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Concept based questions

Smoking is the inhalation and exhalation of fumes from burning tobacco in cigars, cigarettes and pipes. It is the most common drug to use, but it can produce cancer. Smoking is legal in many countries including ours. Only people that are 18 or older are allowed to smoke. Teenagers that are younger than 18 years old smoke and can buy cigarettes different places. Sellers do not care that they are selling to underage teenagers. Sellers that do not follow the law should go to jail or pay a fine.
 * __ 1. What is smoking? (form)-Nael __**

Source: www.kidshealth.com

-Pickle juice -Acetic acid (used -Benzoapy (tar)  -Butane (lighter fuel)  -Cadmium (type of metal)  -Cyanide (poison)  -Formaldehyde (chemical used for embalming)  -Ammonia (toilet cleaner)  -Hexamethylenetetramine (nuclear fuel)  -Methane (rocket and car fuel)  -Arsenic (insecticide, poison)  -Carbon monoxide (dangerous gas)  -Ethylene (anti freeze)  -Paint  -Lead (used to be in pencils)  -Methal isocyante (chemical that killed 2000 people)  -Naphthalene (mothballs)  -Nicotine (the addictive part of it)  -Polonium (ingredients nuclear powder)  -Toulonime (solvent)  -Satiric acid (candle wax)  Sources:
 * __ 2.What is a cigarrete made of? (Form) - Melissa __**
 * I need this answer to be summarized. Having all the list is not important. More important is to choose some ingredients that are the most toxic so people will know what their are getting into their body. Don't forget to include the picture that you found and the sources where you got this information!!! **

The basic ingredients that a cigarette is made of is tar, ammonia witch is toilet cleaner, lead the lead that used to be in pencils, nicotine is the addictive part of the cigarette, steaic acid that is candle wax, mothballs, paint, and butane that is lighter fuel.


 * __ 3. How does smoking affect our body and what diseases are connected to smoking? (Function)- Gonzalo San Roman __**

Some of the consequences in the short term are: respiratory infections, deterioration of the lung function (asthma and allergic symptoms), nicotine dependence, and sensation of low physical fitness and deterioration of growth.

==== Physical consequences in the long term are chronic lung disease, cardiovascular diseases, and development of cancer. Teenagers that begin smoking have the risk of developing dependence and become regular consumers continuing like that when they become adults. Cancer occurs when cells begin to grow uncontrollably in one or both lungs. Rather than developing into healthy, normal lung tissue, these not normal cells continue dividing and form lumps or masses of tissues called tumors. Tumors interfere with the main function of the lung, which is to provide the bloodstream with oxygen to be carried to the entire body. If a tumor stays in one spot and demonstrates limited growth, it is generally considered to be benign. The cigarettes has a substance called tar. Tar is the black material that people use to pave the streets. Tar sticks to your lungs and makes it harder to breathe, thats why the lungs are black. ====

Teenagers are more prone to becoming tobacco dependent than adults. This is because the development of the brain in adolescents is more susceptible, they have more time of exposure to tobacco and more amount of consumption so they become more dependent. Alcohol consumption triples in those adolescents who smoke cigarettes. Cigarettes consumption in adolescents is a pathway that leads to the consumption of other substances such as marihuana, alcohol, and other drugs. Studies have shown that those adolescents who consume tobacco may present more social and academic problems.

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 * [|www.stop-smoking-programs.org/smoking-diseases.html] ||
 * [|www.livestrong.com] ||
 * [|www.scielo.org.pe] ||

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__** 4. What causes teenagers to smoke? (Causation)- Jessica **__ An estimated 9 out of 10 smokers begin smoking before the age 18. Teenagers start to smoke because they think they are invincible and will not get any diseases. Teens also think that if their favourite actors or singers smoke they have to do it to be cool. In addition, tobacco advertising and promotion influences the attitudes of nonsmoking adolescents and renders them more likely to try smoking. Another reason is peer pressure or curiosity. They have family members that smoke and therefore think it is normal. They have not been educated about the affect of smoking or most of the disease and find it a way of rebelling against society and their mom or dad. Some smokers smoke to relieve stress, while others smoke as a means to focus the mind and provide mental stimulation.Cigarettes are cheap. peer presser causes some teenagers to smoke. Friends at school smoke and the teenagers want to fit in. Also, weight loss was a concern for many students and adolescents that began smoking.

Sources: http://www.livestrong.com/article/213062-what-are-the-causes-of-smoking-addiction/ http://www.livestrong.com/article/182011-what-are-the-causes-of-smoking-for-kids/

Teenagers start smoking because they feel curiosity, copy there friends and think they are cool and be more relaxed. When you smoke the nicotine goes into your brain and can cause a cancer, if you smoke you can get addicted and will be difficult to stop the addiction.teenagers did not realize how dangerous is smoking.Sometimes teenage girls smoke because they want to loose weight. Every year large amounts of money is being invested on cigarettes. Parents that smoke are the best examples for teenagers to start smoking. You need to improve your grammar. This information should be coming from the surveys you did to high school students! Where is that information? Source: [|www.lifestrong.com] survey Where are the sources?
 * __ 5. What do teenagers think about smoking? (perspective)- Nael __**

Teens go from thinking smoking is just a joke, that it is not a serous thing, and then start to buy an occasional pack. After that they then know that then need it (are addicted) and can not stop. Most teens are pressured into smoking. The main case is bad influences. For example, if some one in a movie smokes, or one of their favourite musicians smoke, some teens think t they should to do it too in orde to appear like their idol.
 * __ 6. How is the perspective of teenagers changing? (change) Jessica __**

Source: Interview http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/teensmoking/a/choice.htm Survey http://www.123helpme.com/search.asp?text=teen+smoking

we can Not done! do it now! we can have a meeting with smoke of the grades and tel them about smoking and the consequences of smoking and they might tell there friends not to smoke and they might not smoke them selves. Source:
 * __ 7. What can we do to help stop smoking? (responsibility) Melissa __**

You did a survey that provides you with lots of information, but I don't see that information anywhere. What did you learn from interviewing the students at Roosevelt? Do they smoke? How many? Why? What is the problem with teenagers at Roosevelt and smoking? How is your action plan connected to this problem? You need to identify a problem so you know how to solve it. You are also missing the reflection question.