6.7 SMOKING & HEALTH

Question 1

What is in tobacco smoke?

Answer 1

1. Nicotine
2. Tar
3. Carbon monoxide

Question 2

What is nicotine?

Answer 2

An addictive drug that makes you feel relaxed

Question 3

What does nicotine do to your body?

Answer 3

Makes blood vessels narrow

Question 4

What is tar?

Answer 4

A sticky black compound.

Question 5

What does tar do to your body?

Answer 5

Coats the alveoli, making gas exchange more difficult and is carcinogenic.

Question 6

What is carcinogen?

Answer 6

Causes cancer

Question 7

What is carbon monoxide?

Answer 7

A poisonous gas

Question 8

What does carbon monoxide do to your body?

Answer 8

Joins haemoglobin in red blood cell, reducing oxygen in blood

Question 9

What are some health problems related to tobacco smoke?

Answer 9

1. Lung cancer
2. Throat & mouth cancer
3. Heart disease
4. COPD (Chronic, Obstructive, & Pulmonary Disease)
5. Increased risk of stillbirth, small babies, or damaged babies
6. Respiratory tract infection

Question 10

What causes lung cancer?

Answer 10

Tar stays in lungs for years

Question 11

How many percentage of lung cancer patients are smokers?

Answer 11

90%

Question 12

What causes throat and mouth cancer?

Answer 12

Tobacco smoke flowing through them

Question 13

What causes heart diseases?

Answer 13

Blood vessels becoming narrow

Question 14

What can heart diseases cause?

Answer 14

heart attack or stroke

Question 15

What causes COPD?

Answer 15

Tar builds up in lungs, causing the structure of alveoli to break down.

Question 16

What is stillbirth?

Answer 16

A baby that is born dead

Question 17

How does smoking increase the risks of stillbirth, small babies, or damaged babies?

Answer 17

Carbon monoxide is carried in the blood, causing insufficient oxygen supply to the baby

Question 18

How is respiratory tract infection caused?

Answer 18

Cilia was damaged by tar, respiratory tract is easily infected