Tobacco

Question 1

facts

Answer 1

• highly addictive
• single most preventable cause of death in the US
• stimulant
• costly

Question 2

side effects of nicotine

Answer 2

• blood: increased clotting, tendency
• lungs: bronchospasms
• muscular: tremor, pain
• gastro-intestinal: nausea, dry mouth, dyspepsia, diarrhea, heart burn
• central: lightheadedness, headache, sleep disturbances, abnormal dreams, irritability, dizziness
• heart: increased or decreased heart rate, increased blood pressure, tachycardia, more (or less) arrhythmias, coronary artery construction
• endocrine: hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance
• joints: pain

Question 3

respiratory and circulatory damage

Answer 3

• lung disease, emphysema, 20x greater chance of lung cancer, increases heartbeat and lowers temp.

Question 4

more deadly facts

Answer 4

• 1/3 of cancer deaths caused by smoking, can effect health of unborn child, secondhand smoke, active and passive smoker