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51 Cards in this Set
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More people are choosing to be...
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tobacco free
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Avoiding all forms of tobacco can...
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prevent many serious helth probs
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Why is it hard to quit tobacco?
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it contains an addictive drug called nicotine
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addictive drug
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substance that causes physiological or psychological dependence
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nicotine
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the addictive drug found in tobacco leaves
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stimulant
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drug that imcreases action of the CNS, heart, organs
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Nicotine does what jto your body?
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raise bp, heart rate, contr to heart dis and stroke
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carcinogen
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cancer-causing substance
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Tobacco smoke is a...
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carcinogen
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Cigarette smoke contains...
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tar and carbon monoxide
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tar
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thick sticky, dark fluid made when tobacco burns
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What does the tar in ciggy smoke do to body?
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destroys cilia in airways, alveoli, lung tissue
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What does carbon monoxide in cig smoke do to health?
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replaces oxygen in blood, deprive cells of oxygen, increase risk of hbp, heart dis
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carbon monoxide
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colorless, odorless, poisonous gas
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Cigars vs. cigarettes
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more nicotine, more tar and carbon monoxide
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Pipe and cigar smokers have increased risk of...
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cancers of lip, mouth, throat
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smokeless tobacco
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tobacco that is sniffed thru nose, held in mouth, or chewed
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Smokeless tobacco has how many carcinogins?
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28
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smokeless tobacco delivers nicotine and carcinogens ....times as much as one cig.
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2-3
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Smokeless tob. causes..., which is
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leukoplakia, thickened, white, leathery looking spots on inside of mouth that can become oral cancer
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What kinds of cancers are caused by smokeless tob?
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throat, larynx, esoph, stom, pancreas
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short term effects of tobacco
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change in brain chemistry (addiciton) leads to headaches, nervous; increase resp and heart rate (hard to breathe), dulled taste buds and reduced appetite; bad breath and smelly hair/clothes/skin
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long term effects of tobacco
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chronic bronchitis, emphysema, lung cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke
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lung cancer is caused by...
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cilia in bronchi destroyed, extra mucus stays there, blocks bronchi and moves to lungs
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Nicotine constricts..., which ....and can increase risk of...
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blood vessels, cuts down circulation, stroke/heart attack
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3 non-health consequences of tob
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illegal: sell to under 18/schools, social: exluded, gross looks, financial: expensive
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Why are less teens smoking?
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antismoking campaigns and no tob adv, expensive, society pressure, family influence
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How does being tobacco free enhance phys, mental, emotional, and social health?
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phys: healthier body, less risks, mental: less stress without hlth probs, emot: confidence, sense of freedom, social: cleaner=more ppl
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If you avoid tob during...you're less likely to use it in life.
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middle, high school
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strategies to stay tob free
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choose frs who don't use it to strengthen your commitmnt, avoid sit with tob, practice and use ref skills
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Why do teens use tobacco?
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control weight, cope in stress, mature, indep feeling, peer pressure, media
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Why do many teens decide to quit tob?
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health probs, have desire to stop, expensive, realize can lead to other risky beh, hard to buy b/c illegal, don't wanna harm fam with secondhand
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nicotine withdrawal
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process that occurs in body when nicotine is no longer used
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symptoms of nicotine withdrawal
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irritability, diff concentrate, anxiety, sleep disturbance, cravings for tob
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nicotine substitute
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used to relieve symptoms of nic withdrawal, delivers small amounts of nic into user's sys while he is trying to give it up
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6 tips for ppl trying to quit tobacco
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set target day for quitting, get support, identify health services in community, replace tob w/ alternatives (gum, carrots), change daily beh (avoid other tob), hlthy beh (phys act)
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environmental tobacco smoke
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secondhand smoke, air that has been contaminated by tob smoke
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mainstream smoke
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smoke exhaled from smoker's lungs
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sidestream smoke
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smoke from burning end of cigarette, pipe, or cigar
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2 types of smoke in env. tob smoke
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mainstream and sidestream
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Which is more dangerous, side/mainstream smoke?
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sidestream (higher conc. of carc, nic, tar)
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Inhaling ETS brings...into body.
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carcinogens
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Why is smoking during preg bad?
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nic goes thru placenta, constrict fetus' blood vessels, carb mon reduce oxy levels
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Smoking during preg can lead to...
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impaired fetal growth, miscarriage, prenatal death, premature
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Infants exposed to ETS have risk of...
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asthma, tonsilitis, resp tract infections
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Children of smokers have higher incidence of....and double risk of getting...
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sore throat, ear infect, upper resp probs, lung cancer
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Children of smokers are...times as likely to smoke.
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3
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How to reduce risks of ETS
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open windows, ask visitors not to smoke, air cleaners, diff room/outside, rest: nonsmoking
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What have states done to prevent smoking?
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block smoking in public buildings, ban smoking and ETS in public places, ban sale of tob to minors
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One of the goals of Health People 2010 is to...
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reduce ppl who use tob and deaths assoc. with tob
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How can individuals help reach 2010 tob goal?
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hlthy lifestyle, encourage others, tob prevention program
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