Health vocabulary ch 20 lessons 1-3

A substance that causes physiological or psychological dependence

• Addictive drug

• tar

• Nicotine

• Stimulant

The addictive drug found in tobacco

• Addictive drug

• Nicotine

• Stimulant

• Carbon monoxide

A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs

• Stimulant

• Carbon monoxide

• Tar

• Nicotine

A cancer causing substance

• Carcinogen

• Addictive drug

• Tar

• Carbon monoxide

A thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns

• Tar

• Carbon monoxide

• Addictive drug

• Stimulant

A colorless, Oderless, and poisonous gas

• Carbon monoxide

• Nicotine

• Tar

• Carcinogen

Tobacco that is sniffed through the nose, held in the mouth, or chewed

• Smokeless tobacco

• Nicotine

• Lekoplakia

• Addictive drug

Thickened, white, leathery-looking spots on the inside of the mouth that can develop into oral cancer

• Lekoplakia

• Smokeless tobacco

• Nicotine

• Tar