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history of tobacco
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-used by Native Americans
-may refer to a Mexican province where use of tobacco was widespread or to the two-pronged tube used by native to take snuff |
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methods of use of tobacco
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-users "took" (used snuff) or "drank" (smoked) tobacco
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early medicinal uses of tobacco
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-initially was used to treat almost anything
-Jean Nicot: it had many medicinal uses but a negative effect on reproductivity -Dr. D. Legare (1805): proved it to be ineffective in treating things -1890s: nicotine was dropped from the U.S. Pharmacopoeia |
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Nicotiana tobacum
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the species of tobacco widely cultivated for smoking and chewing products
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Nicotiana rustica
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-the less desirable species of tobacco, which is not widely grown in the US
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snuff
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finely chopped tobacco, held in the mouth rather than snuffed into the nose
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chewing (smokeless) tobacco
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a term used for chewing tobacco during the 1980s
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cigars
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-a combination of chewing and smoking
-peaked in popularity in 1920 |
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cigarettes
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-most popular form of tobacco use
-Native Americans used thin reeds filled with tobacco -factories appeared in 19th century -habit spread widely with the advent of inexpensive machine-produced cigarettes |
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quid
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-a piece of chewing tobacco
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leukoplakia
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a whitening and thickening of the mucous tissue in the mouth, considered to be precancerous tissue change
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hookas
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-large, ornate water pipes imported from Arab countries
-they produce milder, water-filtered tobacco smoke |
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passive smoking
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the inhalation of tobacco smoke by individuals other than the smoker
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sidestream smoke
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-smoke arising from the ash of the cigarette or cigar
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nicotine
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-a naturally occuring liquid alkaloid that is colorless and volatile
-tolerance and dependence develop quickly -highly toxic (-typically delivered fast enough or in a high enough dose to be lethal) (lethal dose=60mg--a cigar contains twice that much) |
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emphysema
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-a chronic lung disease characterized by difficulty breathing and shortness of breath
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