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Passive  Smoking/Smokeless  Tobacco  

Chapter  14  Sections  3,4  

Passive  Smoking  !   Types  of  smoke  

!   Mainstream  smoke  =    ! Sidestream  smoke  =    !   Exhaled  smoke  =    

!   **  Environmental  tobacco  smoke  (secondhand  smoke)  =    

 

!   Health  Risks  !   Lung  cancer  –  increased  risk  !   Heart  attack  –  higher  risk    !   Asthma,  allergies,  sinus,  headaches,  nausea,  eye  

irritation  !   Babies  and  children  –  2x  risk  lung  infection,  ear  

infections  

!   **  3rd  leading  preventable  cause  of  death,  53,000  a  year  die  

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Smokeless  Tobacco  

!  Forms  !   Chewing  tobacco  =    !   Snuff  (dip)  =    ! Snus  =    

 

!  Health  Risks  !   leukoplakia  –  whitish,  grayish  patches  in  mouth  -­‐  

cancer  !   nasal,  cheek,  gum,  throat  tumors  !   mouth  and  throat  cancer  !   tooth,  gum  disease  !   dulls  taste  !   ***  NOT  a  substitute  for  smoking!!!