Tobacco Scavenger Hunt 1 1 n an addictive

Tobacco Scavenger Hunt

1. # 1. n an addictive drug found in tobacco leaves n classified as a stimulant

#2 n increases your central nervous system (brain, heart, lungs, and other organs).

#3 n meaning your blood vessels get narrow and don’t allow oxygen to be delivered to the rest of the body

# 4. n Over time your body will require more and more of the drug to get the same effect.

# 5. n anything that causes cancer.

# 6. n Cigarettes contain a large number of carcinogens! That’s only the ones we know cause cancer, imagine how many cause cancer that we haven’t discovered yet! n How many carcinogens do we know?

# 7 -11. Carcinogens found in cigarettes… 7. Known more by it’s common name…rat poison!!! 8. It’s also used in embalming corpses! 9. A deadly gas used in gas chambers. 10. Used in atomic bombs! 11. Car exhaust fumes.

# 12. n. A thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns.

You will use two different words to fill in all four blanks, which means you will use each word twice!! Tar destroys the tiny air sacs in your lungs called ____#13____. n When these sacs fill up with air, they pass oxygen into your __#14___ and to the rest of your body. n When tar coats your __#13____, oxygen cannot pass into your ___#14____. n

# 15. Disease where the tiny air sacs in your lungs are covered with tar. n Unlike many cancers, this disease can start at an early age and slowly kill someone over the course of decades! n Characterized by slow, difficult breathing and often requires the use of an oxygen tank to breathe. n

Women who smoke prior to pregnancy are about __#16__ as likely to experience a delay in conception and have approximately 30% higher odds of being infertile. n Babies born to women who smoke during pregnancy have about _#17__ higher odds of being born prematurely. n And are 1. 4 to 3. 0 times more likely to die of ____#18_______. n

# 19. n n n Exposure to ______#19____ causes premature death and disease in children and adults who do not smoke. Pregnant women who are exposed to ___#19____ have 20 percent higher odds of giving birth to a low birth weight baby than women who are not exposed to _____#19_______ during pregnancy. Children who are exposed to _____#19____are at increased risk for bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections, more severe asthma, respiratory symptoms, and slowed lung growth.

# 20. n NOT a safe alternative to cigarettes! n It has all the same carcinogens cigarettes have, but it’s absorbed into the body 3 times as fast.

# 21. n White, thick, leathery patches on the inside of mouth. n This will eventually develop into oral cancer.

# 22. n It typically results from an overgrowth of bacteria — and sometimes yeast — in the mouth.

# 23. n One cigar equals about ____ cigarettes and can lead to cancers such as mouth, tongue, throat and gums.

# 24 -27 Short Term Effects of Tobacco 24. Change in brain ___#24_______ (withdrawal happens as soon as 30 min. after last use). 25. 26. 27. ___#25____ breathing and heart rate ____#26____ taste buds (causing user to lose their ability to enjoy food) Tobacco smelling _#27___, hair, clothes, skin (can affect one’s social life)

# 28 -32 Long Term Effects of Tobacco 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Commonly called, “smokers cough” Emphysema, which causes alveoli to lose their ability to _______ and be flexible. 2 nd leading cause of death in USA Leading cause of death in USA, When Oxygen doesn’t get to the brain, will cause death in 10 min.