CHAPTER 20 TOBACCO MRS CRUSAN HOME LIVING ADDICTIVE

CHAPTER 20 TOBACCO MRS. CRUSAN HOME LIVING

ADDICTIVE DRUG • A SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES PHYSIOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE. ONE REASON IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO QUIT SMOKING. • THE ADDICTIVE DRUG IN TOBACCO IS CALLED NICOTINE.

NICOTINE • ALL TOBACCO PRODUCTS CONTAIN NICOTINE IS THE ADDICTIVE DRUG FOUND IN TOBACCO LEAVES. • NICOTINE RAISES YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE, AND CAN CAUSE HEART DISEASE.

STIMULANT • A DRUG THAT INCREASES THE ACTION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, THE HEART, AND OTHER ORGANS. • NICOTINE IS CLASSIFIED AS A STIMULANT AND A DEPRESSANT.

CARCINOGEN • A CARCINOGEN IS A CANCER CAUSING SUBSTANCE. • IN 1992 THE EPA CLASSIFIED SECONDHAND SMOKE AS A GROUP A CARCINOGEN.

TAR • A THICK, STICKY, DARK FLUID PRODUCED WHEN TOBACCO BURNS. CONTAINED IN CIGARETTE SMOKE. • DESTROYS CILIA IN LUNGS, DAMAGES AIR SACS, AND DESTROYS LUNG TISSUE.

CARBON MONOXIDE • A COMPOUND FOUND IN CIGARETTE SMOKE, IT IS A COLORLESS, ODORLESS, AND POISONOUS GAS. • TAKEN INTO THE BLOOD STREAM.

CIGARS • CIGARS CONTAIN MORE NICOTINE AND PRODUCE MORE TAR THAN CIGARETTES DO. • ONE CIGAR CAN CONTAIN AS MUCH NICOTINE AS ONE PACK OF CIGARETTES (20).

SMOKELESS TOBACCO • TOBACCO THAT IS SNIFFED THROUGH THE NOSE, HELD IN THE MOUTH, OR CHEWED. • HIGHER LEVELS OF NICOTINE ARE ABSORBED BECAUSE OF THE METHOD IN WHICH IT IS USED.

NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL • THE PROCESS THAT OCCURS IN THE BODY WHEN NICOTINE, AN ADDICTIVE DRUG IS NO LONGER USED. IT IS FELT BY MOST PEOPLE WHO STOP USING TOBACCO.

NICOTINE SUBSTITUTE • A PRODUCT THAT DELIVERS SMALL AMOUNTS OF NICOTINE INTO THE USER’S SYSTEM WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO GIVE UP THE NICOTINE HABIT. • EXAMPLES ARE: GUM, PATCHES, INHALERS, AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE.

ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE • CALLED SECONDHAND SMOKE, IT IS AIR CONTAMINATED BY TOBACCO SMOKE. IT IS COMPOSED OF MAINSTREAM AND SIDESTREAM SMOKE.

MAINSTREAM SMOKE • THE SMOKE EXHALED FROM THE LUNGS OF A SMOKER. • INCLUDES SMOKE FROM CIGARETTES, PIPES, MARIJUANA, AND POSSIBLY E-CIGARETTES.

SIDESTREAM SMOKE • THE SMOKE FROM THE BURNING END OF CIGARETTE, PIPE, OR CIGAR.

E-CIGARETTES • HOW THEY WORK: – CONTAIN A BATTERY, A HEATING ELEMENT, AND A CARTRIDGE THAT HOLDS NICOTINE AND OTHER LIQUIDS AND FLAVORINGS. – NO “SMOKE” IS EXHALED SO PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT HARMFUL TO THEMSELVES OR THE ENVIRONMENT.

E-CIGARETTES • MAY BE A “GATEWAY” TO TEENS TO SMOKING. MAKE ATTRACTIVE WITH FLAVORINGS. • NOT ENOUGH RESEARCH AVAILABLE ABOUT THE HEALTH RISKS. • NO AGE RESTRICTIONS IN SOME STATES. • STILL GETTING NICOTINE.

HOOKAHS • WATER PIPES THAT ARE USED TO SMOKE SPECIALLY MADE TOBACCO THAT COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVORS. • BASICALLY SAME RISKS AS CIGARETTE SMOKING…SOME RISKS MAY ACTUALLY BE HIGHER. • MORE SMOKE INHALED, SHARING MOUTHPIECE,

SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE • CHANGES IN BRAIN CHEMISTRY • INCREASED RESPIRATION AND HEART RATE • DULLED TASTE BUDS AND REDUCED APPETITE • BAD BREATH AND SMELLY HAIR, CLOTHES, AND SKIN

LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE • • CHRONIC BRONCHITIS EMPHYSEMA LUNG CANCER CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND STROKE