Facts About Tobacco
The Legal Age to buy tobacco products in Georgia
21
What happens when tobacco use constricts blood flow to the brain.
Stroke
How can vaping effect your social health?
Can in two ways.
What is second-hand smoke?
Air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke.
Why should athlete avoid smoking and vaping?
Clean lungs for better sports performance.
Name two types of smokeless tobacco
Patches, dip, chew, etc
2 Short-term effects of tobacco use
cravings, high heartrate, lose in taste and appetite, smelly clothes.
Why does smokeless tobacco effect your physical health?
It can lead to gum, mouth, or throat cancer.
What is a relapse?
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
Name to health reason to say no.
bad breathe, lung diseases, cancers, bad skin, etc
What is addictive?
•A person’s brain and body get used to the drug and they need the drug to feel normal.
Name one of the two types of lung disease caused from smoking.
Lung cancer, emphysema, COPD
How does smoking effect your environmental health?
Smoking affects the environment by contributing to pollution.
What is mainstream smoke?
The smoke that is inhaled and then exhaled by a smoker.
What is cold turkey?
Stopping all use of tobacco products immediately
What is the addictive chemical in tobacco?
Nicotine
4 long-term effects of tobacco use
Bronchitis, emphysema, COPD, lung cancer, & heart disease
How can using nicotine contribute to poor academic health?
Nicotine can cause you to become uninterested in learning in many ways.
What does the term withdrawl mean?
Symptoms that a person experiences when he or she stops using an addictive substance.
What is the S.T.O.P. strategy for smoking?
S= say no, T= tell why, O=offer other ideas, P=Promptly leave
Name three types of ways people smoke tobacco.
Cigarettes, cigar, pipe, hookah, vapes, e-cigarettes
Two symptoms of COPD?
Narrow airways, wheezing, coughing, shortness of breathe
How can the use of nicotine impact your financial health?
The cost of buying nicotine products is very expensive.
List three chemicals other than nicotine found in vapes or cigarettes.
Carbon Monoxide, Formaldehyde, Ammonia, tar, etc
Name 3 types of Nicotine Replacement Therapies: Products that assist a person in breaking a tobacco habit.
Nicorette, nicotine patches, gums, and lozenges.