8th Grade Chapter 14 Notes Tobacco – – Lesson 1 What is Nicotine? Highly addictive drug found in all tobacco products Within seconds, nicotine enters blood and reaches brain. Raises heart rate and blood pressure What are Cigarettes? Tobacco leaves are dried and hundreds of chemicals are added to them What is Carbon Monoxide? A gas that makes it hard for the blood to carry oxygen What is Tar? Sticky substance that can coat the airways and cause cancer What are examples of Smokeless Tobacco? Chewing Tobacco: loose or pressed together to form a small bunch Snuff: more powdery than chewing tobacco and is either loose or wrapped in a pouch What are Other Tobacco Products? Unfiltered cigarettes that are wrapped in brown leaves and tied with thread. Come in flavors, appealing to teens. Lesson 2 What are Chronic Effects to smoking? A consequence that remains with a person for a long time Bad breath, persistent coughing, excess discolored teeth, shortness of breath What are Effects of Smokeless Tobacco? Gum disease, white sores, mouth cancer, difficulty eating or speaking What is Environmental Tobacco Smoke? Mix of exhaled smoke and smoke from the end of lit cigarettes, or second-hand smoke. Unhealthy to everyone who breathes it What are Social and Emotional Health Social: friendships in danger, strain relationships Effects to smoking? with parents, and keeping secrets Emotional: know they are risking their health, confused and frustrated
8th Grade – Chapter 14 Notes – Tobacco Lesson 1 What is Nicotine? What are Cigarettes? What is Carbon Monoxide? What is Tar? What are examples of Smokeless Tobacco? What are Other Tobacco Products? Lesson 2 What are Chronic Effects to smoking? What are Effects of Smokeless Tobacco? What is Environmental Tobacco Smoke? What are Social and Emotional Health Effects to smoking? Highly addictive drug found in all tobacco products Within seconds, nicotine enters blood and reaches brain. Raises heart rate and blood pressure Tobacco leaves are dried and hundreds of chemicals are added to them A gas that makes it hard for the blood to carry oxygen Sticky substance that can coat the airways and cause cancer Chewing Tobacco: loose or pressed together to form a small bunch Snuff: more powdery than chewing tobacco and is either loose or wrapped in a pouch Unfiltered cigarettes that are wrapped in brown leaves and tied with thread. Come in flavors, appealing to teens. A consequence that remains with a person for a long time Bad breath, persistent coughing, excess discolored teeth, shortness of breath Gum disease, white sores, mouth cancer, difficulty eating or speaking Mix of exhaled smoke and smoke from the end of lit cigarettes, or second-hand smoke. Unhealthy to everyone who breathes it Social: friendships in danger, strain relationships with parents, and keeping secrets Emotional: know they are risking their health, confused and frustrated