This document provides information about caffeine, alcohol, and smoking. It defines caffeine and describes its effects. It defines alcohol and describes its types, symptoms, and differences between young people and adults. It also describes the symptoms and effects of alcohol dependence. It defines smoking and describes its short term and long term health effects. It provides images related to the negative effects of these substances and lists some websites with additional information.
5. Scientific Caffeine.
Methylxanthine
When purified, caffeine produces
an intensely bitter white powder
that provides a distinctive taste in
soft drinks.
6. GENERAL INFORMATION
Even a small amounts of caffeine can lead to high blood pressure. Some street
names for caffeine are soda and coffee
7. Peanut butter cup Nestle Crunch Bar
Chocolate Milk
Tea Chocolates
Medicines Jell-O Chocolate Pudding
Starbuck coffee ice cream
Coca Cola
Chocolate Brownie
Kit Kat bar
Mountain Dew
12. WHAT IS ALCOHOL?
ALCOHOL IS A DRUG.
IT IS CLASSED AS A DEPRESSED, THAT IT SLOWS DOWN VITAL
FUNCTIONS, RESULTING IN SLURRED SPEECH, UNSTEADY
MOVEMENT, DISTURBED PERCEPTIONS AND AN INABILITY TO
REACT QUICKLY.
ALTHOUGH CLASSIFIED AS A DEPRESSANT, THE AMOUNT OF
ALCOHOL CONSUMED DETERMINES THE TYPES OF EFFECTS.
MOST PEOPLE DRINK FOR THE STIMULANT EFFECT,SUCH AS A
BEER OR GLASS OF WINE. BUT IF A PERSON CONSUMES MORE
THAN THE BODY CAN HANDLE, THEN THEY EXPERIENCE
ALCOHOLS DEPRESSANT EFFECT.
ALCOHOL OVERDOSE CAUSES EVEN MORE SEVERE
13. Types of alcoholic beverages
Beverages Source Alcohol Content
Beer Cereals 4-8%
Brandy Fruit juice 40-50%
Whisky Cereal grains 40-55%
Rum Sugarcane 40-55%
Wines Grapes (also other 10-22%
fruits)
15. YOUNG PEOPLE ADULT
-HARMFUL TO TEENS. -ACCORDING TO
RESEARCH, YOUNG
-DAMAGE IN BRAIN PEOPLE WHO BEGIN
DRINKING BEFORE AGE 15
ARE 4 TIMES MORE LIKELY
TO DEVELOP ALCOHOL
DEPENDENCE THAN
THOSE WHO BEGIN
DRINKING AT AGE 21.
16. SYMPTOMS ELEBARATION
CRAVING A STRONG NEED OR COMPULSION TO DRINK.
PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
SUCH AS NAUSEA,
SWEATING, SHAKINESS AND ANXIETY OCCUR
WHEN ALCOHOL USE IS STOPPED AFTER A
PERIOD OF HEAVY DRINKING.
LOSS OF CONTROL THE INABILITY TO LIMIT ONES DRINKING ON
ANY GIVEN OCCASION.
TOLERANCE THE NEED TO GREATER AMOUNTS OF
ALCOHOL IN ORDER TO GET HIGH.
17. Effects alcohol
LONG TERM SHORT TERM
ALCOHOL POISONING VOMITTING
LIVER DISEASE DIARRHEA
NERVE DAMAGE HEADACHES
SEXUAL PROBLEMS UPSET STOMACH
PERMANENT DAMAGE TO DIFFICULT TO BREATHING
THE BRAIN
GASTRITIS DISTORTED VISION AND
(INFLAMMATION OF HEARING
STOMACH WALL )
CANCER OF THE MOUTH ANEMIA ( LOSS OF RED
AND THROAT BLOOD CELLS )
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IMPAIRED JUDGEMENT
18. a) INABILITY TO FEEL PAIN
b) TOXICITY, WHERE THE BODY VOMITS THE
POISON
c) UNCONSCIOUSNESS
d) COMA OR DEATH FROM SEVERE TOXIC
OVERDOSE
21. Smoking refers to the inhalation and
exhalation cigarettes contain more
than 4000 chemical compounds
and at least 400 toxic substances.
23. Bad breath and yellowing of the teeth
Cold hands and feet
Loss of taste and smell
Low oxygen levels in the blood
Low tolerance for exercise and fatigue
Nicotine-stained fingers and teeth
Smoky-smelling clothes and hair
24. Behavioral problems such as aggression
Family member who smokes
Lack of education past high school
Low self-esteem
Poor financial or social status
Poor school or academic performance
25. Lung cancer from smoking is caused by the
tar in tobacco smoke.
Heart disease and strokes are also more
common among smokers than non-
smokers.
In younger people, three out of four deaths
from heart disease are due to smoking.
Smoking causes around one in five deaths
from heart disease.
This can cause heart attacks and stroke.