Health Unit 5, Lessons 3-4: Tobacco

​Oct. 16-17th

Poll

Do you know someone who smokes or vapes?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Ibuprofen is a drug.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A prescription inhaler for asthma is a drug:

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

You can buy these drugs at a drug store:

• Allergy medicine

• Decongestan

• Cough medicine

• All of these

Multiple Select

You can purchase these if you are 21 years old or older in California.

• Alcohol

• Marijuana

• Cigarettes

• Cocaine

• Heroin

​How your brain cells work:

Multiple Choice

This chemical in your brain creates feelings of pleasure.

• Dopamine

• Hydrochloric acid

• Adrenaline

• All of these

Fill in the Blanks

The "

" system of your brain responds to pleasurable experiences by releasing the neurotransmitter dopamine. (The answer starts with an "r").

Multiple Choice

The "reward" system is part of the brain's ______ system.

• limbic

• optic

• prefrontal cortex

• pancreas

Fill in the Blanks

Brain cells are called

.

​Tobacco

Tobacco is a drug. It is a substance that changes the way your body or mind functions, and that makes it a drug.

Nicotine is a chemical found in tobacco products = addictive!!

Nicotine acts as a stimulant or depressant in the body.

Multiple Choice

What is tobacco?

• Tobacco is a type of fruit used in desserts.
• Tobacco is a synthetic chemical used in cosmetics.
• Tobacco is a mineral found in the earth's crust.
• Tobacco is a plant whose leaves are used to produce products for smoking and chewing.

Multiple Choice

Nicotine has this effect on the body...

• Nicotine is a vitamin that boosts immune function and can lead to good health.

• Nicotine stimulates the central nervous system, increases heart rate, and can lead to addiction.
• Nicotine has no effect on the body.
• Nicotine decreases heart rate and promotes relaxation. It's good for stress management.

Multiple Choice

Tobacco is very addictive

• True

• False

Fill in the Blanks

Smoke given off by a burning cigarette, cigar, or pipe and the smoke exhaled by smokers is called secondhand

.

Multiple Choice

Smoking cigarettes can cause these types of cancer:

• Prostate cancer, breast cancer, eye cancer

• Skin cancer, ear cancer, brain cancer

• No cancer

• Lung cancer, throat cancer, mouth cancer, esophageal cancer, bladder cancer

Multiple Choice

Smoking has no effect on a pregnant woman's baby.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Smoking can cause ...

• various types of cancer

• heart disease

• stroke

• measles

• Type 1 diabetes

Multiple Choice

Smokers die at least ____ years earlier than nonsmokers.

• 10

• 8

• 6

• 4

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