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Smoking, Alcohol, Weight Flashcards

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what 4 chemicals does tobacco contain?

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nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, chemicals affecting cilia

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nicotine

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addictive stimulate, sense of well being

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tar

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carcinogenic, accumulates in lungs

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carbon monoxide

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toxic gas, replaces O2 in red blood cells, harming cells/ heart/ blood vessels

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chemicals affecting cilia

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anaestheticise cilia, decreasing waft of mucus

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smoking consequences

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2x heart attack, 20x lung cancer, problems with pregnancy and fertility, bronchitis, emphysema

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causation

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a factor biologically links to another

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correlation

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a trend/ pattern between two factors

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cancer

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error during the copying of DNA in mitosis, leading to uncontrolled division of cells, forming tumours

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benign

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non-cancerous

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malignant

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cancerous; cells break off tumour, traveling in lumps in the blood stream to elsewhere, forming another tumour

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lung cancer

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smoking, air pollution, radon gas, genes

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skin cancer

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sunbeams, sun burns, fair complexion, moles, genes . Melanoma or non-melanoma

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cervical cancer

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genes, sex, gender, obesity

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breast cancer

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BRCA gene, age, gender, race

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alcohol

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depressant, inhibits ADH production (dehydration), increases reaction time, poor coordination, problems with birth, problems with heart and blood, liver cirrhosis (active cells replaces with inactive scar tissue)

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ionising radiation

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carcinogenic E.M, X-rays, radon gas, soil, water, air, penetrate cells = mutation

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BMI

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body mass index, measure of whether weight is healthy

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underweight

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poor immune system

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overweight

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type 2 diabetes, cells stop responding to insulin due to high glucose intake

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