Tobacco Flashcards
(30 cards)
What 3diseass/cancers are smokers at risk for?
Heart Disease, Lung Cancer
and Lung Disease
What percent of lung cancers are directly related to smoking?
90%
What is the chronic disease where alveoli burst?
Emphysema
Smoking causes approximately how many premature deaths each year?
400,000
Filtered cigarettes remove _____% of tar and nicotine.
10%
Smokeless tobacco has ____ times the amount of nicotine than a cigarette.
3 times
Medically speaking, the most harmful byproduct is____?
Tar
The amount of oxygen is reduced I the bloodstream by inhaling _______?
Carbon Monoxide
Lung Cancer is very rarely found among_________.
Non-smokers
Which type of cigarettes have flavor?
Menthol
Which by-product kills cillia?
Tar
What is a name for cancer causing agents/chemicals
Carcinogens
A respiratory disorder that causes mucus to line the bronchi is?
Chronic Bronchitis
The active ingredient in Tobacco is?
Nicotine
Tobacco belongs to what drug classification?
Stimulants
A small amount of smokeless tobacco is called?
Quid
A term for a disease that interferes with breathing is called?
COPD and/or cold
Abnormal cells in the mouth that are pre-cancerous and appear whitish/grayish are called?
Leukoplakia
What is the smoke called that goes directly into the smokers lungs?
Mainstream
What is the smoke called that comes off the burning end of a cigarette?
Sidestream
What two types of smoke make up environmental smoke?
Exhaled Mainstream and sidestream
What are the two terms used to describe breathing in secondhand smoke?
Involuntary and passive
A deadly gas that replaces the oxygen in the blood when someone inhales a cigarette is?
Carbon Monoxide
Smokers develop chronic bronchitis on an average of __years after they start?
10
