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Tobacco Vocabulary
Nicotine – An addictive drug found in tobacco
Additive – Chemicals (most harmful to the body) added by tobacco companies to change the way tobacco
burns or tastes.
Tar -- A thick dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns
Carbon Monoxide -- A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced when tobacco burns
Advocate – a person who speaks in support or defense of another person or cause
Alveoli -- Fragile, elastic, microscopic air sacs in the lungs where carbon dioxide from body cells and fresh
oxygen from the air are exchanged
Emphysema -- A disease that destroys alveoli
Respiratory System --The set of organs that supply your body with oxygen and rid your body of carbon
dioxide
Trachea -- Tube in throat that takes air to and from lungs (windpipe)
Bronchi -- Two tubes that branch from the trachea; one tube leads to each lung
Diaphragm -- Large dome-shaped muscle below the lungs that expands and relaxes to produce breathing
Cancer – Invasive growth or tumor that can spread and damage the body and possibly cause death.
Addiction --A psychological or physical need for a drug or other substance
Withdrawal --The unpleasant symptoms that someone experiences when he or she stops using an
addictive substance
Psychological Dependence --An addiction in which a person believes that he or she needs a drug in order
to feel good or function normally
Physical Dependence --An addiction in which the body develops a chemical need for a drug
Tolerance--The body's need for larger and larger doses of a drug to produce the same effect
Secondhand Smoke--Air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke