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A substance that causes a physiological or psychological dependence
What is an addictive drug
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keeps nicotine levels at a relatively constant level all day.
What is a nicotine patch
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One goal is to reduce tobacco use and the number of tobacco-related deaths.
What is Healthy People 2010
100
A cancer causing substance
What is a carcinogen
100
Thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns
What is tar
200
A disease that destroys the tiny air sacs in the lungs
What is emphysema
200
also called "the puffer," is a prescription nicotine replacement.
What is nicotine inhaler
200
Children of smokers, have this more often.
What is sore throat
200
Causes the body to be more vulnerable to disease
What is weakened immune system
200
A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas
What is carbon monoxide
300
thickened, white, leathery looking spots on the inside of the mouth that can develop into oral cancer
What is leukoplakia
300
products that deliver small amounts of nicotine into the user's system
What is nicotine substitutes
300
Is the smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.
What is sidestream smoke
300
Tobacco that can be sniffed through the nose, held in the mouth, or chewed
What is smokeless tobacco
300
When cilia in bronchi become so damged that they are useless
What is Chronic Bronchitis
400
A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs
What is a stimulant
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process that occurs in the body when nicotine is no longer used
What is nicotine withdrawal
400
Second hand smoke
What is environmental tobacco smoke
400
Amount of cancer causing carcinogens in tobacco
What is 50
400
This smoke contains lower concentrations of carcinogens, nicotine, and tar
What is mainstream smoke
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When the cilia in the bronchi are destroyed, and extra mucus cannot be expelled
What is lung cancer
500
A course that provides information and help to people who want to stop using tobacco
What is a tobacco cessation program
500
Second hand smoke causes this amount of deaths from lung cancer every year
What is 3,000
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Children of smokers are how much more likely to be smokers themselves?
What is twice
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Occurs when pregnant mothers smoke during or after the baby is born.
What is sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)