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| a substance that causes physiological or psychological dependence |
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| the addictive drug found in tobacco leaves |
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| a drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs |
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| a cancer-causing substance |
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| a thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns |
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| a colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas |
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| tobacco that is sniffed through the nose, held in the mouth, or chewed |
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| thickened, white, leathery-looking spots on the inside of the mouth that can develop into oral cancer |
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| the process that occurs in the body when nicotine, an addictive drug, is no longer used |
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| a product that delivers small amounts of nicotine into the user's system while he or she is trying to give up the tobacco habit. |
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| environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) |
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| air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke |
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| the smoke exhaled from the lungs of a smoker |
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| the smoke from a burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar |
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