Smoking
Most people start smoking as adults
False:
90 percent of smokers began before the age 21
Eating right, staying fit, and maintaining a healthy body weight can cut down the risk of cancer by 30% - 40%.
True:
Losing weight can lower the risk of various types of cancer
E-cigarettes are not safe; they’re just another way of putting nicotine — a highly addictive drug — into your body.
True:
When you vape, (use an e-cigarette), you're still putting nicotine—which is absorbed into the bloodstream through your lungs—into your body.
Is Alcohol a depressant?
True:
Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. It depresses the activity of the brain
Cholesterol occurs only in foods of plant origin
False:
Cholesterol is only found in animal products. Fruits, vegetables, grains and all other plant foods do not have any cholesterol at all.
People who smoke make less money
True:
Smoker earn up to 10% less then non‐smokers.
For men, the risk of getting some type of cancer is 1 in 2.
True:
Studies may have found that American men have about a 40 percent
Smokeless tobacco is the only safe way to ingest tobacco.
False:
Many people still believe that smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative to smoking, but this isn't true.
Alcohol is the second most widely abused drug among high school students.
False:
Alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco are substances most commonly used by adolescents. By 12th grade, about two-thirds of students have tried alcohol.
Canned peaches, frozen corn and vitamin fortified cereal are examples of processed foods
True:
Canned peaches, frozen corn and vitamin fortified cereal are examples of processed foods.
Smoking can decrease your life expectancy by 5 years.
False:
It can decrease your life by as much as 25 years
Most cancers are hereditary.
False:
Some types of cancer run in certain families, but most cancers are not clearly linked to the genes we inherit from our parents.
Inhaling nicotine (found in tobacco smoke) is a highly efficient way of getting nicotine to the brain as quickly as possible.
True:
The cigarette is a very efficient and highly engineered drug-delivery system. By inhaling tobacco smoke
Peers, family, and the media strongly influence teen drinking.
True:
A depressant is a drug that causes brain and body functions to slow down. Peers, family, and the media strongly influence teen drinking.
If vitamin A is not available in the body, the blood cannot clot properly
False:
The blood can clot properly if Vitamin A is not available in the body.
Sidestream and mainstream smoke are the same.
False:
Sidestream smoke contains higher level of cancer causing chemicals because it not filtered
Today, more than half of all people diagnosed with cancer are cured.
True:
More than 80% of people diagnosed with cancer types which are easier to diagnose and/or treat survive their cancer for ten years or more (2010-11).
Each time you smoke a cigarette, chemical changes occur in your brain that make you more sensitive to nicotine, and consequently, more physically dependent on nicotine.
False:
Taken together, most likely owing to its ongoing development, the adolescent brain is more vulnerable to the effects of nicotine not dependent on it.
Vodka is safer for young people than other types of alcohol because it is clear and can move through the body more easily and not cause as much damage
False:
All alcohol, regardless of the type, is dangerous for young people.
During digestion food is broken down both mechanically and chemically into nutrients the body can use
True:
During digestion food is broken down both mechanically and chemically into nutrients the body can use
Cigarettes contain a total of 1,500 chemicals.
False:
Cigarettes actually contain 4700 different chemicals.
Standard treatments for cancer include surgery, radiation, and X-rays.
False:
Some people with cancer will have only one treatment. But most people have a combination of treatments, such as surgery with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
If you become addicted to nicotine at a young age, you are more likely to try and become addicted to other substances (i.e. alcohol, opioids, cocaine, etc.) down the road.
True:
Smoking can cause serious health issues immediately and well into adulthood. Young people who smoke can become addicted to nicotine, and other drugs in the future.
When young people drink alcohol it can make their heart beat faster and give them energy, i.e., it can have a stimulant effect
True:
In small amounts, alcohol is a stimulant for adults, as well as for young people.
Calcium phosphorus and potassium are known as trace elements
False:
Trace minerals are needed in very small amounts. The macrominerals are calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, and sulfur.