1 Draw up and complete a table like the one below.
Signs of use Effects of short term use Effects of long term use
Alcohol
Tobacco
2 New medicines, drugs, food additives and other substances have to undergo extensive testing and screening before they can be used. If alcohol and tobacco had just been discovered, do you think that people would be allowed to use them as freely as they are now?
3 Apart from the dangers to the user, both alcohol and tobacco can harm others. Suggest one way in which each substance may indirectly hurt someone else.
4 Although smoking in the population overall is falling, it is still continuing to rise among young people. Suggest why this is happening and how the rise could be reversed.