Unit 6 Lesson 28 Study Notes Unit 6 Lesson 28 Tobacco Free Lifestyle Unit 6 Lesson 28 Tobacco use: use of any nicotine-containing product Nicotine: colorless, odorless, drug in tobacco that stimulates the central nervous system and is highly addictive Nicotine causes tolerance, physical addiction, psychological addiction, and withdrawal symptoms. Carbon monoxide: odorless, colorless, tasteless poisonous gas Stroke: harmful effect to blood vessel caused by smoking, a condition caused by a blocked or broken blood vessel to the brain Cilia: hairlike structures in air passages that trap dust and other particles Asthma: bronchial tubes constrict making breathing difficult Emphysema: air sacs in the lung loose their ability to function Chronic bronchitis: too much mucus is in the bronchial tubes, swelling of the bronchial tubes Secondhand smoke: smoke that enters the air as exhaled smoke Sidestream smoke: smoke that enters the air from a burning cigarette, cigar, or pipe Carcinogen: substance that causes cancer there are 40 to 60 carcinogens in tobacco smoke Using Smokeless Tobacco Is A Health Risk List some health risks: 1. Addiction 2. Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Increase 3. Dulls the senses of taste and smell 4. Can develop sores in the stomach if you swallow 5. Others would find your behavior disgusting Health benefits of Smoking Cessation Decreased risk of: Lung cancer Cancers of the larynx, mouth, esophagus, pancreas, and bladder Heart disease Stroke Respiratory infections and diseases Ulcers TOBACCO ADVERTISING Everyday 3000 teens start smoking and 1000 of them will die early due to smoking related diseases. Each day the tobacco industry looses 4,200 coustomers. Three thousand (3000)people die and twelve hundred (1200) people stop smoking. You are the coustomer base of the future and that is why the tobacco companies spend ,000 per minute in advertising aimed at young people.