Nicotine Flashcards
1
Q
Nicotine is a…
A
Stimulant
2
Q
What is the main addictive ingredient?
A
Nicotine - not any cancerous products
3
Q
Cigarette’s harmful effect is produced by
A
carbon monoxide and tar
4
Q
vape =
A
flavouring/oil
5
Q
Two types of users?
A
active and passive
6
Q
What is an active user?
A
The nicotine user
7
Q
What is a passive user
A
non-user, second hand smoke around users
8
Q
ETS
A
environmental tobacco smoke
9
Q
Ways a person can use nicotine
A
- consume orally (chew)
- inhaling (vape, cigar, cigarettes)
- snorting (snuff)
10
Q
Nicotine increases…
A
Heart rate and blood pressure
11
Q
Nicotine decreases…
A
growth hormone secretion and muscle tone
12
Q
What are some health consequences?
A
- tumors
- cancer
- emphysema
- cardiovascular
- other (smokers skin, burgers disease)
13
Q
benign
A
non cancerous
14
Q
malignant
A
cancerous
15
Q
Cancer can happen where
A
mouth, bladder, breast, blood, skin, lungs, etc. (can happen in heart but extremely rare)
