Unit #2 Quiz 1 Flashcards
producing or tending to cause addiction
Addictive
___ is the combination of the smoke given off by a burning tobacco product and the smoke exhaled by a smoker
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Secondhand Tobacco Smoke
the power of enduring or resisting the action of a drug, poison, pollutant, or biological stressor
Tolerance
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
Cancer
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C10H14N2, found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
Nicotine
any of several plants belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one of those species, as N. tabacum, whose leaves are prepared for smoking or chewing or as snuff.
Tobacco
social pressure by members of one’s peer group to take a certain action, adopt certain values, or otherwise conform in order to be accepted.
Peer Pressure
a usually brief period or bout of excessive alcohol consumption.
Binge Drinking
A chronic disease characterized by uncontrolled drinking and preoccupation with alcohol.
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Use Disorder
___ refers to the percent of alcohol (ethyl alcohol or ethanol) in a person’s blood stream.
Blood Alcohol Concentration
a pattern of birth defects caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation
Hobby
inebriation; drunkenness.
Intoxication
restoration or return to any former and better state or condition
Recovery
the interval between stimulation and response.
Reaction Time
a substance that produces hallucinations.
Hallucinogens
any food or beverage that stimulates, especially coffee, tea, or, in its initial effect, alcoholic liquor.
Stimulant
a disease that affects a person’s
brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or
medicine.
Drug Addiction
a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
Drugs
a psychoactive narcotic drug rendered from the leaves and flowering tops of a cannabis plant, especially Cannabis sativa, used for recreational or medical purposes by smoking, vaping, or ingesting
Marijuana
the act or process of ceasing to use an addictive drug.
Withdrawal
any volatile substance, as nitrous oxide, butyl nitrite, toluene, gasoline, or paint thinner, capable of being inhaled, sometimes abused for its intoxicating effect.
Inhalant
any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness
Medicine
