WTK: Alcohol, Tobacco, & Drug Use and Abuse (cont.) Nicotine:

WTK: Alcohol, Tobacco, & Drug Use and Abuse (cont.)

Nicotine:1. tobacco-

a leaf plant that contains nicotine and harmful, toxic chemicals; may

be smoked (as cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookahs); may be used smokeless (snuff,

snus, chewing tobacco, dip)

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Nicotine:2. e-cigarette (vape, mod, Juul)-

an electronic device that delivers nicotine and

sometimes THC to the user in vaporized form

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Nicotine:3. nicotine-

a highly addictive drug found in tobacco

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Nicotine:4. tar-

a sticky, thick, dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns

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Nicotine:5. formaldehyde -

an irritating gas used in adhesives, disinfectants, and preserving

dead tissue found in burning tobacco

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Nicotine:6. cyanide-

a pesticide and deadly poison found in burning tobacco

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Nicotine:7. carbon monoxide-

a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced when tobacco

burns

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Nicotine:. methanol-

poisonous liquid alcohol that causes blindness.