Tobacco Vocabulary!
Name the addictive drug in tobacco.
nicotine
The state that has the highest smoking rate.
West Virginia, 26%
Kentucky a close second at 23.6%
True or false: Switching to e-cigarettes or vaping is safer.
False:
E-cigarettes / vapes have harmful substances including cancer causing chemicals, & heavy metals such as nickel, tin, and lead.
The thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobbaco burns.
tar
This industry makes over $600 billion dollars a year in profits?
What is big tobacco?
What improves chances of being successful when quitting smoking?
counseling
Combining NRT
True or False
After 20 minutes of stopping smoking your pulse returns to normal.
True, there are immediate and long term benefits of quitting. It is never too late.
True or False: Smoking can cause macular degeneration disease and a number of other eye-related problems
True
Formerly heavy or steady smokers are most successful with these two types of nicotine replacement therapy.
Continuous NRT like the patch
As needed NRT such as gum, lozenges, sprays, or inhalers for intense cravings
More than ___________ US deaths every year are from cigarette smoking
a. 120,000
b. 250,000
c. 370,000
d. 480,000
d. 480,000
How many chemicals are in cigarettes?
Over 4000! This is including many cancer-causing agents:
Carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, lead, cadmium, polonium-210, arsenic, benzene, and formaldehyde
The country that consumes the most cigarettes?
China