Tobacco Facts
What are the two categories of tobacco products?
Smoking tobacco and smokeless tobacco
What is the addictive chemicals in cigarettes?
Nicotine
What are 2 harmful chemicals in e-cigarettes?
Nicotine and Metals
Tar can fill up/cover what part of the body making it harder to breathe?
The lungs
Tobacco smoke damages the alveoli, the tiny air sacs in your lungs.
Respiratory System
Name 2 of the three harmful chemicals in tobacco
Tar, nicotine and/or carbon monoxide
When a cigarette user smokes and someone around them inhales their smoke, what is that called?
Second hand smoke
Why were e-cigarettes invented?
To get cigarette smokers to stop smoking since there is no tobacco in e-cigarettes
Name 3 parts of the body that gets effects by cigarette smoke.
(Answer can not be a vital organ)
Skin, fingers, teeth, gums
Chemicals in tobacco travel in the blood through the kidneys and bladder. These chemicals damage cells inside the bladder, increasing the risk of cancer.
Excretory System
After a user smokes, how many seconds does it take for nicotine to get up to the brain?
10 seconds
What age can someone legally purchase cigarettes?
21 years old
The amount of nicotine in one pod is equivalent to the nicotine in how many cigarettes?
20 or one pack
What is a disease that makes it harder to breathe and hurts the lungs?
Emphysema
Smoking can lead to mouth and stomach ulcers. It can also harm teeth and gums, causes yellowing of teeth, cavities, gum disease and teeth falling out.
Digestive System
What chemical is released in the brain that helps users become addicted?
Dopamine
Long term cigarette use can be linked to what 2 diseases?
Lund disease and heart disease
Why are teens at a greater risk of addiction?
Their brains are still developing
What are 3 short term effects of cigarette smoking?
Bad breath, fatigue/dizzyness, shortness of breath, headaches, less oxygen to the body, increased heart rate
Smoking squeezes blood vessels, making it harder for blood to travel through the body. This increases the chance of heart attack or stroke.
Circulatory System.
What is the name of finely ground tobacco inhaled and held in the mouth or cheeks?
Snuff
People try smoking cigarettes to calm down or to relieve stress. Explain why it has the opposite effect on the user
Nicotine rushes travels through the blood constricting blood vessels. The heart has to work harder to pump blood around the body since the blood vessels are constricted. Since the heart beats faster, a person does not calm down. In fact, their heart beats faster.
Explain why e-cigarette companies created flavorful e-cigarettes
Companies are trying to attack kids at a young age so they can become life long users and get more money from the users.
Nickel, lead or tin
Nicotine travels to the brain. The brain then releases dopamine, making the body happy and becoming addicted to nicotine. Tobacco users can suffer from shortness of breath or stroke.
Nervous System