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Diseases and Dangers
Quitting
Smoking and Pregnancy
Statistics of Smoking
Vocabulary
100
thickened, white, leathery appearing spots on the inside of a smokeless tobacco user's mouth that could develop into cancers of the mouth
What is leukoplakia
100
The American public is working toward becoming this type of society.
What is smoke-free
100
This many children die every year from parents who smoke.
What is 6,200
100
The number of Americans that are regular smokeless tobacco users.
What is over 12 million
100
cancer-causing substances
What are carcinogens
200
hardening of the arteries and gradually clogs the blood vessels to the heart; increases risk of heart attack
What is arteriosclerosis
200
This is placed on the body and gives off decreasing amounts of nicotine.
What is the nicotine patch
200
Children of smokers can develop this type of cancer.
What is lung cancer
200
The fraction of adults who smoked as teens will die from a smoke related cause.
What is one third
200
tobacco that is sniffed through the nose or chewed
What is smokeless tobacco
300
a condition in which the bronchi are irritated
What is chronic bronchitis
300
Former smokers often experience a sense of this after quitting.
What is freedom
300
This passes through the placenta constricting the blood vessels of the fetus in the mother's uterus.
What is nicotine
300
Of the teens who light up their first cigarette, this many will become regular smokers.
What is 3,000
300
a thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns
What is tar
400
cancerous cells grow in these conditions, block the bronchi, and move to the lungs
What is lung cancer
400
Physical fitness after quitting reduces the chance of this disease.
What is heart disease
400
This reduces the oxygen levels in the mother's and fetus's blood.
What is carbon monoxide
400
Teens that light up their first cigarette every day in the U. S.
What is 6,000
400
the process that occurs when nicotine is no longer used
What is nicotine withdrawal
500
a condition that involves the destruction of the tiny air sacs in the lungs through which oxygen is absorbed into the body
What is emphysema
500
This type of endurance can be a benefit to physical health by quitting.
What is cardiorespiratory.
500
Nicotine can be passed through this after the baby is born.
What is breast-feeding
500
The fraction of American teens who smoke.
What is one fifth
500
manufactured forms of nicotine that deliver small amounts of the drug into the user's system while they are trying to give up the tobacco habit
What are nicotine substitutes