Tobacco

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Tobacco
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Name the 6 types of tobacco products

• cigarettes
• chewing tobacco
• snuff (dip)
• pipe tobacco
• cigars
• herbal cigarettes

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• 2. What is the addictive drug found in all forms
  of tobacco?
• Nicotine

• 3. Name the colorless, odorless gas found in
  cigarette smoke that blocks the oxygen from
  getting into the bloodstream.
• Carbon Monoxide

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4. List the short term effects that can be seen
very soon after a person begins to smoke

• a. Stimulates the brain reward system
• b. increases heart rate and blood pressure
• c. increases breathing rate
• d.  increases blood-sugar levels
• e. stimulates the vomit reflex

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5. List the long term effects of tobacco use

• addiction
• bronchitis emphysema
• heart and artery diseases
• cancer

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How can using tobacco affect your immune system?

• Chemicals in smoke reduces the activity of the
  immune system so you are more likely to get sick.
  
• Damaging the immune system increases your
  chances of suffering from diseases such as cancer

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What is the difference between the following
types of smoke?

• a. Side stream smoke smoke from the burning
  end of the cigarette
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• b. mainstream smoke - smoke that is inhaled
  through a tobacco product and exhaled by a
  tobacco smoker
• c. secondhand smoke combination of exhaled
  mainstream smoke and side stream smoke.

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How can tobacco use affect a pregnancy?

• Anything the mother takes into her body the baby
  also takes in. The carbon monoxide in tobacco
  products cuts down the oxygen supply to the baby
  increasing your chances of birth defects,
  premature births, miscarriage, still births etc

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How does tobacco use affect families and society?

• Costs society money in medical care, insurance
  costs, accidental fires etc

• Costs the family money (buying tobacco products,
  lost of wages, medical bills, funeral costs).

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What are some things you can do if you want to
quit smoking?

• Decide that you can do it
• Get started
• Change your habits
• Set goals
• Get support

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What are some of the benefits of being tobacco
free?

• Less chance of getting sick, not smelling like
  smoke, better taste of food, money, etc