1. Smoking, Alcohol and other drugs
B1b Use misuse and abuse
Smoking, Alcohol and other drugs

2. The effects of smoking and alcohol
In the table you have been given, decide if the statement is an effect of smoking or alcohol. Write the number in correct box in the table
5 Causes slower reaction, brain damage and loss of memory
1.Can make you aggressive
brain
2. Causes chest infections and emphysema
6 Causes lung and mouth cancer
lungs
liver
4 Make you impotent – less able to make sperm
7. Can cause liver damage
3.Raises blood pressure

3. The effects of smoking and alcohol
2. Causes chest infections and emphysema
3. Raises blood pressure
5.Causes lung and mouth cancer
Alcohol
Can make you aggressive
4. Make you impotent – less able to make sperm
6.Slower reaction times, brain damage and loss of memory
7.Can cause liver damage
Were you right?

4. Match the word to the definition
Your body gets used to the drug and you need more to get the same effect
Sedative
Stimulant
drugs that slow down your reactions and make you less alert.
Dependency
block nerve impulses travelling
to the part of the brain that
deals with pain
Tolerance
drugs that speed up your reactions and make you more alert.
Painkillers
You become ADDICTED to the drug.

5. Match the word to the definition
Your body gets used to the drug and you need more to get the same effect
Sedative
Stimulant
drugs that slow down your reactions and make you less alert.
Dependency
block nerve impulses travelling
to the part of the brain that
deals with pain
Tolerance
drugs that speed up your reactions and make you more alert.
Painkillers
You become ADDICTED to the drug.

6. Name the drug sedative stimulant painkiller alcohol cannabis coffee
Are the following drugs sedatives, painkillers or stimulants? Write the name of each drug in the correct box
sedative
stimulant
painkiller
alcohol
cannabis
coffee
barbiturates
paracetamol
cocaine
morphine
amphetamines

7. Name the drug (answers)
sedative
stimulant
painkiller
cannabis
barbiturates
coffee
morphine
alcohol
amphetamines
paracetamol
cocaine

8. And finally… What chemicals are found in cigarettes?
Nicotine
Tar
Carbon monoxide
What does each of these do to the body?

9. And finally… What chemicals are found in cigarettes? Nicotine Tar
Carbon monoxide
What does each of these do to the body?
Nicotine – is highly addictive
Tar – contains carcinogens – chemicals that can cause cancer
Carbon monoxide – takes the place of oxygen in the red blood cells. Breathlessness.