Chapter 3 HHD

Tobacco smoke _____________ the amount of oxygen in the blood, contributing to _____________ blood pressure and heart rate.

• increases; reduced

• reduces; reduced

• reduces; increased 

• increases; increased

_____________ contributed over 50 per cent of the disease burden attributed to tobacco between ages 55 and 74.

• Cancers

• Cardiovascular disease

• Type 2 diabetes

• Injuries

_____________ is characterised by reduced airflow into the lungs and limited ability to utilise oxygen, due to damaged lung tissue.

• COPD

• Atherosclerosis

• Cardiovascular diseases

• Hypertension

As well as _____________ blood pressure, chemicals in tobacco smoke speed up the process of _____________, which significantly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.

• decreasing; atherosclerosis

• increasing; atherosclerosis

• increasing; COPD 

• decreasing; COPD

Around half of the total burden of _____________ is attributed to tobacco use.

• diabetes

• brain cancer

• oesophageal cancer

• testicular cancer

Over time, _____________ can lead to chronic _____________.

• tobacco use; diabetes

• tobacco; communicable diseases

• tobacco use; type 2 diabetes

• alcohol abuse; liver diseases

Over a period of time, alcohol use can contribute to a person _____________.

• developing anaemia

• developing osteoporosis

• becoming underweight

• becoming overweight

____________ accounted for a much greater proportion of the stroke and _____________ burden attributable to alcohol use.

• Males; coronary heart disease

• Females; injury

• Males; injury

• Females; coronary heart disease

_____________ is an umbrella term that describes a range of conditions that can occur in children exposed to _____________ before birth.

• FASD; tobacco

• FASD; alcohol

• SIDS; alcohol

• SIDS; tobacco

According to the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol,

• drinking no more than one standard drink on any day reduces the lifetime risk of harm from alcohol-related disease or injury for healthy men and women.

• drinking no more than two standard drinks on any day reduces the lifetime risk of harm from alcohol-related disease or injury for healthy men and women.

• drinking no more than three standard drinks on any day reduces the lifetime risk of harm from alcohol-related disease or injury for healthy men and women.

• drinking no more than four standard drinks on any day reduces the lifetime risk of harm from alcohol-related disease or injury for healthy men and women.