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Tobacco
• a plant
• the leaf itself does not have as much nicotine as a cigarette
• the chemicals in the cigarette=higher nicotine level
Nicotine
• addictive chemical/agent in tobacco
Addiction
• changes chemical makeup in brain
• have to rely on that product to
Mainstream smoke
• inhale from filter end of cigarette
• when you’re directly inhaling smoke from cigarette
Sidestream smoke
• other end of cigarette, the lit end
• inhaling the smoke from that end
Environmental smoke
• any smoke that is in the air- car smoke, cigarette smoke, etc
Passive smoking=secondhand
• sidestream and exhaled mainstream
dip and chew
• chewing tobacco
• put in between lip and teeth, in your gums
• you don't actually chew, leave in mouth then spit it out
• companies put fiberglass in with tobacco: gets in your bloodstream
faster=addicted
Menthol/low tar
• menthol: gives tobacco a minty taste
• low tar: has less tar
• not healthier just because it has mint or has less tar
Hairy tongue
• the tar and other toxins build up
• looks like taste buds are elongated from the buildup
Leukoplakia
• white leathery patch
• a type of cancer on your tongue, gums, or lip
Bronchitis
• infection in your lungs
• chronic cough
• always feel like there is something to cough up, coughs up green
mucus
Stroke
• part of your brain dies due to lack of blood flow and oxygen
• 3 times more likely to have stroke if you use tobacco
• that part of your brain will not recover afterwards
Heart Disease
• more likely to have high blood pressure or have cardiac arrest, more
likely to die from heart disease if you use tobacco
Emphysema
• lungs are damaged to the point it cannot expand and function they way
they are supposed to

• expansion is much smaller due to buildup
Carcinogens
• anything that causes cancer
Cilia
• hairlike projections inside your lungs
• found naturally
• if you’re smoking cigarettes, they have to work overtime, especially
with tar
Tar
• tar is one of the biggest pollutants in tobacco
• tar= binding unit to let the cigarette burn longer and let smoker take in
all the nicotine
Lung cancer
• more likely to get lung cancer by use of tobacco
cancer in esophagus and larynx
• esophagus=part of your throat that food goes down
• larynx=voicebox
Respiratory System
• trachea
• nose
• mouth
• lungs
Gateway Drug
• tobacco=gateway drug
• gateway drug= safer, lower-risk drug
Buerger’s disease
• when blood is clotted and cuts off flow of blood and oxygen to that part
of your body
ALCOHOL
BAC/BAL
• Blood Alcohol Content/Level
• Percentage measurement of alcohol in your blood
• Legal: 0
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DUI
• Driving Under Influence
DWI
• Driving While Intoxicated
• In most states DUI is a lesser offence than DWI
• Some states, DUI and DWI mean the same
SADD and MADD
• Students Against Drunk Driving
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving
AA
• Alcoholics Anonymous for the drinker/alcoholics themselves
• Social/group therapy
ALANON
• Alcoholics Anonymous, for the family, friends, etc who are affected
ALTEEN
• Alcoholics Anonymous for teens

BYOB
• Bring Your Own Beer
• don't get drinks drugged
Contract for life
• could include many things, you carry it at all times
• could be between family members, friends
Drinking Age
• depends on where you are
• States: 21
Intoxication
• When you’re drunk
• When you have alcohol in your bloodstream=intoxicated
Hangover
• Caused by massive dehydration
• Sleeping overnight=severely dehydrated
Blacking out
• Forget what happened, no memory of what happened while you were
drunk
• Judgment impairment
Passing out
• Literally go unconscious
• Once you get to blacking out and passing out= alcoholic, severe stages
Alcoholism, alcoholic
• A disease
• Alcoholic suffers from alcoholism
Dependence
• Need alcohol to have a good time
Addiction
• Brain has changed chemically and can’t function normally without
alcohol
Binge drinking
• Drink a lot
• Female: 4 or more drinks 3 times a week for 2 weeks (6/14
days)=binge drinker
• Male: 5 or more
Alcohol Poisoning
• When your body has so much alcoholic you will either die from it or will
be severely ill
• If someone passes out, very close to alcohol poisoning, should send
them to ER
Recovery Position
• Roll person onto their side so if they throw up, it goes out to the side
• If you keep them on their back, they can drown in their own vomit since
it stays in their mouth instead of getting out
Fermentation
• Process to make alcohol
Oxidation
• How fast your liver can take the alcohol out of your blood
• A healthy liver can do is 0
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