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Health

Tobacco WebQuest

  1. To begin, go to the following website and read about addiction:

Then fill in the missing information in the statement below.

Although taking drugs at any age can lead to addiction, research shows that the ______a person

begins to use drugs the more likely they are to progress to more serious ______. This may reflect

the harmful effect that drugs can have on the ______.

  1. To begin, go to the following website and read about the basic history of tobacco:

Respond tothe following questions.

Who first cultivated the tobacco plant and for what purpose?

In what year did researchers discover that smoking might cause cancer?

From the 1960s onward, what are three major events that negatively affected the tobacco companies?

  1. Use the following link for the "Chamber of Horrors" to discover the long term effects of tobacco use.

List five long term effects of tobacco use.

  1. Use the internet to research the different chemicals found in cigarettes and give other examples of where these chemicals are found.

What is in a cigarette? / Where else is this chemical found?
Tar
Formaldehyde
Cyanide
Lead
Acetone
Ammonia
Carbon monoxide
Hydrazine
Nicotine
  1. Visit this site:

After reading NIDA For Teens, "E-cigarettes Popularity On the Rise" answer the following questions.

What are e-cigarettes?

Why are teens trying e-cigarettes?

Some people have said that e-cigarettes helped them…

What ingredients are in regular cigarettes that are not in e-cigarettes?

What are carcinogens?

Does the FDA regulate e-cigarettes?

  1. The cost of a pack of cigarettes in Pennsylvania is $6.00. Five cigarettes per day is considered a light smoker, 15 for a moderate smoker, and a 30 for a heavy smoker. Use a calculator to figure out the cost of smoking over time for each type of smoker.

If you began smoking 5 cigarettes (light smoker) today, and continued this habit for a year you would end up paying:

______per day

______per week

______per month

______per year

If you began smoking 15 cigarettes (moderate smoker) today, and continued this habit for a year you would end up paying:

______per day

______per week

______per month

______per year

If you began smoking 30 cigarettes (heavy smoker) today, and continued this habit for a year you would end up paying:

______per day

______per week

______per month

______per year