Smoking Basics
This addictive chemical is found in cigarettes.
What is nicotine?
Smoking can make it harder to do this physical activity.
What is exercise/walking?
Within days of quitting, breathing may become.....
What is easier?
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable _____ in the United States.
What is death?
This is the most common form of nicotine delivery that involves burning tobacco.
What are cigarettes?
Smoking affects this organ more than any other.
What are the lungs?
Smoking increases the risk of this heart related problem.
What is heart disease?
Food often tastes and smells better after quitting because these senses improve.
What is taste and smell?
Smoking increases the risk of dying from this type of disease affecting the heart and blood vessels.
What is heart disease?
These devices heat liquid to create a vapor that is inhaled.
What are vapes or e-cigarettes?
Breathing smoke from someone else's cigarette.
What is secondhand smoke?
Smoking can worsen this breathing disease.
What is COPD/Asthma?
Within 24 hours of quitting, the risk of this begins to drop.
What is heart attack?
Smokers are about 2-3 times more likely to die from this than non-smokers.
What is cancer?
This smokeless tobacco is placed between the cheek and gum.
What is chewing tobacco or dip?
What is the withdrawl symptom many people notice first?
What is a craving?
Smoking can slow this process after an injury.
What is healing/recovery?
Within 10 years, the risk of this cancer is much lower than if you continued smoking.
What is lung cancer?
What is 480,000?
These products help people quit smoking and include gum, patches, and lozenges.
What are nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs)?
How many chemicals are found in cigarette smoke?
What is 7,000 chemicals?
(70 known to cause cancer)
Name one type of cancer linked to smoking.
What is lung cancer?
How quickly does the first health benefit happen after quitting smoking?
What is 20 minutes?
Smoking can shorten a person's life by about this many years on average.
What is 10 years?
This is the reason all nicotine products are hard to stop using, no matter the form.
What is addiction?