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| The addictive ingredient in tobacco |
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| toxic chemicals found in cigarettes |
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| a poisonous, colorless, odorless gas that can be found in cigarette smoke |
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| what you call it when a person can't stop themselves from using tobacco |
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| The name for the symptoms a person feels when they first stop using tobacco. |
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| Three reasons a person might START smoking |
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1) Maybe their parents smoked.
2) They think people will think they are "cool" if they smoke.
3) They wrongly think that something good will happen if they smoke. |
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| Environmental Tobacco Smoke (also called "ETS" for short) |
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| The "second hand" smoke that you breathe in when other people smoke near you |
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| A person could get lung _______ from ETS |
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| A problem with difficult breathing that a person could develop from second-hand smoke |
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| Diseases that might be caused by ETS |
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lung cancer
asthma
infections
heart diseases
pneumonia |
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| Second hand smoke has twice as much of what addictive chemical than first hand smoke does? |
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| Second-hand smoke causes the heart's _______ supply to decrease |
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| When exposed to second-hand smoke, does a person's heart rate increase/speed up or decrease/slow down? |
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| True or False: The tars in cigarettes are cancer-causing agents |
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| True or False: It is safe to smoke filtered cigarettes. |
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| True or False: Nicotine is a poison found in tobacco. |
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| True or False: Quitting smoking will NOT improve your health. |
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| Leukoplakia is the medical term for the white patches that can appear in the mouth of a user of smokeless tobacco. |
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| True or False: Smoke from cigarettes harms only the smoker. |
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| True or False: Cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of illness and premature death in the country. |
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| True or False: Smokeless tobacco is absorbed only through the stomach when the saliva is swallowed. |
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| True or False: Smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes. |
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| True or False: The nicotine in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is addictive. |
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| True or False: A regular user of tobacco should have no difficulty quitting any time he or she wants. |
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| True or False: Violators of local, state, and federal smoking laws are subject to penalties. |
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| True or False: You can CHOOSE not to smoke. |
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Short-term effects or Long-term effects:
1) increase in blood pressure
2) increase in heart rate
3) increase in flow of blood from the heart
4) the arteries narrow
5) Carbon monoxide reduces the amount of oxygen the blood can carry |
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Short-Term Effects or Long-Term Effects:
1) Chronic Lung disease
2) Coronary heart disease
3) Stroke
4) various types of cancers
5) birth defects and increased chances of infant death when pregnant mothers smoke
6) Second-hand smoke can cause asthma |
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- Say “NO” without giving an excuse
- Repeat the message as often as necessary
- Suggest alternative actions or activities
- Speak only for yourself
- Accept the possibility of rejection |
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- Say “NO” without giving an excuse
- Repeat the message as often as necessary
- Suggest alternative actions or activities
- Speak only for yourself
- Accept the possibility of rejection |
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| Non-Verbal refusal skills |
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- Avoid physical contact
- Make gestures to emphasize your refusal
- Stand or sit tall; if needed, move away |
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| What do you need to use to say "No" effectively when people try to convince you to smoke or use tobacco? |
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| "No, thanks. I don't smoke," is an example of what? |
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| A Non-Verbal Refusal Skill |
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| Staying away from a classmate who smokes is an example of what? |
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| Suggesting that instead of smoking the two of you play a game of basketball is an example of what? |
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| People who begin smoking as teenagers |
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| What group tends to be more addicted to nicotine than people who begin smoking after age 20? |
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| How many people die each year due to smoking/tobacco use? |
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| Each year, how many American adolescents (people between the ages of 12 and 17) try their first cigarette? |
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| According to CDC estimates, how many children living today will die prematurely because as adolescents they decided to smoke cigarettes. |
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| Because it alters brain functioning |
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| Why is nicotine considered addictive? |
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| What highly toxic chemical found in cigarette smoke is also used as an ingredient in paint thinner? |
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| What substance found in cigarette smoke, is likely to cause Cancer in humans, and is also found in coal tar? |
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| Which deadly poison found in cigarette smoke causes diarrhea, cramps, anemia, paralysis and malignant skin tumors, and is used in pesticides? |
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| What highly flammable component of gasoline is also found in cigarette smoke? |
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| What ingredient in nail polish remover is also found in cigarette smoke? |
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| What substance found in cigarette smoke is also used to make certain types of batteries, and when sucked in, damages the liver, kidneys and brain, and stays in the body for years? |
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| Poisoning caused by what substance found in cigarette smoke stunts your growth, makes you vomit and damages your brain? |
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| What substance found in cigarette smoke have scientists discovered lets you absorb more nicotine, keeping you hooked on smoking? |
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| What cancer-causing substance, used by embalmers to preserve dead bodies, damages the lungs, skin and digestive system, and is found in cigarette smoke? |
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| What percentage of smokers start smoking before their 16th birthday? |
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| Eighty-five percent of smokers started before which birthday? |
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| True or False: Smoking alters how your brain works |
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| True or False: Smokers tend to have more wrinkles and leathery looking skin |
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| What eye condition that can lead to blindness do smokers have a high risk of developing? |
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| True or False: Smoking causes stains on your teeth, bad breath, and certain types of mouth cancers |
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| True or False: 4 out of 5 cases of Cancer of the Esophagus are caused by smoking |
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| Tar from tobacco smoke turns your fingers and fingernails what color? |
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| Smokers are twice as likely to contract what disfiguring red and silver rash on their skin? |
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lung cancer, asthma, and
emphysema |
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| Smoking makes it much more likely that you'll develop which three lung diseases? |
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| True or False: Smoking can have immediate affects on your heart and can lead to heart disease and heart attacks? |
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| True or False: There is growing evidence that smoking can lead to chronic bowel disease |
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| True or False: Smokers have an increased risk of developing stomach ulcers |
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| chewing and spitting smokeless tobacco |
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| Rick Bender lost a third of his tongue, half of his jaw and all of the flesh on the right side of his neck because of what bad habit? |
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