TUPAC Flashcards
What was the cause of 2Pac’s death?
Drive-by Shooting
What are the benefits of vaping?
No tar or carbon monoxide smoke due to lack of combustion
What are possible dangers of vaping?
No regulation
No labelling / consistency of ingredients
Citric Acid: Tooth Erosion
Diacetyl: causes scarring of the lung (Popcorn Lung)
Microparticles
Propylene Glycol: eye/respiratory irritation
If a patient asked you if vaping was safe as a means to quit cigarettes, how would you respond in a patient centred manner?
Although there are benefits from vaping (less harmful additives + no combustion) they still contain nicotine - so may not help your goal to quit smoking. There is also a long way to go in terms of regulation, clear labelling of ingredients, and regulation of other ingredients that might be harmful. There is still a lot of research that needs to be done and to gauge long term health effects.
Why does modern smoking differ from traditional forms of smoking found in Indigenous cultures?
Processing of tobacco to create free nicotine - provides greater potency and adds to it’s addictive nature
What are THREE things that define a patient with substance abuse disorder?
- Withdrawal Syndrome on cessation
- Repeated, unsuccessful attempts at quitting. Relapses
- Continued use in spite of health risks
Chewing tobacco poses what oral health risk?
Local inflammation of mucosal tissue from being left in the mouth for long periods of time. Chronic use greatly increases the risk of oral cancers
What are the effects of cigarette tar?
70% stays in the lungs Staining of Teeth Narrowing of airways Damages cilia - leading to smokers cough Long term damage leading to cancer
How does nicotine work?
Attaches to nicotinic receptors in brain – release dopamine
Attaches to nicotinic receptors in adrenal glands – release adrenaline
Attaches to nicotinic receptors in muscle tissue – release acetylcholine causes muscle contraction
Increases blood sugar levels
What are the immediate systemic effects of nicotine
Dopamine: increased attention, improved mood and well-being
Adrenaline/Noradrenaline: alertness, vaso-constriction
What makes nicotine addictive?
Development of tolerance by the desensitisation of nicotinic receptors. Upregulation and modulation required to attain same “reward”, requiring increased frequency of cigarettes
What are 4 individual influences to why marginalised people smoke?
- Beliefs about smoking
- Self-Esteem
- Rebellion
- Curiosity
What are FIVE environmental influences to why marginalised people smoke?
- Parents + Siblings smoke
- Peers smoke
- Media
- Availability
- Smoking Areas
What is Sidestream Smoke?
Smoke drifting from the end of a lit cigarette
What is Mainstream Smoke?
Smoke breathed in by smoker
What is Environmental Tobacco Smoke?
Exhaled mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke
How is exhaled mainstream smoke different to mainstream smoke?
Different chemical composition that is modified by the smoker
What are some of the effects of Passive Smoke?
Asthma Bronchitis & pneumonia, respiratory tract infection Middle ear infection (“glue ear”) SIDS Low birth weight Meningococcal infections
What are 7 reasons why people choose to stop smoke?
Health reasons Financial reasons Family Social pressure Workplace policies Awareness campaigns Significant dates/events
What effect does Carbon Monoxide have on the body?
Binds to haemoglobin, reduces ability to carry oxygen by up to 15%
How does smoking affect a patient with cardiovascular disease?
Nicotine > Adrenaline > Vaso-constriction > Increased Blood Pressure > Increased stress on the cardiovascular system
What are the top 4 groups that are most likely to be smokers?
IV Drug Users
Homeless People
Prisoners
At Risk Young People
What are 3 very dangerous modes of nicotine consumption?
- Reverse Smoking
- Chop Chop (unregulated cheap tobacco)
- Chewing Tobacco
What are 6 preventable risk factors associated with high risk indigenous births?
- Smoking: 200% increase, and is dose dependent
- Alcohol: fetal alcohol syndrome
- Teenage Pregnancies: associated with more risk taking behaviours with negative health outcomes and low SES
- Nutritional Disorder: high levels of maternal malnutrition
- Stress: maternal stress, depression, victims of violent crime and domestic abuse
- Infection: STIs (genital herpes, syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia) and UTIs
A lack of dietary folate during pregnancy results in what?
Neural tube defects (e.g. spina bifida)
A low birth weight associated with smoking can lead to what developmental issues with children?
Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Epilepsy
Behavioural problems (ADD, hyperactivity, high rates of school failure)
What are 5 possible complications that can happen during pregnancy due to smoking?
- Placental abruption (separation)
- Placenta praevia: damaged placenta compromises nourishment
- Premature labour
- Premature rupture of membranes (PROM)
- Ectopic pregnancy (egg implants outside the womb) => miscarriage
What are 7 possible perinatal (at/around time of birth) complications can happen due to pregnancy due to smoking?
- Still born or Perinatal death
- Premature Birth
- SIDS
- Low birth weight
- Poor lung function
- Neurodevelopment and behavioural disorders in children
- Neonatal nicotine withdrawal
Why is smoking underreported in teens? (THREE)
- Many don’t see themselves as smokers (only trying it out, only on weekends/social, they didn’t buy the cigarettes)
- Lack of trust to share that information when not anonymous
- Not willing to disclose that information whilst parents are in the room
Why is pregnancy an ideal time to try to get a woman to quit smoking? (THREE)
- Mothers feeling more responsible (eg. health of baby)
- Increased contact with health care providers: more motivation and support
- Dual Benefit: mother’s own health also improved
What are ways to maintain maternal health in the pregnancy to reduce the risk of low birth weight? (EIGHT)
- Planned Pregnancy
- Stress: address domestic violence, homelessness
- Quit Smoking
- Avoid alcohol / substance use
- Dental Care
- Normal pre-pregnancy BMI
- Adequate nutrition + pregnancy weight
- Folate and Iron supplements