Health (2) - Smoking

Front 1

what type of drug is nicotine?

Back 1

stimulant

Front 2

nicotine triggers the release of...

Back 2

stress hormones

Front 3

nicotine increases what?

Back 3

heart rate and blood pressure

Front 4

nicotine does what to your tastebuds?

Back 4

dulls them

Front 5

how many chemicals are in cigarette smoke?

Back 5

4000

Front 6

if a person smokes ___ cigarates a day they can add ____ lbs of tar to their lungs each year

Back 6

20-60 cigs a day
1/4-1/2 lbs

Front 7

common additives in cigs?

Back 7

flavor, ammonia, moisture, etc

Front 8

2 effects of tar

Back 8

1.makes mucas thick
2.slows sweeping action of cilia

Front 9

how can smoking soothe the urge to cough?

Back 9

paralyzes cilia, numbs throat

Front 10

a person with emphaysema breaths __ times a minute. this is ___ times the rate of a healthy adult

Back 10

30 times a minute
1/2 to 2 times more

Front 11

a person with emphysema will die from..

Back 11

suffocation or heart failure

Front 12

COLD stands for

Back 12

chronic obstructive lung diseases

Front 13

how many deaths in the US come from heart disease and stroke?

Back 13

57,000

Front 14

smoking does what to the oxygen in your blood?

Back 14

decreases the amount of oxygen that the blood can carry

Front 15

what happens to the red blood cells of a smoker?

Back 15

CO2 replaces O2

Front 16

nicotine triggers the formation of...

Back 16

blood clots

Front 17

what does smoking do to the hearts blood flow?

Back 17

drastically reduces blood flow to the hearts own arteries

Front 18

chewing tabacco causes tumors to form in..

Back 18

nasal cavity, cheeck, gum, and throat

Front 19

2 effects of chewing tobacco

Back 19

1.wears away tooth surface
2.eats away at jawbones

Front 20

smoking increases risk of ulcers

Back 20

True

Front 21

smoking does not effect fertitlity in women

Back 21

false

Front 22

smoking causes increased bone loss in women

Back 22

true

Front 23

smoking has no effect on memory

Back 23

false

Front 24

women who smoke while using birth control pill are at a greater risk for heart attack or stroke

Back 24

true

Front 25

smoking increases persons tolerance to drugs

Back 25

True

Front 26

smoking slows the growth of lungs in adolescents

Back 26

true

Front 27

the immune system is not effected by smoking

Back 27

false

Front 28

smoking causes men to produce abnormal sperm

Back 28

true

Front 29

smoking can increase hearing or vision loss

Back 29

true

Front 30

low nicotine or low tar cigs are better for a person

Back 30

false

Front 31

cigar and pipe smoke have a low risk of causing cancer

Back 31

false

Front 32

nicotine

Back 32

an addictive drug present in tobacco

Front 33

tar

Back 33

chemical present in tobacco, burning releases carcinogens

Front 34

carinogens

Back 34

cancer-causing agents

Front 35

mainstream smoke

Back 35

smoke that flows through cig and into a smokers lungs when they inhale

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sidestream smoke

Back 36

smoke that escapes into the air from buring tobacco

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second hand/passive smoking

Back 37

smoke exhaled from smokers lungs and smoke in the air that other people breathe in

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withdrawl

Back 38

irritablity, restlessness, anxiety, craving for nicotine