Health Review Sheet
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- What % of Americans smoke?
- 29%
- In the past25 years how many American have given up smoking?
- One Half
- Carbon Monoxide in cigarettes can prevent oxygen delivery by uniting with what?
- Hemoglobin
- Another name for snuff is what?
- Somkeless tobacco.
- How many people die each day from smoke related illnesses?
- 1,000
- The destruction of air sacs is what disease?
- Emphysema
- Smoking has what effects on blood vessels?
- Constricts them.
- Alcohol, Coffee, and soda can what?
- Increase craving for tobacco.
- When stopping smoking?
- The same number gain as lose weight.
- What gives cigarettes there flavor?
- Tar
- One source of the sugar in whiskey is?
- Rye.
- What percent of wine is alcohol?
- 12-20%
- Children born with FAS tend to be?
- lower in birth weight
- Symptoms of cirrhosis?
- Abdominal swelling and jaundice.
- What does stage three of alcoholism include?
- Isolation from family and friends.
- To get more info on alcoholism who would you contacr?
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- What are some short term effects of alcohol intake?
- Blood vessels widen, increased urination, skin feels warm.
- Alcohol is a factor in what % of murders?
- 70%
- What is the Bac level in most states to considered legal intoxicated?
- 0.1%
- FAS is a leading cause of what?
- Mental retardation.
- The chemical need that the body develops is called?
- Physiological Dependece.
- The need to have more and more drugs is what?
- Tolerance
- What drug has no medical use?
- Herion
- What is the strength of marijuana measured by?
- The amount of THC
- Where is Hashish found?
- The resin from the tops of the cannabis plant
- Drugs that affect the central nervous system causing mental or behavior changes are know as what?
- Psychoactive drugs.
- Drug use can cause what?
- Ongoing health problems.
- The white powder of the coca bush is called what?
- Cocaine
- The following is not true of crank?
- It has short term effects.