HLTH 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Chewing Tobacco, Respiratory Failure, Insecticide
22 Jan 2019
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Drugs & society - hlth 353 - exam iii notes. Family smoking prevention and tobacco control act (june 22, 2009 - obama) Restricts tobacco marketing and sales to youth. Ban on selling tobacco in vending machines. Colorless, highly volatile liquid = very addictive. When smoked = enters lungs and then absorbed into bloodstream (within 10. When chewed or dipped = absorbed through mucous lining of mouth. Amount of tobacco/nicotine absorbed depends on seconds) Nicotine has been used as an insecticide and at higher concentrations can be. Sweating, vomiting, mental confusion, diarrhea and breathing difficulty. Tobacco use = leading preventable cause of death in us. More deaths caused by smoking than hiv, illegal drug use, murders, alcohol use, suicides and motor vehicle injuries combined. Decreases unpleasant effects of tension, anxiety and anger. Habitual ( 70% smokers wished they could sto p) Mainstream smoke = smoke drawn through mouthpiece and inhaled directly from cigarette (smoker)
