Chapter 15 Smoking

Question 1

major influences of smoking

Answer 1

Socal, psychological, behavioral, genetic

Question 2

Why do people start? what can this lead to?

Answer 2

parental or sibling influence
peer pressure
to deal with stress/coping mechanism
smoking can lead to an addiction to nicotine
can have relapses while trying to quit

Question 3

what is in a cigarette?

Answer 3

more than 400 different chemical compounds
nicotine, carbon monoxide, tar, flavors

Question 4

What is Nicotine?

Answer 4

• active ingredient in tobaco
• 90% of inhaled nicotine is absorbed
  very addictive, 8 out of 10 people who try it get hooked
• goes into the bloodstream fast
• stimulates adrenaline release and your brain’s cerebral cortex
• decreases stomach contraction, blood sugar and sensation in the tastebuds

Question 5

Tar

Answer 5

-residue from the burning cigarette, dark sticky fluid containing several hundred chemicals
- affects your respiratory system by numbing your Celia, wrecking your filtering system
- stops your lungs from getting enough oxygen

Question 6

Carbon monoxide

Answer 6

impairs ability of Hemoglobin to bind to oxygen
impairs nervous system
increases risk of heart attack and stroke

Question 7

Effects of smoking

Answer 7

damages brain, mouth, throat, lungs, heart, adrenal glands, kidneys

Question 8

Smoking and Disease

Answer 8

47,000 deaths a year
leading cause of preventable diseases
1 in 5 deaths each year is caused by smoking

Question 9

How does it affect the heart?

Answer 9

speeds up the heart
raises blood pressure
reduces the sound of oxygen the blood can carry
blood clots are most likely

Question 10

2 other illness caused by smoking

Answer 10

brochitis
emphysema

Question 11

Second hand smoking

Answer 11

more dangerous than first-hand smoking
mainstream smoke - exhaled smoke from the smoker
sidestream smoke - the excess burning of the cigarette

coughing, headache, nasal irritation

Question 12

smoking and pregnancy

Answer 12

increased risk of miscarriages
can affect the fetus’s growth and development
can stunt the development of the child

Question 13

other forms of tobacco use

Answer 13

• spit: snuff, chewing
• cigars and pipes
• E-cigarettes
• cloves and cigarettes bidis

Question 14

what can be done to help stop people from smokeing?

Answer 14

federal/provincial/municipal laws
patronizing non-smoking areas
reasonable firm behaviors

Question 15

how can we help tobacco users quit? What are some determinants of quitting?

Answer 15

offer group programs
prescription help
healthier alternatives

motivation of smoker
support from family and friends
commitment
a plan
nicotine therapy
diminishing nicotine replacement