.
What are acetylcholine receptors (accept nicotinic receptors)?
This poisonous gas found in cigarette smoke takes the place of oxygen in your red blood cells. (Hint: It's the same gas that comes out of car exhaust pipes!)
What is carbon monoxide?
The largest non-profit public health organization in United States that deals with nicotine addiction.
What is Thetruthinitiative.org?
In nature, tobacco plants actually produce nicotine for this specific purpose to survive.
What is a natural insecticide (or bug repellent)?
E-liquids often contain this dangerous chemical, also found in antifreeze, used to help make the vapor cloud.
What is propylene glycol?
This specific part of the brain responsible for decision-making and impulse control is heavily disrupted by adolescent nicotine use.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Smoking damages these tiny, hair-like structures in your lungs that are supposed to sweep out dirt and mucus.
What are cilia?
When a person completely stops using nicotine, their heart rate and blood pressure actually begin to drop back to normal within this surprisingly short amount of time.
What is 20 minutes?