Health Chapter 16 – Tobacco – Flashcards
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An extremely addictive chemical in tobacco products
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Nicotine
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Tobacco products that are chewed, placed between the lower lip and teeth, or sniffed
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Smokeless Tobacco
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A smokeless tobacco product that consists of poor-quality, ground tobacco leaves and is placed between the gum and the cheek
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Chewing Tobacco
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A smokeless tobacco product that consists of dry or most powder; may be placed between the lower lip and teeth, or sniffed
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Snuff
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A type of drug that increases the activity of the nervous system
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Stimulant
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A dark, sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns
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Tar
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A substance that is known to cause cancer
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Carcinogen
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A poisonous colorless, odorless gas produced when substances are burned
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Carbon Monoxide
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A disease that results in a gradual loss of lung function
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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A condition in which the bronchi in the lungs are constantly swollen and clogged with mucus
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Chronic Bronchitis
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A disorder in which damaged alveoli in the kings can no longer take in adequate oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide
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Emphysema
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White patches on the tongue or lining of the mouth that may become cancerous
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Leukoplakia
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Smoke that is exhaled from a smokers lungs
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Mainstream Smoke
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Smoke that goes directly into the air from a burning tobacco product
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Sidestream Smoke
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A combination of mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke; also known as environment tobacco smoke
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Secondhand Smoke
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A product such as gum, patch, spray, or inhaler, that contained nicotine and is designed to help a person quit tobacco use
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Nicotine Substitute
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What influences people to start to use tobacco?
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Friends, family, and the media
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Most people who become addicted to tobacco start when?
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In their teens
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Who may have first made a tobacco user aware of tobaccos negative effects?
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Parents
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T/F: Studies show that children of smokers are much more likely to smoke, even if their parents try to discourage them.
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Anti-tobacco programs have to compete with what?
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With appealing ads created by tobacco companies
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Tobacco companies spend ____ a year for advertising
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Over $15 billion
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Tobacco products are made from what?
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From the dried, processed leaves of tobacco plants
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Are tobacco users immediately poisoned by tobacco?
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No, only a small amount entere the body at a time
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Tobacco users take in nicotine when they use what?
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Cigarettes Cigars Pipes Smokeless Tobacco
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Cigarettes consist of what?
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Cured and shredded tobacco leaves rolled in paper
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What are Bidis?
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Cigarette-like products that consist of tobacco wrapped in a leaf and tied with string
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What do Kreteks contain?
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They contain ground clove; the clover alter the cigarettes flavor and numbs the lungs
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What products are less processed than cigarette tobacco?
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Cigar and pipe tobacco
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Within how long does nicotine reach the brain once in the blood?
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In seconds
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Because of mimicking neurotransmitters, nicotine affects what?
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Breathing Movement Learning Memory Mood Appetite
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Major Short Term Effects Nicotine
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- Increased Heart Rate - Increased Blood Pressure - Changes in the brain that may lead to addiction
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Mild signs of nicotine poisoning
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- Rapid pulse - Clammy skin - Nausea - Dizziness
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In frequent users, what does nicotine stimulate?
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The area of the brain that produces feelings of reward and pleasure
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- Increases mucus production - Decreases muscle action in the lungs airways - Causes breathing to become more shallow
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Effects of Nicotine in the Respiratory System
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- Increases activity level - Mimics neurotransmitters - Decreases some reflex actions - Activates the brains "reward pathway"
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Effects of Nicotine in the Nervous System
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- Increases heart rate and the force of contractions - Increases blood pressure - Reduces blood flow to skin - Increases risk of blood clotting
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Effects of Nicotine in the Cardiovascular System
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- Increases saliva production - Decreases the amount of insulin released from the pancreas -Increases bowel activity
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Effects of Nicotine in the Digestive System
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What does the ongoing use of nicotine cause on the body?
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Causes the body to develop a tolerance to nicotine
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As tolerance increases what develops?
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Nicotine addiction
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The time it takes to become addicted depends on what?
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Genetics Frequency of use Age
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T/F: Adults become addicted faster and more intensely than teens
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F; teens become more
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Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal
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Headaches Irritability Difficulty Sleeping Inability to Concentrate Intense Nicotine Cravings
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Withdrawal effects may begin in how long?
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As soon as 30 minutes after the last dose
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Tobacco smoke contains how many chemicals?
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More than 4,000
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3 Most harmful substances in tobacco
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Nicotine Tar Carbon Monoxide
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Short term effects of Tar
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- Brown stains on fingers and teeth - Smelly hair and clothes - Bad Breath - Paralysis of cilia lining the airways - Increased number of respiratory infections - Impaired lung function
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Tar contains what chemicals
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Carcinogens
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With carbon Monoxide, red blood cells cannot do what?
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Transport as much oxygen as the body cells need
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T/F: Smokeless tobacco doesn't contain many of the same dangerous chemicals that are in tobacco smoke
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F; it does
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Short term effects of Tobacco
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- Stained teeth - Bad Breath and drooling - Receding gums - Tooth decay
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Cigarette smoking alone is directly responsible for how many deaths?
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400,000 per year
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How many children may die early become of a decision they will make during their teens years?
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6 million
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Hairlike extensions that line the respiratory tract
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Cilia
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What sticks to the cilia? What happens over time to the cilia?
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Tar; it prevents cilia from moving and damages them
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What irritates the lining of the bronchi?
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Tobacco smoke and accumulating toxins
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What happens over a long period of smoking that becomes permanent?
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The damage that occurs to the respiratory system
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Cigarette smoking is responsible for how much percent of COPD deaths?
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90%
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What do treatments focus on?
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Relieving symptoms and slowing the progress of the disease
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Possible treatments
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- Medications that open airways - Breathing exercises - Oxygen Treatments - Lung transplants
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Tobacco use raises...
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Blood pressure
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Chemicals in tobacco smoke increase...
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Blood cholesterol levels and promote atherosclerosis
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Nicotine increases the bloods tendency to....
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Clot
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Tobacco use is a major factor in the development of...
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Lung cancer Oral Cancer Other cancer
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General Factors that influence a tobacco users risk
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When started How much How often
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The leading cause of cancer death for both men and women
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Lung cancer
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How much percent of al deaths cause by lung cancer are related to smoking?
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More than 85%
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By the time most lung cancers are diagnosed, successful treatment is.....
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Unlikely
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Oral cancers smoking and smokeless tobacco is associated with
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Cancers of the mouth, tongue, and throat
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Percent of oral cancers that occur in tobacco users
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90%
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Tobacco users have an increased risk of cancers of the...
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- Esophagus - Larynx - Stomach - Pancreas - Kidney - Bladder - Blood
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Secondhand smoke is inhaled by who?
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Everyone near the smoker
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Secondhand smoke causes how many deaths from heart attacks and lung cancer?
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40,000 each year
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How many respiratory infections are contributed to children younger than 18 months because of secondhand?
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300,000 each year
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Children exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to develop what?
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Allergies and asthma
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T/F: Federal, state, and local laws now prohibit or restrict smoking in many public places and workplaces
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Risks babies have from pregnant mothers who smoke
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- Cerebral palsy - Sight impairment - Hearing problems - Learning difficulties
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Pregnant women who smoke have higher rates of?
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Miscarriages, premature births, and still births
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Babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are also at much higher risk for?
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SIDS - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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Sticking to your decision to not use tobacco involves what?
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Being able to say NO clearly and with confidence
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Quitting tobacco use is not easy because it involves what?
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Breaking an addiction
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Who benefits every time a tobacco user quits?
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Society
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Cardiovascular benefits of quitting
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- Blood pressure lowers - Heart rate returns to normal - Cirrculation improves
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Respiratory Benefits Of quitting
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- Cilia returns to normal - Breathe easier - Lungs free of tar, excess mucus, debris
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What do people who quit tobacco feel?
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Confidence and regain of control over their lives
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How much does tobacco use cause society?
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100 billion a year
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Chart
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Slide 69&70
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Most important factor in successfully quitting
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A strong personal commitment
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T/F: There are little things you can do to help cope with withdrawal symptoms.
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F; many
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Things you can do to get help...
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Attend local workshops, classes, or support groups Healthcare professionals
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Two most common types of substitutes; any others?
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Nicotine gum and nicotine patches; inhalers and nasal sprays
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T/F: People who use nicotine substitutes still expose their bodies to the negative affects of nicotine.
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