Tobacco Stats
90% of smokers start before this age
Tobacco can be blamed for one-third of all of deaths by what?
What is cancer
The addictive chemical in tobacco
What is nicotine
Smokes, cigs, or butts
What are cigarrettes
Number of minutes after your last cigarette that your heart rate will be close to normal
What is 20 minutes
& of adult smokers who say they would have never started smoking
What is 70 %
Smoking for a long period of time can cause loss of these two things
What is taste and smell
An ingredient in a cigarette
What is arsenic, tar, acetone, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde
Chew, dip, snuff, or spit tobacco
What is smokeless tobacco
Number of hours after you quit smoking it takes for your risk of heart attack to decrease
What is 24 hours
Tobacco is responsible for how many deaths out of 5 in the U. S
What is 1 in 5 deaths
The swelling of air passages to lungs (also known as this) has been linked to smoking
What is bronchitis
Number of seconds it takes nicotine to be absorbed in the bloodstream and reach the brain
What is 10 seconds
Also known as hubble bubble
What is hookah
Number of weeks you will feel less winded during exercise
What is 2-3 weeks
Number of people who die each year from smoking related diseases
What is 400,000
When nicotine enters the body this hormone is initially released
What is adrenaline
Type of symptom people experience when they stop using tobacco
What is withdrawel
Battery operated devices that deliver flavored nicotine to the lungs
What is e-cigarettes
Number of months it takes for your lungs to begin to repair themselves
What is 1-9 months
The number of people 2nd hand smoke kills each year from lung disease
What is 3,000 people
Second-hand smoke increases the risk of this by 20 to 30%
What is heart disease
Because of this more nicotine is needed to produce the same initial effects of a cigarrette
What is tolerance
Clove cigarrettes
What are bidis
Number of years it takes for your risk of stroke to be the same as a non-smoker
What is 5 years