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Health C. 20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| addictive drug | substance that causes physiological or psychological deppendence |
| nicotine | the addictive drug hat is found in tobacco leaves |
| stimulant | drug that increases action of the central nervous system, heart, and other organs |
| carcinogen | cancer causing |
| tar | dark fluid produced when tobacco burns |
| carbon minoxide | colorless, odorless, poisonous gas |
| smokeless tobacco | sniffed through the nose, held in the mouth, or chewed |
| leukoplakia | produced by mouth cancer, white spots |
| nicotine withdrawal | process that occurs when nicotie is no longer used |
| nicotine substitutes | products that deliver small amounts of nicotine that helps people get over the tobacco usage... slowly weens them off |
| tobacco cessation program | program with info for people who want to stop using tobacco |
| ETS environmental tobacco smoke | second-hand smoke |
| mainstream smoke | smoke exhaled from the smokers lungs |
| sidestream smoke | smoke from a burning end of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe |