CHAPTER ELEVEN LESSON ONE DANGEROUS TOBACCO

OBJECTIVES LIST THREE CHEMICALS THAT ARE PRODUCED WHEN A CIGARETTE IS LIT. LIST FIVE EFFECTS OF TOBACCO ON YOUR BODY THAT APPEAR EARLY IN A CIGARETTE HABIT. DESCRIBE HEALTH PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKELESS TOBACCO USE. IDENTIFY FOUR TYPES OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS OTHER THAN CIGARETTES. EXPLAIN WHY ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE IS HARMFUL.

BELLRINGER LIST TWO NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF TOBACCO?

DEFINITIONS WHEN TOBACCO IS PROCESSED, THE LEAVES OF THE TOBACCO PLANT ARE COMBINED WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER INGREDIENTS CALLED ADDITIVES. ADDITIVES ARE THE CHEMICALS THAT HELP KEEP THE TOBACCO MOIST AND HELP IT TO BURN LONGER AND TASTE BETTER. SOME EARLY EFFECTS OF TOBACCO ON YOUR BODY ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. RAISED HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE 2. BAD ODOR ON HAIR, NAILS, AND SKIN 3. NAUSEA 4. A LACK OF SENSITIVITY IN TASTE BUDS 5. SHORTNESS OF BREATH 6. INCREASED NUMBER OF ILLNESSES

DEFINITIONS CHEWING TOBACCO CHEWING TOBACCO IS COARSELY CHOPPED TOBACCO LEAVES THAT CONTAIN FLAVORINGS AND ADDITIVES MUCH LIKE THE TOBACCO IN CIGARETTES. SNUFF SNUFF IS A FLAVORED POWDER. IT IS PLACED BETWEEN THE CHEEK AND GUM. PIPES, CIGARS, CLOVES, AND BIDIS PIPE TOBACCO, CIGARS, AND CLOVE CIGARETTES ARE OTHER COMMON TOBACCO PRODUCTS THAT ARE SMOKED. BIDIS ARE UNFILTERED CIGARETTES THAT ARE WRAPPED IN TOBACCO LEAVES. AVOID PASSIVE SMOKING THE SAME CHEMICALS THAT ARE FOUND IN THE SMOKE INHALED BY SMOKERS ARE ALSO FOUND IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE—SOMETIMES IN HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS.