Smoking Facts
________ is the leading cause of avoidable death in the U.S.
Smoking
What category of drug does tobacco fall under?
Stimulant
A chemical that is known to cause cancer. Most times found in tar.
Carcinogen
Tiny hair-like structures that line the airways in the lungs to sweep out debris, dust and the excess mucus out the airway.
Cilia
Water pipes that are used to smoke tobacco.
Hookah
Smoking can affect women from becoming ______.
Pregnant
______% of lung cancer comes from chewing or smoking tobacco.
90%
A sticky fluid that is formed when tobacco is burned.
Tar
A respiratory disease, which causes inflammation of the lining of the bronchial tubes in your lungs.
Chronic Bronchitis
_________ smoke is the smoke that a smoker blows off.
Mainstream
Cigarettes kill ______ million people a year.
6.4 million
The legal age to use tobacco is ____ in the state of Michigan.
18
The addictive drug in cigarettes?
Nicotine
The destruction of tiny air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. The alveoli turn into large, irregular pockets with holes in them.
Emphysema
A physiological or psychological dependence on a substance or activity.
Addiction
People that smoke increase their chances of lung cancer by ____ times
25
Tobacco kills more than ____ million people each year, including an estimated 1.3 million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke
8 million
It takes ______ seconds for nicotine to reach your brain.
20
A disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.
Lung Cancer
_____________ is a noncombustible product that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to produce vapor from nicotine or any other substance, and the use or inhalation of which simulates smoking
Vaping
In 2021, ____% of U.S. adults (an estimated 28.3 million people) currently smoked cigarettes:
11.5%
On average, more than ___ kids try their first cigar every hour in the United States – equaling about 267,000 every year.
30
There are _,000 chemicals in a cigarette.
$4,000
A chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
In 1970, President _____signed the law that placed warning labels on cigarettes and banned television advertisements for cigarettes.
Nixon