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Smoking Tabacco, and Non smoking Tabacco
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Health Care
9th Grade
01/22/2011

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Term
addictive drug
Definition
a substance athat causes physiological or psychological dependence
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nicotine
Definition
the addictive drug found in tobacco leaves
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stimulant
Definition
a drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart and other organisms
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carcinogen
Definition
a cancer-causing substance
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tar
Definition
a thick sticky dark fluid produce when tabacco forms
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carbon monoxide
Definition
a colorless, odorless and poisonous gas
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smokeless tabacco
Definition
that is sniffed through the nose, heldd in the mouth or chewed.
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leukoplakia
Definition
thickend, white, leathery-looking spots on the inside of the mouth that can develop into oral cancer.
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nicotine withdrawl
Definition
the process that occurs in thebody when nicotine, is no longer used
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nicotine substitutes
Definition
products that deliversmall amounts of nicotine into the users system while he or she is trying to fuce uo the tabacco habit
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tabacco cessation program
Definition
a course that provides information and help to people who want to stop using tabacco
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enviormental tabacco smoke (ETS)
Definition
air that has been contaminated by tabacco smaoke
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mainstream smoke
Definition
smoke exhaled from the lungs of a smoker
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sidestream smoke
Definition
the smoke from a burning pipe, cigarette or cigar
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Healthy People
Definition
reduce tabacco use
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