Effects of Tobacco
(Random) Tobacco Facts
True or False!
What's Inside?
Advertisements!
100
What disease can smoking cause? (multiple answers)
-Cancer (lung, esophagus, larynx (voice box), mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, pancreas, stomach, and cervix) -Emphysema -Asthma -Acute myeloid leukemia.
100
Teen smokers are most likely to gain fat where?
Teen smokers are more likely to gain belly fat.
100
Smokeless tobacco isn't as bad as smoking cigarettes.
FALSE. The consequences are just as serious.
100
The powerful, addictive drug found in tobacco that acts on several parts of the body
Nicotine
100
Who spends more on ads--Tobacco companies or Nike?
Tobacco companies!
200
What can tobacco use do to your skin?
More breakouts, longer lasting pimples/zits, wrinkles, etc Girls who smoke are 7 times more likely to grow excess facial hair...
200
What can the tar from smoking do to your tongue?
Smoking causes hairy tongues from the tar.
200
Tobacco is the number one major cause of preventable deaths in the world.
True. (Obesity is number two and alcohol is number three)
200
An ingredient found in tobacco that is also found in nail polish remover, solvent, and plastic
Acetone
200
Do Tobacco companies begin trying to pull you on when you're elementary-aged, middle-school aged, or high-school aged?
Elementary school-aged
300
How does tobacco effect the environment?
-Trees are being cut down to make cigarettes (Every day 1.5 million trees are cut down to make cigarettes) -Smoking outside can harm the environment
300
How could smoking effect your pets?
-Puppies can die from eating cigarette buds -Cats can get asthma
300
Secondhand smoke contains more than 250 chemicals known to be toxic or cancer causing.
True.
300
An ingredient found inside tobacco that's also found on the blacktop on roads
Tar
300
The Marlboro Man was that guy who wore a cowboy hat that was in all the Marlboro ads...until he died. He was a smoker. How did he do? (Not cancer)
Emphysema
400
Someone dies from tobacco use every ______ seconds
Every eight seconds
400
How could smoking effect people in the work force?
-Over 6,000 companies do not hire smokers -Smokers earn 10% less money than non-smokers
400
Of the 3,000 teens who started smoking today, 1,000 will die from smoking
TRUE.
400
How many chemicals are found in cigarettes?
4,000!
400
About how much money do Tobacco companies spend on ads?
12.8 billion
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