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| a binge is a pattern of drinking that brings BAC to 0.08 or above, males 5 or more drinks, females four or more drinks in 2 hours |
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| produced by fermentation, main ingredient in alcoholic beverages |
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| yeast organisms break down plant sugars plant sugars to yield alcohol |
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| alcohol vapours are condensed and mixed with water to make hard alcohol |
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| a measure of the percentage of alcohol in a beverage. Proof is double alcohol percentage |
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| amount of any beverage that contains 14 grams of pure alcohol |
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| Factors affecting absorption: |
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-alcohol concentration
-food in stomach
-pylorospasm
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-weight
-BMI |
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| Alcohol-acetaldehyde-acetate-CO2, H20, excreted |
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| Blood alcohol concentration |
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| ratio of alcohol to total blood volume |
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| Learned behavioural tolerance |
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| ability of heavy drinkers to modify behaviours to appear sober even with high BACs |
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| loss of water from body tissues |
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| Alcohol increases urinary output |
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| physiological reaction to excessive drinking including headache, upset stomach, anxiety, depression, diarrhea, thirst |
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| forms of alcohol that are metabolized slower than ethanol and produce toxic byproducts |
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| Alcohol Poisoning/Acute alcohol intoxication |
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| potentially lethal BAC that inhibits brain's ability to control consciousness, respiration and heart rate- large alcohol, short time |
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| last stage of liver disease associated with chronic heavy use of alcohol, liver cells die and damage is permanent |
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| condition from prolonged use of alcohol; liver is inflamed, can be fatal. |
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| a disorder involving physical and mental retardation that may affect the foetus when the mother consumes alcohol during pregnancy |
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| interfere with work, school, relationships and violation of law |
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| personal health problems related to alcohol use are severe, and stopping = withdrawal |
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| a state of confusions, delusions and agitation brought on from withdrawal |
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| organization whose goal is to help people stop drinking- al anon, alateen |
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| primary stimulant chemical in tobacco products, highly addictive |
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| thick, brown sludge condensed from particulate matter in smoked tobacco |
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| gas found in tobacco smoke reducing ability of blood to carry oxygen |
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| often beginner's smokers- dizziness, diarrhea, light headedness |
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| hand rolled flavoured cigarettes |
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| stringy type of tobacco placed in the mouth, sucked or chewed |
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| placing a small amount of chewy tobacco between the lower lips and teeth for rapid nicotine absorption |
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| powdered form of tobacco smoke that is sniffed and absorbed through mucus membranes in the nose or placed inside the cheek |
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| leathery white patches inside the mouth, produced by irritants in tobacco juice |
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| stickiness of RBC, associated with blood clots |
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| chronic lung disease, alveoli destroyed |
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| environmental tobacco smoke |
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| smoke from tobacco products |
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| drawn through tobacco while inhaling |
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| smoke breathed by non smokers |
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| headaches, irritability, tobacco cravings suffered by nicotine addicted individuals who cease using tobacco |
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