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cchapter 20.
Question | Answer |
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addictive drug | substance that causes physiological or psychological dependence |
nicotine | addictive drug found in tobacco leaves |
stimulant | drug that increases the action of the central nervous system |
carcinogen | cancer-causing substance |
tar | thick sticky dark fluid produced when tobacco burns |
carbon monoxide | colorless odorless and poisonous gas |
smokeless tobacco | tobacco that is sniffed through the nose help in the mouth or chewed |
leukoplakia | on the inside of the mouth that can develop into oral cancer |
nicotine withdrawal | process that occurs in the body when nicotine an addictive drug is no longer used |
nicotine substitutes | products that deliver small amounts of nicotine into the users system whlie he or she is trying to give up the tobacco habit |
tobacco cessation program | course that provides information and help to people who want to stop using tobacco |
enviromental tobacco smoke ets | secondhand smoke is air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke |
mainstream smoke | smoke exhaled from the lungs of a smoker |
sidestream smoke | smoke from the burning end of a cigarette pipe or cigar |