True of False. Underage drinking and its consequences can be PREVENTED !
TRUE
Between 2002 and 2017, current drinking by 12-to-20 year olds declined from 19% to 12% and 6% to 3%, respectively.
Facts on Underage Drinking by Substance Abuse and Mental SAMHSA
In Michigan, a person needs to be this age to purchase cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
What is age 18?
What is the Leading Cause of Death for Teens and Young Drivers?
Traffic Crashes
Vaping can lead to which of these Health issues?
- Asthma attacks
- Popcorn Lung
- Lung and throat infection
- All of the Above
All of the above.
Vaping can lead to all these health problems. Popcorn Lung is a lung disease. It was first seen in workers at a popcorn factory who got sick after breathing the dust of a flavoring chemical. That same flavoring is used in many vapes.
At ___ mph, reading a text takes your eyes off the road for about 5 seconds, long enough to cover a football field.
55
In Michigan you must be this age to purchase and consume alcohol?
What is age 21?
This drug is highly addictive and found in cigarettes and other tobacco products.
What is nicotine?
When you get into a car to travel you should always do this before the car begins moving?
What is put on your seat belt?
What can cause Nicotine Poisoning?
The liquids in both e-cigarettes and the containers used to refill them can cause nicotine poisoning.
Nausea, Vomiting, Headaches, Dizziness, Seizures, Heart Racing, Abdominal pain, Confusion and Death
True or False. People can and do recover from medical diseases like alcoholism and drug addiction.
True.
Every day, ___ people in the United States die in alcohol-related vehicle crash—that's one person every 53 minutes.
18 24 28 40
28
Nicotine, the active drug in tobacco is a
depressant
stimulant
narcotic
What is stimulant?
Other drugs like adderall and cocaine are also stimulants. Stimulants speeds up the central nervous system.
A Drunk Driving Crash is a ____?
Crime.
You can be sent to prison for causing an accident that killed someone because you drove while intoxicated.
This newer e-cigarette contains as much nicotine as a pack of cigarettes and looks like a USB flash drive.
What is a Juul?
Use of _____ and prescription drugs is increasingly prominent among drivers on America’s roads, which raises a new safety challenge.
marijuana
True of False. If a person drinks too much alcohol they can die from alcohol poisoning.
True.
In 2015 a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows alcohol poisoning kills about 2,200 people a year, about six people per day.
There are about 600 ingredients in a cigarette. When a cigarette is burning, they create more than 7,000 chemicals. More than 30, 40, 50, or 60 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer (carcinogenic), and many are extremely poisonous.
What is more than 60?
Michigan Facts:
Alcohol and drugs combined with driving annually contribute to:
About 175 Deaths
About 90 Death
About 300 Deaths
300 Deaths
Current e-cigarette use increased considerably among U.S. Middle and high school students during 2017-18 – by 48% for middle school students and more than
50% 60%
70% 80% by high school students.
70%. There was a 78% increase among high school students.
Source: 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey.
The use of this drug has increasingly been used in recent years to reverse heroin overdoses.
What is naloxone or narcan?
On average, alcohol is a factor in the deaths of approximately 4,300 people under the age of ___ in the USA per year, shortening their lives by an average of 60 years.
21
These are the two forms of smokeless tobacco.
Snuff and Chew.
In 2017, ___ % of high school students reported riding in a car driven by someone who had been drinking.
11% 13%
17% 19%
17%
In the US, the tobacco industry must recruit 5,000 new smokers each day to replace those who do this.
What is die?
Adults age 21 or older who first used alcohol at age ___, or younger were more than seven times as likely to be classified as having alcohol dependence or abuse as adults who had their first drink at age 21 or older.
14
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Table 2.19B: Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month, by Detailed Age Category: Percentages, 2014 and 2015. Rockville, MD: SAMHSA, .19B