Smoking and Nicotine
Name the highly addictive stimulant found in smoking products.
What is Nicotine?
An E-Cigarette is and works by...
What is a battery powered device that heats a liquid to create aerosol?
Define and give an example of drug use?
What is taking a drug the way it is intended to be used and taking 2 pills of Advil every 4-6 hours?
This type of drug increases a persons energy
What is a stimulant?
This type of drug is most commonly prescribed as a pain killer but is highly addictive
What is an opioid?
How does nicotine affect your heart and blood vessels?
What is heartbeat quickens and vessels constrict?
Explain the difference between an e-cigarette and a vape
What is there is no difference?
Define and give an example of drug misuse.
What is taking a drug for a purpose other than what it was medically intended for and taking Vicodin for a headache.
This type of drug causes relaxation and sleepiness.
What is depressant?
This medication can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose
What is Naloxone?
__ of 10 smokers start before the age of 18.
What is 9?
This way of quitting vaping is know as "Cold Turkey"
What is quitting on your own?
Define and give an example of drug abuse.
What is the habitual taking of addictive or illegal drugs for no medical purpose and using non-prescribed Xanax just to get high.
What is Narcotics/Opioids?
Slow or stopped breathing is a major warning sign of this emergency.
What is an opioid overdose?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
What organ of the body can vape chemicals absorb into, leading to overdoes?
What is skin?
Name 3 ways drugs can be taken into the body.
What is Implanted pumps/ Inhalation/ Injection/ Transdermal Patches/ Ingestion/ Topical Application?
The state in which the body relies on a drug to function normally
What is dependence?
This synthetic opioid is extremely powerful and linked to many overdoses.
What is fentanyl?
Describe the two laws that contributed to the decrease in smoking cigarettes.
What is Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1970 and the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009.
This buttery tasting chemical is found in a vape.
Any effect caused by a drug that is different from its intended use.
What is a side effect?
A condition in which a person can no longer control his or her drug use.
What is addiction?
These drugs should never be mixed with opioids because they increase overdose risk.
What are alcohol or sedatives?