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Lesson 9.1: The Health Effects of Tobacco Review

Know and Understand

Define adrenaline. How does nicotine affect adrenaline and the body?
Explain how nicotine affects the blood vessels. How does this impact on the blood vessels cause smokers to be twice as likely as nonsmokers to die from a heart attack?
Describe carbon monoxide and the effect it has on the cardiovascular system.
Describe how tar accumulates in the respiratory system and how it affects the lungs.
How does smoking or breathing in cigarette smoke impact people with asthma?
Most smokers who develop COPD have a combination of what two diseases?

Analyze and Apply

Why do smokers have a higher risk of cancer than nonsmokers?
Explain how a woman being exposed to secondhand smoke or smoking during pregnancy can impact the developing fetus.

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