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Tobacco Unit Packet
Vocabulary:
1. Tobacco - plant leaves used for smoking or chewing
2. Stimulant - a substance that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body
3. Cigarettes - a cylinder containing tobacco which is smoked, and harms the body
4. Nicotine - toxic, colorless substance that acts as a stimulant and is extremely addictive
5. Carcinogens - cancer causing chemicals
6. Lung Cancer - cancer that forms in the tissues of the lungs commonly caused by tobacco use
7. Coronary Heart Disease - build up of plaque in the arteries to your heart
8. Secondhand Smoke - smoke from a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc., that can be inhaled by people who are near
the person who is smoking
Review:
1. Nicotine is a stimulant
2. A chemical used in flood cleaner: ammonia
3. A preservative used in cigarettes: formaldehyde
4. Smokers are at an increased risk for lung cancer.
5. 3 side effects of smoking: yellow teeth, cough, wrinkles
6. 2 costs of smoking: control, health
7. One’s risk of developing coronary heart disease is equal to a nonsmoker fifteen years after quitting smoking.
8. What kind of tobacco causes sores in the mouth? smokeless
9. A dentist can notice mouth damage three months after one begins using smokeless tobacco.
10.
Nicotine is the addictive chemical in tobacco.
11.
List 4 facts about nicotine. Changes brain waves, Speeds up heart rate, stimulant of short duration
Depressed
12. Name 3 diseases that result from tobacco use. Lung, month, throat, cancer, emphysema: chronic
bronchitis Cardiovascular disease, Buerger’s Disease
13. T___Smoking is a risk of damaging ALL major organs in their bodies
14. T____Brain starts to believe that a “high” is natural for our body
15. What is shredded tobacco? A golf ball sized “wad,” “quid,” “twist,” or “chaw” is placed in the cheek
and sucked or chewed and then spits out the juices.
16. What is moist snuff? Finely ground tobacco that’s sold loose or in packets. The snuff is tucked
(“dipped”) between the gum and lower lip.
17. t____Nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream through the tissues in your mouth
18. t___After quitting smoking your body will begin to repair itself almost immediately.
19. t ___ Any number of cigarettes will harm your body.
20. t ___There are more than 4,000 different chemicals in cigarette smoke.
21. f ___ Smoking causes low blood pressure. high
22. f___Smoking decreases the levels of lactic acid in the peripheral system. increases
23. t___Cyanide, or rat poison, is one of the carcinogens found in cigarettes.
24. t___ Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor, making arteries constrict every time it is administered.
25. f___Mainstream smoke is more dangerous than side stream smoke. Side stream
26. t___Secondhand some has been classified by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as known cause
of cancer ( a group A carcinogen).
27. t___Smokeless tobacco causes tooth decay, oral leukoplakia, receding gums, and exposes roots.
28. f___Symptoms of mouth cancer are minor and usually go undetected until fatal. leukoplakia
29. t___Nicotine matter condenses to the lungs and forms tar.
30. t___Smoking doubles ones chances for heart disease.
31. f___Light or ultra light cigarettes are less harmful. same
32. t___ Nicotine, when introduced to the body, narrows the veins.
33. f___ Tar is a toxin in cigarettes. Carcinogen