HSS 1101 Lecture 7: HSS 1101 D - Lecture #7 - Alcohol, Caffeine and Tobacco Part II and Engaging in Physical Activity for Health, Fitness, and Performance.
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Hss 1101 d - lecture #7 - alcohol, caffeine and tobacco part ii and engaging in physical. Activity for health, fitness, and performance: alcoholism continued, more women are drinking, almost as many as men. Pill form therapy, very interesting: even with drug therapy, the relapse rate is about 60%, within the first 3 months, alcholics anoymous, (aa) clubs. Anyone can come in, sit in and listen. Smoking is the most popular form: nicotine in cigarettes is accompanied by many different chemicals. While smoking, tar, (resin, sludge that rests in your system), carbon monoxide (affects respiratory system), carcinogens: oddly, when we think smoking tobacco, you think relaxation. But, it is a stimulant: physiological effects of nicotine, smokers by sex, province and territories, stats can , citation . Increases heart and respiratory rate: stimulates nervous system and adrenal glands, constricts blood vessels (increased blood pressure, reduces apetite, smoking and the effects on the lungs.