Kinesiology 1070A/B- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 15 pages long!)
6 Oct 2017
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Health hazards of smoking: smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which include emphysema and chronic bronchitis, smoking is directly related to approximately 90% of lung deaths and approximately 80- Nicotine metabolism: nicotine is metabolized to cotinine which is metabolized 3-hydroxycotinine, metabolism rate has been found to predict smoking behaviour, slow metabolizer good, fast metabolizers need more nicotine to achieve the same effects. Take home message: nicotine is highly addictive, quitting smoking is hard and requires much more than individual will power. Quitting: health benefits only seen for quitting, cutting back may be an effective first step to ultimately quitting, approved method of quitting in europe but not in us, reduction leads to more cessation (16/19 studies) Clinical guidelines for treating tobacco dependence: counselling. Intensity: dose response: type: individual or group, content, pharmaceuticals, first li(cid:374)e therapies: nrt (cid:894)pat(cid:272)h, gu(cid:373) (cid:895, second line therapies: clonidine, combination therapies.
