Tobacco
Tobacco - One of the so-called " gateway drugs" is grown primarily as a cash crop in the
United States. The leaves can be smoked in pipes, cigars, and cigarettes. It can also be
chewed or sucked in the form of smokeless products such as snuff or chewing tobacco.
a. Contains over 4,000 chemicals, with nicotine being the most dangerous.
b. Nicotine is highly addictive and affects the brain and central nervous system.
c. Nicotine is as addictive as heroin or cocaine
d. Nicotine reaches the brain in seven to ten seconds, twice as fast as intravenous
drugs.
e. Nicotine acts as a stimulant causing heart rate to increase, blood pressure to rise
and blood vessels to constrict.
f. A users body develops a tolerance to nicotine.
g. Carbon monoxide interferes with the red blood cells ability to carry oxygen
h. The breathing of second hand smoke can be as dangerous as smoking.
i. Smokeless tobacco has been associated with various forms of throat and mouth
cancer.
Diseases caused by cigarettes:
1. Respiratory system:
a. Pulmonary Emphysema
b. COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
c. Chronic Bronchitis
d. Asthma
e. Lung Cancer
2. Nervous
a. Brain
b. Stroke
3. Digestive
a. Gastritis
4. Circulatory
a. Cardiomyopathy
b. Heart Disease
Kinds of Smokers:
a. Pleasure Smoker
b. Negative Effect Smoker
c. Habitual Smoker
d. Heavy Chain Smoker
Define:
a. Side stream smoke
b. Mainstream smoke (see attached handouts on smoking)
c. Carbon monoxide
Chewing Tobacco
a. Cancer of the mouth, throat, tongue, gums
b. Gingivitis
c. Leukoplakia
Smoking GRA
Name -------------------Date ----------------- Period -----------------------------Below is a list of the effects of tobacco on the body – Use the words at the bottom and
match each to a statement on the left.
Pierson/ Hurysz
1. These get dulled with just one cigarette ------------------.
2. Harmful gases and particles settle around theses membranes. Most lung cancer
begins here --------------.
3. Tar causes brown spots on the surface of this body part---------------.
4. Cigarettes cause yellow stains on this body part ----------------.
5. Smoker’s risk of developing caner in this organ is 7 – 10 times greater than for
non-smokers ------------.
6. Cigarette smoking increases chances of developing ulcers here ------------.
7. Nicotine causes this organ to work harder and increases the chances of stroke and
vascular disease -----------.
8. This condition develops as the tiny air sacs in the lungs are destroyed--------------.
9. These develop inside the mouth as a result of smokeless tobacco -------------.
10. This term encompasses all cancer-causing agents -------------------.
11. The primary symptom of this smoking disease is sputum --------------------.
12. Contains the same harmful ingredients as smoke inhaled by the smoker -----------------.
a taste buds
c. Heart
e.bladder
g.stomach
i. Carcinogens
k. Side stream
b.bronchioles
d. teeth
f. fingers
h. leukoplakia
j. bronchitis
l. gastro intestinal
Smoking Study GRA
Aan
Answer the following questions after you read the handout material on tobacco
1. When did people first learn of the harmful side effects of smoking?
2. List three harmful substances found in cigarette smoke.
3. How is nicotine harmful?
4. How is carbon monoxide harmful?
5. How is the tar in cigarette smoke harmful
6. List two immediate effects on the cardiovascular system caused by smoking.
7. List tow immediate effects on the respiratory system caused by smoking.
8. What long-term effects have on the respiratory system?
9. What long-term effects can smoking have on the cardiovascular system?
10. What effect does cigarette smoking have on an unborn baby?
11. What is involuntary smoking?
12. Why is side stream smoke more harmful than mainstream smoke?
13. What serious diseases are caused by smokeless tobacco?
14. Social pressures that might influence a teenager to begin smoking usually come
form what source?
15. What can a person do to resist the pressure of using tobacco?
16. What has caused the restriction of smoking in some public places
17. What health benefits do ex-smokers report after they have quit smoking?
Pierson/Hurysz