Smoking/Tobacco/Nicotine Flashcards

1
Q

Tobacco is a carrier for the highly addictive drug …

A

nicotine

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2
Q

Once your body gets a taste for nicotine, it can quickly become a lifelong addiction, with extremely fatal…

A

consequences

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3
Q

_______ is the main drug in all forms of tobacco. __________ is one of the most heavily used and most addictive drugs in the U.S.

A

Nicotine, Nicotine

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4
Q

Nicotine can be…

A

smoked, vaped or chewed.

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5
Q

The nicotine gets you hooked, but it’s the other chemicals in tobacco like…

A

carbon monoxide, tar, formaldehyde, cyanide and ammonia

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6
Q

___________ ________ is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.1

A

Cigarette smoking

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7
Q

Cigarette smoking causes more than __________ deaths each year in the United States.

A

480,000

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8
Q

Smoking causes about ____ of all lung cancer deaths.

A

90%

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9
Q

More women die from ________ cancer each year than from breast cancer.

A

lung

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10
Q

Remember, the bodies ability to carry and utilize oxygen is ….

A

decreased in smokers.

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11
Q

Cigarettes:

A

Cigarettes: smokes, cigs or butts. (Smokeless tobacco) chew, dip, spit tobacco or snuff

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12
Q

________ is the main drug in all forms of tobacco. __________is one of the most heavily used and most addictive drugs in the U.S.

A

Nicotine, Nicotine

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13
Q

A stroke occurs when:

A

A clot blocks the blood flow to part of your brain;
A blood vessel in or around your brain bursts.

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