TOBACCO USE
_____ _____ is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States.
Tobacco use
The acronym EVP stands for
Electronic Vape Products / Electronic Vaping Products
Nicotine exposure during adolescence may harm ___ development and impact learning.
Brain
Tobacco free policies reduce the ___ acceptability of tobacco use.
Social
This organization plays a big role in policy change.
SWAT
Each day in the U.S. about ____ youth smoke their first cigarette and nearly 200 youth start smoking everyday.
1,600
Youth e-cigarette use was declared an epidemic in September of 2018 by.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
There are hundreds of toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke, about ___ of them can cause cancer.
70
Tobacco free school policy prohibits tobacco use by ___, ___, and ____.
Tobacco smoke contains more than ___ chemicals.
7,000
Everyday in the U.S. more than _____ youth and young adults will become regular smokers.
2,500
One of the top selling e-cigarette brands in the United States. It is shaped like a USB flash drive making it easy to deceive school staff.
JUUL
It causes numerous health problems in infants and children, including more frequent and severe asthma attacks, respiratory infections, and ear infections.
Secondhand smoke
Tobacco free policies ____ youth and young adults from starting to use tobacco.
Prevent
TRUE / FALSE: Per the CDC, tobacco use is initiated and established during adolescence years.
TRUE
Nearly 90% of cigarette smokers first try cigarette smoking by age:
18
Many e-cigarettes deliver dangerously high levels of ___ and should never be used by youth.
Nicotine
Smoking leads to _____ and ______ and harms nearly every organ of the body.
disease; disability
Adult staff and visitors serve as positive role ___ in schools.
Models
Nicotine is a highly ___ drug.
Addictive
TRUE/FALSE: Tobacco products include but are not limited to cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff, and any electronic device and related components that delivers nicotine.
TRUE
E-cigarette vapor contains toxic chemicals, including _____ and ______.
formaldehyde; nickel
Because the brain is still developing until about age ___, youth and young adult exposure to nicotine can lead to addiction and disrupt attention and learning.
25
Tobacco free school policies create a ___ learning environment for students and staff.
Healthy
The acronym CDC stands for
Centers for Disease and Control