Drugs and Alcohol

One of the strongest influences on teens to start smoking cigarettes is

• reading cigarette advertisements
• having friends who smoke
• watching a lot of television
• having a job that allows smoking

There are _______ ingredients in a cigarette.

• 250
• 70
• 600
• 7,000

The harmful substance _________ can enter your body through smoking, chewing, or dipping tobacco products.

• tar
• nicotine
• carbon monoxide
• cyanide

A sticky substance, ___________, contains many carcinogens and coats the inside of your airways.

• tar
• nicotine
• snuff
• cyanide

Of all the ingredients in cigarettes, approximately _____ of them cause cancer

• 2
• 600
• 70
• 7,000

Drinking a lot of alcohol within a few hours is called

• social drinking

• binge drinking

• addictive drinking

• impact drinking

Chemicals or agents that cause cancer are called

• snuff
• nicotine
• tar
• carcinogens

Identify the short-term effect of smoking

• emphysema
• cancer
• heart disease
• increased blood sugar

any substance that causes a change in a person’s physical or psychological state

• medicine
• drug
• side effect
• over-the-counter (OTC) medicine
• prescription

any medicine that can be bought without a prescription

• medicine
• drug
• side effect
• over-the-counter (OTC) medicine
• prescription