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1
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Who introduced the Western world to tobacco?

A

Sir Walter Raleigh

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What did Christopher Columbus and Pedro Alvarez Cabral called tobacco?

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The holy herb

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3
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What did tobacco used to cure?

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Toothache, gingivitis, caries

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  • bites of poisonous reptiles and insects
  • hysteria
  • pain
  • neuralgia
  • laryngeal spasm
  • gout
  • respiratory stimulant
A

Medical uses of tobacco (1967)

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5
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What was tabacco administered by rectum for?

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Constipation & Haemorrhoidal bleed

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6
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What disease was tabacco used to improve muscle movement?

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Parkinson’s disease

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7
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What is the current population of current smokers in US?

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27%

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8
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Percentage of teenage smokers in US?

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25%

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9
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True or False: Most of those kille by tobacco are not particularly heavy smokers

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True

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10
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When do most people start smoking?

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As teenagers

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11
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How many years earlier do smokers die?

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14 years

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12
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What are the chances that you will die of smoking if you smoke past the age of 35?

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1 in 2

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13
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How many diseases does smoking cause?

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About 40

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14
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What percent of death in females in smoking related?

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8%

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15
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What percent of death in males is smoking related?

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19%

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16
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How is TB transmitted?

A

Saliva

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17
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Germ theory & TB

A

They thought that chewing tabacco spead TB, so that is where smoking came in to play

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18
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Higher rates of smoking are in

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lower socio-economic groups

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19
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Smoking, especially current smoking, is a crucial and

extremely modifiable independent determinant of

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Stroke

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20
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Class A carcinogen and contains approximately 4,000 chemicals

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Second-hand smoke

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21
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  • can cause middle ear effusion
  • increases the risk of croup, pneumonia and bronchiolitis by 60 percent in the first 18 months of life
  • increases the frequency and severity of asthma episodes
  • is a risk factor for induction of asthma in asymptomatic children
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Exposure of children to second-hand smoke

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22
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When did the surgeon general release that smoking is bad?

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After the stock market closed at 7 pm

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23
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Prolonged and heavy smoking disease reduces _____, and masks clinical inflammation

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BOP

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24
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What does smokers have greater loss of?

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Alveolar bone & independent plaque levels

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Prevalence of ____ ______ defects twice as much in smokers
Molar furcation
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What is 50% of peridontisis attributed to?
Smoking
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BOP means
Bleeding on probing
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Very sensitive measure of disease
BOP
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Do you see BOP on smokers?
No
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How can you tell a person has quit smoking?
BOP comes back
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Progression of disease is more significant in
Younger smokers
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Do maxillary or mandibular teeth have greater bone loss in smokers?
Maxillary
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How does smoking effect implants
Early implant failure. 16 times higher than a non smoker
34
When should you quit smoking?
1 week before and 8 weeks after implant placement. (Becomes just 8x greater risk of failure)
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Do smokers have more big or small blood vessels?
Small vessels that aren't as useful
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5 signs of swelling
``` Redness Swelling Warm to tough Loss of function Pain ```
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Vascular response to inflammation is ___ in smokers compared to non-smokers
Lower
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Effective targeting of infection doesn't happen in
Smokers
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_____ O2 tension in smokers with periodontitis than nonsmokers
Lower
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____ O2 tension in healthy smokers, greater presense of inflammation
Lower
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Nicotine can be stored and released from
Fibroblasts
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Inhibit production of fibronectin and | collagen
Nicotine attached to fibroblasts
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Impairs wound heeling
Action of nicotine of fibroblasts
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Express receptors for nicotine, numbers decrease following cessation
Neutrophils
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What affects the function of neutrophils
Smoking. (Unclear on upregulation or downregulation)
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What lympocytes does smoking affect?
B cells, T cells, & NK cells
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Show no change in NK cells following smoking
African Americans
48
If you quit smoking for 1 day it decreases your risk of heart attack by
.1%
49
Quit for 2-3 months lung function increases by up to
30%
50
What happens if you quit smoking for 2 days?
Smell and taste are enhanced
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What happens if you quit smoking for 10-15 years
Risk of dying almost returns to that of people who never smoked
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Risk of coronary disease decreases to than of nonsmoker. In those with existing heart disease, cessation reduces the risk of recurrent infarction or death by half
Quit smoking for 5 years
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Excess risk of heart disease is reduced by half.
Quit smoking for 1 year
54
How many adults smoke?
42 million
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5 As of intervention
- Ask - Advise - Assess - Assist - Arrange
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1st cigarette of the day, most important cigarette, smoking when ill, number of cigarettes, difficulty in complying with forbidden areas
Fagerstrom test
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Pre-contemplation, | contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance
Transtheoretical model of readiness
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Identify and document smoking status
Ask
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Analyze a person's willingness to quit
Assess
60
Offer cessation advice on regular basis, over an extended period, to all smokers
Advise
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When do 75% of smoking relapses occur?
First 6 months
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Brief, repetitive, consistent, positive reminders to quit from multiple providers (or reinforcement of a recent quit attempt) double success rate
Advice to smokers to stop
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- Set quit date - Tell family, friends co-workers about quitting and request understanding & support - Anticipate challenges to planned quit attempt - Remove tobacco products from environment
Plan developed

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