Whats in it?
This addictive substance is found in both cigarettes and vapes
What is nicotine?
Smoking most commonly causes this type of cancer
What is Lung Cancer?
This is the legal age to buy cigarettes or vapes in New Zealand
What is 18?
Smoking is the number ___ cause of preventable death in New Zealand
What is 1?
90% of smokers begin before this age
What is 18?
This poisonous gas (also found in car exhausts) is inhaled whilst smoking
What is Carbon Monoxide?
Smoking reduces the amount of this life-supporting gas that reaches your organs.
What is oxygen?
This is the tax which has been put in place to make cigarette products more expensive
What is tobacco tax?
This vital sign increases immediately when smoking or vaping
What is heart rate (and/or) blood pressure?
Vaping companies use this to get young people to buy their products
What are flavours?
This sticky substance in cigarettes coats your lungs and makes them black over time.
What is tar?
Long-term smoking greatly increases your risk of this brain event that causes paralysis or speech loss.
What is a stroke?
This is legally required to take up 75% of the front package of cigarettes
What is graphic health warnings?
This is the amount of deaths smoking causes a year in New Zealand
What is 5000?
Vaping exposes users to particles that can enter this organ system and affect athletic performance.
What is the respiratory system?
This heavy metal, also found in batteries, has been detected in vape aerosol
What is lead?
Nicotine exposure can rewire the brain and is especially harmful before this age.
What is 25?
This is the place where you are legally not allowed to smoke
What is a designated Smoke-Free area?
This many chemicals found in tobacco are directly linked to cancer
Nicotine can change the levels of this “reward” chemical in the brain, making it harder to feel pleasure naturally.
What is dopamine?
Smoking cigarettes exposes you to this many chemicals
What is over 7000?
This chronic lung disease, often called “smoker’s cough,” makes it harder to breathe over time
What is COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)?
Retailers of e-cigarettes must not sell products within this distance of a Marae or School
What is 300 meters?
On average smoking one cigarette reduces you life expectancy by this many minutes
What is 20? (17 for women, 22 for men)
Nicotine use before age 25 can permanently affect this type of brain development
What is prefrontal cortex? (crucial for impulse control, decision making etc)