Health Risks of Tobacco Use
Health Risks Continued...
Choosing to Live Tobacco-Free
Promoting Smoke-Free Environment
Bonus
100
A substance that causes physiological or psychological dependence
What is addictive drug
100
A colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas, which is another compound found in cigarette smoke.
What is carbon monoxide
100
The process that occurs in the body when nicotine, an addictive drug, is no longer used
What is nicotine withdrawal
100
Also known as secondhand smoke. The air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke.
What is environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
100
True or False? Smokeless tobacco is less harmful than cigarettes?
What is False, it is equally as harmful
200
The addictive drug found in tobacco leaves
What is nicotine
200
Tobacco that is sniffed through the nose, held in the mouth, or chewed.
What is smokeless tobacco
200
Products that deliver small amounts of nicotine into the user's system while he or she is trying to give up the tobacco habit
What is nicotine substitutes
200
The smoke exhaled from the lungs of a smoker
What is mainstream smoke
200
A DEPRESSANT is a drug that increases the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs?
What is False, a STIMULANT
300
A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs.
What is stimulant
300
Thickened, white, leathery-looking spots on the inside of the mouth that can develop into oral cancer.
What is Leukoplakia
300
A course that provides information and help to people who want to stop using tobacco
What is tobacco cessation program
300
The smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar
What is sidestream smoke
300
Name TWO nicotine substitutes
What is nicotine gum nicotine patches e-cigarettes
400
A cancer-causing substance
What is carcinogen
400
Name one short-term effect that tobacco use has on the body.
What is brain chemistry changes respiration and heart rate increase taste buds are dulled and appetite is reduced users have bad breath, yellowed teeth, and smelly hair, skin, and clothes
400
What is a strategy to use for avoiding tobacco (name at least one)
What is Surround yourself with positive influences Reduce peer pressure Be prepared with refusal skills
400
Which type of ETS has higher concentrations of carcinogens, nicotine, and tar?
side-stream
400
Leukoplakia can develop into which condition? emphysema, oral cancer, heart disease, bad breath
What is ORAL CANCER
500
What are the three harmful substances found in tobacco smoke?
What is tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide
500
Why does a smoker tend to get sick easier?
Smoking decreases the effectiveness of the immune system.
500
What are symptoms of nicotine withdrawal
What is irritability, difficulty concentrating, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and cravings for tobacco
500
What are three ways that Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) affects children
What is Increases risk of ear infections respiratory problems sore throats
500
True or False? Carbon dioxide comes from the end of a burning cigarette
False, Carbon MONOXIDE