Nicotine Facts
What are 3 nicotine delivery systems?
Cigarettes, Cigars, Smokeless Tobacco (lozenges, strips, chewing tobacco) Hookahs, E-Cigs
Name at least 3 areas of your body can be effected by smoking.
1. Brain 2. Mouth & teeth 3. Eyes 4. Neck & Throat 5. Ears 6. Lungs 7. Heart 8. Digestive System 9. Hormones\ Endocrine System
Name 5 coping skills.
1. Talking to someone 2. going for a walk or run 3. going to the gym 4. taking a nap 5. eat something healthy 6. journal 7. sing in the shower 8. listening to music 9. Go fishing 10. Draw
What other coping skills do you have?
What part of your body gets warmer when you lie?
nose
How many milligrams of nicotine is delivered when smoking cigarettes?
They deliver 1–2 mg of nicotine per cigarette or
about 40 mg per pack
How does nicotine use effect your mouth?
Smoking raises risks for gum disease, ulcers, mouth sores, and oral cancers. It also stains your teeth.
What are coping skills?
When used correctly, coping skills can help improve well-being. They can reduce the symptoms of depression, anxiety or urges to use substances.
What is the shortest month of the year?
February
How many chemicals are in a single cigarette?
7000+ Chemicals
How does nicotine use effect your lungs?
It can cause breathing problems and cancer.
Smoking can permanently damage lungs, causing scarring, serious lung diseases, and lung cancer.
What is coping skill requires you to breathe in, hold it and exhale?
Deep breathing:
Breathe in through your nose, deeply enough that the hand on your abdomen rises. Hold the air in your lungs, and then exhale slowly through your mouth, with your lips puckered as if you are blowing through a straw. The secret is to go slow: Time the inhalation (4s), pause (4s), and exhalation (6s). Practice for 3 to 5 minutes.
What animal causes the most deaths per year?
The world's deadliest animal is the mosquito.
According to the World Health Organization, 725,000 people are killed each year from mosquito-borne diseases, such as Malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever.
How much nicotine is delivered in smokeless tobacco?
One dip can deliver up to five times as much nicotine as a single cigarette. It also contains 4,000+chemicals, including formaldehyde, metals like nickel and lead, and cancer-causing substances.
Name 1 way nicotine use effect your heart?
Heart Attack, Cholesterol, blood clots and stroke
Smoking thickens the blood. This strains the heart, raising a person’s risk for heart attack,
blood clots, and stroke.
What is imagery?
The practice of changing your thoughts to change the way you feel.
Think of a place that you find comforting. For 5 to 10 minutes, use all your senses to imagine this setting in great detail.
What was the 1st drug to be abused?
Alcohol
What year did congress pass the Narcotic Import and export Act?
1922
How does nicotine use effect your brain?
Early exposure to nicotine can do damage to
areas of the brain that control attention,
learning, mood, and impulse control.
Smoking raises a person’s
risk of stroke.
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
The tensing and relaxing the muscles throughout your body to achieve relaxation.
This is achieved by tensing your muscles in different parts of your body tightly. Hold the tension for 10 seconds and pay close attention to how it feels. Then, release the tension, and notice how the feeling of relaxation differs from the feeling of tension.
What animal makes the loudest sound?
The Blue Whale