Smoking products
What an e-cigarette is and how an e-cigarette works?
An e-cigarette is a battery-powered device that heats a liquid containing nicotine, flavorings, and chemicals into an aerosol that the user inhales.
What type of drugs are used to relieve pain?
Analgesics or painkillers are used to relieve pain.
Opioids are a strong type of pain-relieving drug.
Define and give an example of drug use.
Drug use means taking a drug correctly for medical or recreational purposes.
Example: Taking prescribed antibiotics as directed.
Name the highly addictive stimulant found in smoking products.
Nicotine
What is drug withdrawal?
Physical and mental symptoms that happen when stopping a drug.
What is the difference between an e-cigarette and a vape?
E-cigarette is a general term for electronic nicotine devices that often look like cigarettes.
Vape usually refers to larger or customizable devices such as vape pens or mods. Both work similarly by heating liquid into vapor/aerosol.
What type of drug increases the person’s energy?
Stimulants increase energy and alertness.
Examples include caffeine, nicotine, and amphetamines.
Define and give an example of drug misuse.
Drug misuse means using medication in the wrong way.
Example: Taking more prescription pain medicine than prescribed.
How does nicotine affect your heart and blood vessels?
Nicotine raises heart rate and blood pressure.
It causes blood vessels to narrow, making the heart work harder and increasing the risk of heart disease and stroke.
What is tolerance?
Needing more of a drug to get the same effect.
Name the chemical used for flavorings and how it affects your lungs.
Diacetyl is a flavoring chemical linked to serious lung damage, including “popcorn lung,” which scars the small airways in the lungs.
Name the different ways drugs can be administered.
Swallowed (oral)
Inhaled/smoked
Injected
Snorted
Absorbed through skin (patches)
Dissolved under the tongue
Define and give an example of drug abuse.
Drug abuse means intentionally using drugs in harmful or illegal ways.
Example: Using cocaine to get high.
What is fentanyl?
Fentanyl is a very powerful synthetic opioid used medically for severe pain, but illegal fentanyl is a major cause of overdose deaths because it is extremely potent.
What is addiction?
Compulsive drug use despite harmful consequences.
Describe the two laws the contributed to the decrease in smoking cigarettes
Laws banning smoking in many public places and workplaces.
Laws restricting cigarette advertising and preventing sales to minors (raising the legal age and requiring warning labels).
What is dependence?
The body adapts to a drug and relies on it to function normally.
How does Narcan work?
Narcan quickly reverses opioid overdoses by blocking opioids from attaching to receptors in the brain, helping restore normal breathing.