HLTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Passive Smoking, Nicotine, Bronchus
8 Mar 2017
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Chapter 8- alcohol and tobacco use, misuse, and abuse. Even if we do not drink and smoke we live with the consequences of others drinking and smoking. Social- ease user may seem bolder, writer, sexier and seem to enjoy each other"s company. Relationship issues- singles, separated, or divorced people on average drink more. Celebration- parental approval and first year transition to adulthood. Tradition and custom, social norms, campus organizations. Peer pressure and living arrangements- generally students living with families drink less. Plan to drive or operate motorized equipment. Women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant. Person using certain otc or prescription medication. Pure alcohol is colorless liquid obtained through fermentation of a liquid containing sugar. Ethyl alcohol or ethanol is the main base in alcoholic beverages. Another type- methyl or wood alcohol is poison that should never be consumed. Any liquid with 0. 5 to 80% ethyl alcohol is alcoholic beverage.
