Carbon Monoxide & Hemoglobin
This poisonous gas in cigarette smoke binds to hemoglobin, preventing oxygen transport.
What is carbon monoxide?
A common immediate symptom of reduced oxygen-carrying capacity due to smoking.
What is shortness of breath?
The location where the reporter conducted interviews about smoking.
What is Trench Town?
The Ministry responsible for public health in Jamaica and therefore in charge of most matters related to smoking
What is the Ministry of Health and Wellness?
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
What is hemoglobin?
A long-term lung condition caused by damage to the air sacs.
What is emphysema?
A common symptom of smoking described by the elderly woman.
What is coughing or shortness of breath?
A type of program offered by the Ministry to help people quit smoking.
What are smoking cessation programs?
The compound formed when carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin.
What is carboxyhemoglobin?
A long-term lung condition causing inflammation and mucus buildup.
What is chronic bronchitis?
The elderly woman said that this person was lost due to smoking.
Who was her husband?
The Minister of Health and Wellness in the news report.
Who is Dr. Christopher Tufton?
Carbon monoxide has a much stronger attraction to this, than oxygen.
What is hemoglobin?
According to Dr. Thompson, severe cases of oxygen deficiency from smoking can lead to these problems
What are cardiovascular complications (Affect the heart and blood vessels)?
A feeling described by the young man when he tried smoking.
What is dizziness or a fast heartbeat?
A message given by Dr. Thompson to people who are thinking about smoking.
What is "Don't"?
The medical term for the oxygen deficiency caused by carbon monoxide binding to hemoglobin.
What is Hypoxia?
The condition where the passages of the lungs become swollen and irritated, eventually losing their function.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
The elderly woman said that these people need to see the real picture of smoking.
Who are the youth?
The number one preventable cause of death in the world is smoking, according to whom?
Who is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention?