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Health quiz 1
Tabacco quiz
Term | Definition |
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5 steps of decision making | State the proplem Define the scope of the problem Brainstorm possible solutions Identify consequences choose a solution |
3 harmful ingredients in cigarettes | nicotine - addictive and cloggs your arteries , carbon monoxide prevents your body from getting oxygen, and tar which causes cancer. |
5 smoking related diseases | smokers cough chronic cough emphysema lung cancer heart disease |
3 reasons why someone may start smoking | peer presser parent or friend does it boredom |
carcinogens | any agent that causes cacer. (400 per cigarette) |
how many chemicals are in 1 cigarette | over 4,000 |
nicotine | speads up your heart, in smokeless tabaco and cigerettes. |
tar | used to pave roads and driveways |
Formaldehyde | preserves dead animals |
Cyanide | rat poisson |
lead | paint |
acetone | paint and nail polish remover |
ammonia | household cleaners |
hydrazine | jets and rocket fule |
second hand smoke (sidestream) | When someone around you is smoking and you inhale the smoke. - kills 3,000 people a year - Causes 300,000 lung infections in kids each year - ruins the smell and taste of food - gives pets cancer |
smokeless tabaco and snuff | chewing tabacco, causes tounge, gum, and stoumache cancer. finely ground powder is placed between the lower lip and gum, it mixes with saliva |
products to help you quit | nicotine pads and nicootine gum |
health hazards of smoking | death, cancer, bad breath, wrinkles, hearing and vision loss, decrease in athletic performance, kidney/liver damage, gum disease |
tolerance | the bodys resistance to the effect of a drug. ex: drinking a 6 pack of beer and not getting drunk |
withdrawal | physical symptoms when a body is depriving a drug (negative) |
physical addiction | when your body needs a drug to feel "normal" -withdrawal symptoms. |
Psychological | when someone thinks they need a drug to feel "normal" |
types of decisions | Habitual- no thought required simple- some thought required with no long term consequences complex- much thought is required with possible long term consequences spur of the moment- may be dangerous! have very little time too decide. |
consequence | a positive or negative result based on a decision made |