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cigarette

is a narrow cylinder containing burnable material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking.

Mainstream Smoke

• the smoke directly inhaled through the burning cigarette by the smoker.

Exhaled Mainstream Smoke

the smoke breathed out by the smoker from his or her lungs.

Sidestream Smoke

the smoke that drifts form the end of the lit cigarette.

Secondhand Smoke

• consists of exhaled mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke.

Thirdhand Smoke

consists of the tobacco residue from cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products that are elft behind after smoking.

Alcoholism

now known as Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), is a condition in which a person has a desire or physical need to consume alcohol, even though  it has a negative impact on their life. 

Alcohol Dependence

is diagnosed when one has withdrawals; it also reflects when he or she is unsuccessful in controlling his or her feeling alcohol consumption.

Alcohol Abuse

is diagnosed when it already interfering in major obligations to the family, at work, or in school and using alcohol in hazardous situations.

The blood alcohol concentration (BAC)

is the amount of alcohol (ethanol) in one’s body.