Tobacco Use - Fill in the Blanks

HINT: The sentences below can be found in the Safety Tips section under Tobacco Use.

Use the following words to fill in the blanks:

• attacks
• deaths
• smokeless
• cocaine
• cancers
• concentrations
• smoking
• drugs
• bad
• heart

1. Tobacco is bad for you.
2. In high concentrations, nicotine is deadly.
3. Nicotine acts directly on the heart to change heart rate and blood pressure.
4. Nicotine is as addictive as heroin or cocaine.
5. Smoking wrinkles your skin.
6. Long-term smoking can lead to fatal heart attacks, strokes, emphysema and cancer.
7. Tobacco use causes far more illnesses and death than all other addicting drugs combined.
8. One out of every six deaths in the United States is a result of smoking.
9. Smokeless tobacco contains cancer-causing chemicals that can cause cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus.
10. Smokeless tobacco causes harmful effects.