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Health Ch. 7
Harmful Effects of Tobacco & Alcohol
Term | Definition |
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alcohol | a drug found in beer, wine, and liquor |
alcoholic | someone who is addicted to alcohol |
blood alcohol level | a small person will have a higher level than a larger person does if they drink the same amount of alcohol |
intoxicated | when a person drinks so much alcohol that it strongly affects their ability to function |
nicotine | a poisonous substance that causes people to become addicted to tobacco |
peer pressure | when other young people influence you to do something they are using |
tar | a sticky substance that coats a smoker's lungs and makes breathing difficult |
tobacco | the shredded brown substance inside a cigarette |
oxygen | gases in cigarette smoke take the place of _______ in the blood |