IMPT for Teens to talk about tobacco
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Amount of teens in Boston that choose not to smoke tobacco
What is 90%
100
amount of teenage smokers who say they want to quit
What is almost half?
100
The nicotine in tobacco cigarettes is as addictive as heroin or cocaine
What is true, because the typical tobacco user receives daily, repeated doses of nicotine, addiction is more common among tobacco users than other drug users?
100
Men who smoke tobacco cigarettes are more likely to have trouble getting an erection than non-smokers
What is true, studies have found that smoking tobacco cigarettes can lead to a condition called Erectile Dysfunction, which is when a man has trouble getting an erection
100
Signs of addiction
What is increased use, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms
200
Serious health consequences for a person's health
What is cancer and premature death?
200
The most common tobacco product
What is the cigarette?
200
Menthol cigarettes like Kools and Newports are less harmful than regular cigarettes.
What is false, a person who smokes menthol cigarettes takes in more smoke than a person who smokes regular cigarettes because the cooling sensation of menthol causes the user to inhale more with each drag?
200
As long as a person does not smoke every day, it is not harmful to smoke at parties.
What is False, tobacco is an addictive substance, even one-time use of tobacco will damage the lungs?
200
amount of money major cigarette companies spend to promote their products in the US
What is $12.5 billion each year (34.2 million per day)
300
Why smoking at a young age is even more harmful than smoking as an adult
What is damages the body while it is still growing?
300
Other forms of tobacco
What is chewing tobacco, dip, electronic cigarette
300
A person who has never smoked tobacco before can die from breathing secondhand smoke, which is when a person inhales the smoke from someone else's tobacco product.
What is true, secondhand smoke causes approximately 50,000 deaths in adult non-smokers each year?
300
how tobacco can affect a teen's appearance as soon as they start smoking
What is tobacco use can cause dry skin that can lead to premature wrinkles, cigarettes often stain a person's teeth, turning them yellowish-brown, the smoke from tobacco products also makes a person's breath, hair and clothes smell like smoke
300
why tobacco companies spend a lot of money targeting teens
What is because they know a person who begins smoking at a young age is more likely to get addicted
400
Amount of smokers who continue smoking as adults that will die from a smoking-related illness.
What is one in three?
400
To fit in with peers, to experiment, to relieve stress or relax, seeing celebrities do it, look cool
What is reasons why teens smoke?
400
Light or low tar cigarettes are less harmful than regular cigarettes.
What is false, light, low tar, mild, or ultra-light cigarettes have lower tar and nicotine levels than just regular cigarettes, but a person who smokes these cigarettes is jsut as likely to get sick or die of tobacco-related diseases as a person who smokes regular cigarettes?
400
how tobacco can affect a teen's health as soon as they start smoking
What is tobacco use can cause a teenager to be less physically fit, tobacco use can lead to addiction, tobacco use can lead to other drug and alcohol use
400
cost of a pack of cigarettes in Boston
What is $7.00 (cost only 5 cents to make)
500
Why tobacco companies spend a lot of money targeting teens
What is they know a person who begins smoking at a young age is more likely to get addicted?
500
MYTH/TRUTH Once a smoker is addicted to nicotine, there is no point in quitting because the damage to their body is already done.
What is false, quitting smoking at any age provides both immediate and long-term health benefits?
500
Cigarettes contain the same chemicals that are in nail polish remover, toilet bowl cleaner, rat poison, lighter fluiud, batteries, car exhaust, mothballs, and gas chambers.
What is true, scientists estimate that there are other 4000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, many of which are toxic to the human body?
500
long term health problems smoking tobacco can cause
What is tobacco can cause cancer, use causes diseases of the lungs and airways, causes premature death
500
cost if a teen smokes a pack of cigarettes a day
What is $2500 (equal to 10 iPods)
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