Health – Tobacco, E-Cigarettes, and Hookah – Flashcards
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Additives
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Chemicals that help keep the tobacco moist and help it to burn longer and taste better
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Nicotine
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A highly addictive drug that occurs naturally in the leaves of the tobacco plant
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Where does Nicotine travel and what does it do
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Travels from the lungs into the bloodstream and into the brain, where the nicotine raises the heart and blood pressure
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What will immediately smell of smoke and who will usually smell it first
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Skin, breath, hair, and clothing, and others smell the odor first
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How can some people feel when they first begin smoking. Why?
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Nauseated and dizzy because they are not used to the chemicals that enter their bloodstream and brain
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What suffers due to smoking
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Senses of smell and taste
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What can smokers experience when smoking
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Shortness of breath and increased coughing; not able to run as long or as fast
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What occurs more frequently to smokers
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Sick more often and spend more time visiting doctors
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Benzopyrene
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One of the most potent cancer causing chemicals found in cigarettes
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Examples where Benzopyrene is found
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Tar, engine exhaust fumes, burnt food, tobacco smoke
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What can happen to people who smoke tobacco from a pipe or cigar
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At a risk of getting addicted to nicotine and obtaining cancer
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The way that tobacco in pipes and cigars is processed allows the nicotine
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To be absorbed more easily than nicotine from cigarettes
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What can cigars contain
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7 times more tar and 4 times more nicotine than cigarettes
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Chewing Tobacco
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Chopped up tobacco leaves that contain flavoring and additives much like the tobacco in cigarettes
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Where is chewing tobacco placed
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In the mouth, under the bottom lip or in the cheek
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Where does the nicotine in chewing tobacco enter
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The bloodstream through the lining of the mouth
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What can chewing cause
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A brown stained saliva that people must spit out often. If not spit out, they can become very sick
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Snus
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Flavored nicotine powder that is sealed in a small bag which is placed between cheek and gum
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Where is snus placed
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In the lining of the gums which releases nicotine into the bloodstream
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What can happen to first time snus users
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Nauseated and dizzy
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Long term effects of snus
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Bad breath, yellowed teeth, oral cancer
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Secondhand Smoke
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When a person such as a parent, adult, or friend is smoking and an innocent bystander inhales smoke into their lungs
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NJ Smoke Free Air Act of 06
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ensures that workers have a safe smoke free work place and that all nonsmokers can breath freely
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How old is the law to sell tobacco
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19 or under is illegal
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E-Cigarettes
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Devices that emit vaporized nicotine when inhaled
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What is the primary stimulant for e-cigs
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Nicotine
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What are the benefits of e-cigs
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Not to lead to cancer but can lead to increased blood pressure, heart rate, and heart attack
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Hookah
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Water pipes that are used to smoke specially made tobacco that comes in different flavors such as apple, mint, cherry, chocolate, watermelon...
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Shisha
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Flavored tobacco that is placed in a bowl on top of the hookah stand
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What kind of mixture is shisha
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A wet mixture of flavored tobacco like chewing tobacco
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How is Shisha heated and inhaled
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Placed into a small bowl at the top of a hookah stand. Top of bowl is covered with tin foil and holes are poked in the top to allow the coals that are placed to heat. Once heated the smoke passes through hookah stand to the bottom of the water jar. Then the Shisha is drawn through a rubber hose to a mouth piece where the person inhales
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Tuberculosis
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An infectious bacteria disease which attacks the lungs, kidney and brain. Spread through the air one person to another
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Mono
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Illness that occurs when the spreading of saliva is transferred
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Herpes
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Transmitted by direct oral contact or the body fluid of an infected individual. Bumps or sores will be noticeable on outside of mouth. Lasts 2-21 days
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Hookah smoke and cancer
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Charcoal can raise health risks and produce carbon monoxide, metals, and cancer-causing chemicals. Hookah has high levels of toxic agents Lung and bladder cancer Juices irritate the mouth and increase oral cancer An hour long session involves 200 puffs where smoking is an average of 20 puffs
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Does hookah have the same health risks as cigarettes
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Yes
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E-Hookah Pens
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Popular for teens to use since the various flavors. Battery operated and don't contain smoke ash or tar. Some have nicotine. Are not FDA approved so not sure how they can harm health
