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Name _______________________________________________
Period ________
Smoking Unit - Tar, Nicotine and Carbon Monoxide
1. __________ - the thick, sticky, dark fluid that is produce when tobacco is
burned.
2. This substance accumulates in the smokers lungs over time damaging the
_________ and the ___________.
3. The __________ are the tiny air sacs in the lungs.
4. ____________________ is an addictive organic substance found in the tobacco
plant.
5. It reaches the brain in ______ seconds, acting as a ______________, releasing
adrenaline into the body.
6. Nicotine first goes to the __________, where it is absorbed into the
bloodstream. The heart pumps it throughout the __________ including the
brain. Nicotine easily moves from the ________________ into the brain.
7. Stages of Addiction
____________________________ curiosity is a motivator
“high” is a new feeling
____________________________ confident in using / seeks the “high”
peer group uses
tolerance develops
cocky
problems relating
____________________________ thinking more about the drug
wants to be “high” often
clearly wants to use the drug
____________________________ can no longer get “high”
must take the drug to survive
will us any time
8. _____________________________ is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, poisonous
gas.
9. It limits the amount of ____________that can be circulated in the bloodstream
by binding with ________________.
10. Carbon Monoxide is often referred to as ___________ .
11.Red blood cells pick up ______ more readily than_____________.
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