HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Electronic Cigarette, Psychoactive Drug

• School: Brock University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HLSC 1F90
• Professor: Dr Kelli An Lawrence

Document Summary

Must watch the related video to this lecture, at least 1q on final exam. Here are 8 reasons: globally tobacco use kills 6 million people/year. Greater toronto area (6. 05 million: about 1/6 of canada"s entire population (35. 7 million, 1 person dies every 6 seconds due to tobacco. Tobacco counts for 1 in 10 adult deaths. Current users will die of tobacco-related disease: by 2030, tobacco will kill 8 million people/year; mostly from low- and middle-income countries. Men tend to be heavier smokers than women. Men therefore experience illness, and premature morbidity and mortality rates. About 3kg of wood to flue cure 1kg of tobacco. Tobacco growing accounted for 26% of all deforestation in malawi, 1990-1995. 1,3-dichloropropene: highly toxic soil fumigant; causes respiratory problems, skin/eye. Imidacloprid: blocks the central nervous system of insects; highly toxic to birds, fish and bees irritation, kidney damage; (still used in u. s. )