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9 Cards in this Set
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Why do people start smoking?
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- limited education
- underestimation of risks - adolescence stupidity - stress - parental role models - addiction - genetics - weight control - aggressive marketing - media messages - deceptive labels |
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What is nicotine?
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- addictive substance in tobacco
- 1 of the most toxic poisons |
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What is tar?
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thick, sticky dark fluid produced by the burning of tobacco
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What is carbon monoxide?
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- colorless, odorless gas produced by the burning of gasoline or tobacco
- displaces oxygen in the hemogoblin molecules of red blood cells |
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What are bidis?
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skinny, sweet-flavored cigarettes
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What is aversion therapy?
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treatment that attempts to help a person overcome a dependence or bad habit by making the person feeling disgusted or repulsed by that habit
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What is environmental tobacco smoke?
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- aka 2nd hand smoke
- third leading preventable cause of death |
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What is mainstream smoke?
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smoke inhaled directly by smoking the cigarette
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What is sidestream smoke?
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- smoke emitted by a burning cigarette and breathed by everyone in a closed room including the smoker
- contains more tar and nicotine than mainstream smoke |
