Health Final-Smoking Vocab

plant whose leaves are used to make cigarettes, snuff and chew

Tobacco

strong physical or psychological craving for a substance despite it's harmful effects

Addiction

rat poison; one of many poisons found in tobacco

Arsenic

hardening of the arteries that can lead to a stroke or heart attack

Atherosclerosis

swelling of the bronchi, or breathing tubes in the lungs, which can cause coughing and soreness

Bronchitis

serious, often deadly disease that causes the body's cells to mutate and grow out of control

Cancer

rate of blood flow through the body; smoking causes it to decrease

Circulation

an illness of the lungs which causes the air sacs to expand and lose their elasticity

Emphysema

Pre-cancerous sores in the mouth that can be caused by chewing tobacco

Leukoplakia

addictive drug found in tobacco that increases blood pressure and heart rate

Nicotine