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| the highly addictive drug that is found in all tobacco products |
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| any chemical or agent that causes cancer |
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| a sticky, black substance in tobacco smoke that coats the inside of the airways and that contains many carcinogens |
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| a gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream |
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| a respiratory disease in which air cannot move in and out of alveoli because they become blocked or lose their elasticity |
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| smoke that escapes from the tip of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe |
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| smoke that is inhaled through a cigarette and then exhaled by a cigarette smoker |
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| environmental tobacco smoke (secondhand smoke) |
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| a combination of exhaled mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke |
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| nicotine replacement theory (NRT) |
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| a form of medicine that delivers small amounts of nicotine to the body to help a person quit using tobacco |
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