History Buff
In this year, the warning label was required on all tobacco and nicotine products
What is the year 1970
This chemical is found in vapes & cigarettes and it is also found in nail polish remover
What is acetone
Permanent and fatal scars on the lungs caused by vape flavors.
Symptoms include: dry cough, wheezing, shortness of breath
What is popcorn lung
How long does it take for nicotine to reach the brain
In what year were vapes first marketed as a way to quit smoking
What is 2006
As it relates to nicotine and tobacco, what happened during the year of 1967?
What is the US Surgeon General released an official report linking smoking to lung cancer
This chemical is used to preserve dead bodies, found in vapes and cigarettes, and is linked to brain, heart and lung disease
What is formaldehyde
What can vape and cigarette smoke do to our eyes?
What is cataracts
60% of children start smoking at what age
What is 14
What is thirdhand smoke?
What is THS is the residue left on surfaces and clothing after smoking
In what year did scientists began studying the main ingredient, nicotine and found that it produces a powerful addiction
This chemical is a heavy metal used to make batteries, also found in vapes and cigarettes
1 Puff bar = how many cigarettes
What is 50 cigarettes
or
2.5 packs
What is 10-14 years
In 2008, what organization deemed the use of e-cigs UNSAFE and not a way to quit smoking
What year did the government ban smoking on commercial airlines?
What is the year 1988
This chemical is found in vapes and cigarettes, as well as rat poison
What is Arsenic
Name 2 things nicotine is linked to cause
Addiction
Alzheimer's
Mood disorders
Heart disease
Secondhand smoke is responsible in how many deaths per year
What is 40,000
What are the main 4 E-juice ingredients
What are propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, flavoring and nicotine
As it relates to nicotine and tobacco, what happened in the year 1997?
What is Anti-smoking campaigns started & the tobacco company CEO admits that their products cause cancer
The chemical Rubidium is found in cigarettes and vapes and it is also used for what?
What is the purple color in fireworks
What part of the brain is last to develop?
What is the prefrontal cortex
Needed for attention, learning, memory, impulse control. problem solving, decision making
All are affected when smoking under the age of 25
Tobacco/nicotine use is the 3rd leading preventable cause of death in the US
What is False
It is the 1st leading PREVENTABLE cause of death
Nicotine increases this in the brain reinforcing the behavior of drug use
What is dopamine