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Ch 20 Notes
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Random Facts
 26% of teens currently use cigarettes, cigars, and
smokeless tobacco
▪ High, Low or Just Right
 10% of middle school students are current
smokers
▪ High, low, or just right
 Over 6.4 million children (6-15) who are alive right
now will die of a smoke-related disease
▪ High, low, or just right
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Vocabulary Words
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Addictive drug
Nicotine
Stimulant
Carcinogen
Tar
Carbon monoxide
Smokeless tobacco
Leukoplakia
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Tobacco is the leading
cause of preventable
death in the U.S.
 This includes smoking,
chewing, or dipping
tobacco
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90% of adult smokers
started smoking at the
middle school age
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Nicotine
 Tobacco users have a very difficult time quitting
because tobacco is a addictive drug, a substance that
causes physiological or psychological dependence.
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All tobacco products contain nicotine, addictive
drug found in tobacco. Nicotine is a stimulant,
speeds up the central nervous system.
The use of nicotine raises blood pressure and
increases heart rate
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Poisons in Tobacco
 Tobacco is a carcinogen, cancer-causing substance.
 Tobacco contains tar and carbon monoxide
 Tar, thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco
burns
▪ Can destroy cilia, tiny hair like structures and alveoli,
absorbs oxygen
▪ Lung tissue is damaged, more susceptible to bronchitis,
emphysema, heart disease, and asthma
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Tar
 Carbon Monoxide, colorless, odorless poisonous
gas. Found in car exhaust and other fuel burning
engines
▪ Deprives the body of oxygen
▪ Increases high blood pressure, heart disease, circulatory
problems
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Cigars contain SIGNIFICANTLY more
nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide. 1 cigar=20
cigarettes
Increase risk of lip, mouth, throat, larynx,
lung, and esophagus cancer
Smokeless tobacco, tobacco that is sniffed
through the nose, held in the mouth, or
chewed, is believed to be safer, but its not.
 Using smokeless tobacco irritates the sensitive
tissues of the mouth, causing leukoplakia, thick,
white leathery spots on the inside of the mouth that
can develop into oral cancer.
 Individuals who chew or dip 8-10 plugs of tobacco
each day, take in the same amount as someone
who smokes 2 packs a day
 Just as difficult to quit as smoked tobacco
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Short Term Effects
 Change in Brain Chemistry
▪ Withdrawal symptoms (headaches, nervousness, and
trembling)
 Respiration and Heart Rate Increase
▪ Difficult breathing during physical activity
 Taste buds are dulled and appetite is reduced
 Bad breath, yellowed teeth, and smelly hair
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Long Term Effects
 Chronic Bronchitis
▪ Coughing and excessive mucus secretion
 Emphysema
▪ Destroys tiny air sacs in the lungs
▪ Uses 80% of their energy to breathe
 Lung Cancer
▪ Nearly 90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking
 Heart Disease and Stroke
 A weakened immune system
▪ More vulnerable to disease