Tobacco & Nicotine - 1
Only known natural source of Nicotine
What is Tobacco?
Half-life of nicotine, affecting the amount of time in between cigarettes, based on cravings.
What is estimated to be 90 to 150 minutes?
Alcohol most people drink, produced through ______. Type of beverage depends on the type of sugar.
What is fermentation?
Still an incredible group of motivated, sharp, cool people.
Active ingredient in Tobacco.
What is Nicotine?
In addition to raising heart rate and blood pressure, nicotine constricts _____ _____ to the skin.
What is blood flow?
A higher level of alcohol is produced through ______, which starts with fermentation, is heated, and then condensed after cooling.
What is distillation?
Mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration?
Average number of cigarettes smoked daily by those who smoke.
What is 13?
Psychological withdrawal from nicotine (person believes they cannot live without it), said to be equal to ______ withdrawal.
What is heroin?
Absorption of alcohol takes place in the digestive tract. It goes through _____ _____ ______ (stomach to small intestine to liver) before becoming bioavailable.
What is First Pass Metabolism?
Alcohol has a similar effect to brain damage to the ______ ______; causes impulsivity & interferes with memory, attention, planning, problem-solving, etc.
What is the prefrontal cortex (PFC)?
Nicotine is highly ________ so it can get into the cell easily and quickly, directly through the cell membrane.
What is lipid-soluble?
Symptoms include craving, irritability, anxiety, hostility, concentration difficulties, impatience, and insomnia.
What is nicotine abstinence syndrome?
Enzyme that breaks down alcohol.
What is alcohol dehydrogenase?
Alcohol passes through this barrier, leading to it being in an unborn child's bloodstream, at any point during pregnancy.
What is the placental barrier?
Cigarettes, cigars, and pipes utilize inhalation for absorption through the _______ ______ in the lungs.
What are mucous membranes?
Symptoms include co-occurrence of chronic bronchitis and emphysema; causes destruction of the lungs.
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
Alcohol is both ______ and ______ soluble.
What are lipid and water?
In spite of the initial euphoric effects, alcohol is actually a ________.
What is depressant?