HEALTH

• Alcohol - a colorless, bitter-tasting substance that humans have been consuming since ancient times.
• Alcohol comes from plants that underwent fermentation
• Grains to Beer
• Grapes to Wine
• Isopropyl - known as “rubbing alcohol”. It is colourless, flammable chemical compound with a strong odor
• Methanol - found in cleaning solvents, paint removers and etc.
• Ethanol - “beverage alcohol”
• Beer alcohol content - 2-6
• Wine alcohol content - 7-24
• Liquor alcohol content - 12-55
• Hepatitis - inflammation of the liver
• Cirrhosis - liver cells are replaced with useless scar tissue
• Brain damage - alcohol interferes with brain’s communication pathways, and can affect the way the brain looks and works
• Blood Alcohol Concentration - metric used to measure the amount of alcohol in a person’s blood stream
• Gateway drugs - types of commonly used drugs that are believed to lead the use of other are addictive drugs.
• Cigarette - cylidrical roll wrapped in paper with shredded or ground tobacco inside.
• Smoking reduces fertility in both men and women
• Mainstream Smoke - smoke that the smoker directly inhales
• Sidestream smoke - smoke that comes out of the lighted end of the cigarette or pipe.
• Third-Hand smoke - smoke left for a protracted time.