Tobacco Flashcards
Top 3 primary reasons teens use Tabacco
Friends
Family
Media
Cigarettes
Cured and shredded tobacco leaves rolled in paper
Bids
Tobacco wrapped in leaf and tied with a string
Kretecks
Ground clove that alter the flavor and the nubs lungs (India)
Cigar/Pipe
Less processed, usually contains more nicotine than cigarettes
Poor quality ground tobacco leaves mixed with flavoring, preservationists, and other chemicals
Chewing tobacco
Nicotine
A very addictive chemical in tobacco
How is nicotine produced
Naturally, the plants naturally produce it acting as an insecticide to protect the plants
Why is tobacco appealing
Stimulation so of reward and pleasure
Nicotine is a stimulant
True
Stimulates
Drugs that increase the activity of the nervous system
Short term effects
Increased heart rate
Increased blood pressure
Changes in the brain that may lead to addiction
Long term effects
Addiction Physiological dependence(coping, social life).
Symptoms of Nico Withdraw
Headaches Irritability Insomnia Inability to concentrate Intense cravings
5 other chemicals in Tabb smoke
Acetone
Ammonia
Cadmium
Carbon monoxide
How many deaths of Americans are caused by smoking each year
400,000
Secondhand smoke
Combination of mainstream and side stream smoke
Second hand smoke causes how many deaths each year
50,000
How dose nico working the blood
Once in the blood nicotine reaches the brain in seconds taking place of certain neurotransmitters, mimicking them, nico affects breathing, movement, learning, memory, mood, and appetite
3 things learned about Tabb and Rasp Diseases
- using tob is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US
- smokers suffer hacking consistently
- the tar from smoking sticks to Cilia and damages them
3 things about tob and cardio diseases
- cardio disease kills about 138,000 smokers in the US
- smoking 2x the chance of stroke
- nico(when is in it) increases the blood tendency to clot
3 things about tob and Cancers
1.15% of lung cancer patients survive longer y
Than 5years
2.survival rate of oral cancer is higher than if for ting cancer
3.two sources that smoke is called mainstream and side stream smoke