Contents

1. 14 Chapter Tobacco Contents • Section 1 Why People Use Tobacco • Section 2 Health Effects of Smoking • Section 3 Passive Smoking • Section 4 Smokeless Tobacco • Section 5 The Decision to Quit

2. Fact or Fiction? Is this statement true or false? If you think it is false, explain what is true. • Smoking wrinkles the skin.

3. Content Vocabulary • nicotine • gateway drug

4. Teens and Tobacco Advertising • Tobacco advertising targets teens.

5. Cigarette companies are required to inform the public that smoking harms health, but their advertisements don’t convey the harmful effects. Tobacco companies spend over $26 million a day on advertisements, in print and on the Internet, that appeal to young people.

6. The tobacco industry targets teens because most smokers pick up the habit in their teen years. Worldwide, more than 5 million adult smokers die each year from smoking and smoking-related illnesses. The tobacco industry needs to find replacement smokers for those who die.

7. Reasons teens give for smoking include: I’m young now. I can quit later. I don’t inhale. Smoking can’t hurt me. Smoking makes me look grown-up. I smoke filtered “light” cigarettes. They aren’t as harmful. Teens and Tobacco Advertising

8. Other reasons teens give for smoking include: My parents (or friends) smoke. Why shouldn’t I? If I don’t spend the money on cigarettes, I’ll spend it on something else. It keeps me from biting my nails, putting on weight, or being mad or bored or hurt or unhappy. Teens and Tobacco Advertising

9. Nicotine Addiction • Smoking causes addiction, especially in teens.

10. Tobacco’s active ingredient, nicotine, has effects on the brain similar to those of cocaine or heroin. Nicotine Addiction nicotine An addictive drug present in tobacco

11. The director of the FDA once said that every year in the United States, “smoking kills more people than AIDS, car accidents, alcohol, homicides, illegal drugs, suicides and fires combined.” Nicotine Addiction

12. Nicotine Addiction Nicotine’s Harmful Effects • Nicotine has many effects on the body: • It affects the major organ systems: nervous system, cardiovascular system, and digestive system. • It triggers the release of stress hormones, speeds up the heart, and raises blood pressure.

13. Nicotine Addiction Nicotine’s Harmful Effects • Nicotine has many effects on the body: • It changes brainwave patterns. • It reduces anxiety and pain. • It helps with concentration, dulls the taste buds, and reduces hunger.

14. Nicotine Addiction Nicotine’s Harmful Effects • Nicotine withdrawal has many effects on the body: • Lowered heart rate, lowered blood pressure, nausea, and headache. • Irritability, restlessness, anxiety, drowsiness, inability to concentrate, and the craving for another dose.

15. Nicotine Addiction Nicotine’s Harmful Effects • Physical addiction is the most important reason that people use tobacco. • Psychological dependence occurs because nicotine brings pleasure and reduces pain. • Smoking provides a temporary escape from small stresses and a busy schedule.

16. Nicotine’s Harmful Effects Nicotine Addiction • Tobacco is a gateway drug and can eventually lead to the willingness to try much stronger drugs. Gateway drug A drug whose abuse is likely to lead to the abuse of other, more potent and dangerous drugs

17. Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary • Define nicotine. nicotine An addictive drug present in tobacco

18. Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary • What is the term for a drug whose abuse is likely to lead to abuse of other, more potent, and dangerous drugs? gateway drug A drug whose abuse is likely to lead to abuse of other, more potent, and dangerous drugs