Tobacco Vocab

A very addictive chemical in tobacco products​

• Tar

• Nicotine

• Carbon Monoxide

• Carcinogen

Tobacco that is chewed, placed between the lower lip and teeth or sniffed through the nose. ​

• Smokeless

• Vaping

• Hookah

• Cigar

Drugs that increase the activity of the nervous system​

• NSAID

• Stimulant

• Depressant

• Hallucinogen

The dark, sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns​

• Carbon Monoxide

• Leukoplakia

• Tar

• Stimulant

Cancer causing agents. Tobacco products contain many chemicals that can lead to cancer​

• Emphysema

• COPD

• Carcinogen

• JUUL

A disease that results in gradual loss of lung function. COPD occurs when a person continues to smoke over a long period of time, the damage that occurs to the respiratory system becomes permanent.​

• Coronary Obsessive Passive Disorder​

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease​

• Chronic Obstruction Parietal Disorder

• Calcium Overload Potassium Disease

A disease where the airways of the lungs are constantly inflamed. Over time, mucus-producing cells increase in size and number, producing more and more mucus. The constricted airways and over production of mucus make breathing difficult.

• Chronic Bronchitis​

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Chronic Emphysema

• Cancer

A disorder in which the alveoli in the lungs no longer function properly. Tobacco smoke damages alveoli tissue.

• Chronic Bronchitis​

• Emphysema

• Alveolitis

• COPD

The diseases of the heart and blood vessels. CVD disease kills about 647,000 smokers in United States every year.

• Cardio Vestibular Disease

• Cardiovascular Disease

• Cardio Vesicle Disease

• Cardioventricular Disease

Both tobacco smoke and smokeless tobacco contain many ingredients that are known as carcinogens which can cause this chronic disease

• Emphysema

• Cancer

• Bronchitis

• COPD