Chapter 24 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Is a drug that increases the action of the central nervous system the heart and other organs
Stimulant
The addictive drug in cigarettes raises blood pressure increases heart rate
Nicotine
Is a sick sticky dark fluid produced when tobacco burns
Tar
Cancer-causing substances
Carcinogens
Is a colorless odorless poisonous gas and cigarette smoke that passes through the lungs into the blood
Carbon monoxide
Is a tobacco that is sniffed through the nose or chewed
Smokeless tobacco
This is cigarette cigar pipe smoke inhaled by non-smokers as well as smoke that remain in a closed environment after the smoker is through smoking
Passive smoke
The smoke that a smoker blows off
Mainstream smoke
The smoke that comes from burning tobacco
Sidestream smoke
This is the process that occurs when nicotine in addictive drug is no longer used
Nicotine withdrawal
These are manufactured forms of nicotine deliver small amounts of the drug into user system while he or she is trying to give up the tobacco have it
Nicotine substitutes
Thickener white leathery appearing spots on the inside of a smokeless tobacco users mouth that can develop into cancer of the mouth
Leukoplakia
Others force you to do something advertising can sometimes do this
Peer pressure
Is a condition in which the bronchi are irritated Acelia became useless tar from cigarette smoke builds up which results in chronic coughing and excessive mucus secretion
Chronic Bronchitis
Is a condition that involves the destruction of the tiny air sacs in the lungs through which the oxygen is absorbed into the body and as they are destroyed they lose their elasticity and provide less total surface for oxygen can be absorbed more breasts are required and uses up 80% of his or her energy to breath
Emphysema
Directly linked to the cigarette smoking is the leading cause of cancer deaths among males with the increasing female smoker’s this is becoming more significant
Lung cancer
Learning this can help someone through the withdrawal process
Stress management