Mental Health
True or False: Nicotine Creates an Immediate Sense of Relaxation
TRUE- This feelings is temporary and soon gives way to withdrawal symptoms and increased carvings. Smoking reduces withdrawal symptoms but doesn't reduce anxiety or deal with the reasons someone may feel that way.
What may start as social experimentation can become an addiction. The most common reason U.S. middle and high school students give for trying and e-cigarette is: A friend used them, "rock onn dudee", or they were forced to.
A friend used them
What percentage of tobacco users started before they were 18: 10%, 46.7%, 62% or 80%
80%
Most vapes contain___which can take many years to decompose.
Metals
what is the legal age to buy nicotine products in Minnesota?
21 years of age.
There is a link between increased nicotine use and what mental disorder?
Depression
True or False: Using a drug only occasionally cannot cause addiction to develop?
False
True or False: Big Tobacco's exploitation of the Black community has a long and documented history?
TRUE
True or False: Nicotine and tobacco products lead to deforestation.
TRUE
What changes brain chemistry, is a stimulant, and is highly addictive?
Nicotine
Nicotine can better or worsen anxiety related symptoms?
Worsen
True or False: Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal worsen after quitting?
FALSE. As long as a person stays quit, withdrawal symptoms will fade overtime as the brain gets used to not having nicotine.
Candy, sweets, and desserts are types of vape flavors that are advertising techniques aimed at targeting which community?
The Youth
True or False: Cigarette and e-cigarette waste isn't harmful to wildlife because their digestive systems are different than humans?
FALSE
True or False: E-cigarettes have been proven to help smokers quit?
FALSE: E-cigarettes are not approved by the FDA as a smoking cessation tool, and there is no conclusive scientific evidence that e-cigs are safe or effective for quitting smoking.
What percent of those who quit nicotine say they felt less stressed, anxious, or depressed: 25%, 57%, 70%, or 90%
90%
What long term effects can adolescents addiction cause: Stunt Growth, Compromised reproduction, life-long addiction, or all of the above?
All Of The Above
Which communities have long faced a disproportionate burden from tobacco-related diseases and death?
Minority Communities: Black Americans, LGBTQ+, Women, Youth, members of Military, and those with mental and emotional complications.
Plastics from vapes and other products turn into "Microplastic" which takes how long until they stop polluting our environment: 5 years, 25 years, 100 years, or forever
Forever
Tobacco companies use which techniques to advertise their products: Claims they are doctors recommended, sexist marketing, using cartoon characters or all of the above?
All Of The Above.
True or False: Among current smokers with a lifetime history of depression, anxiety, anxiety with depression or major depression: they smoke fewer cigarettes, smoke less smoke less frequently, and have a lower level of dependence?
Nicotine is as addicting and hard to quit as which other drug: Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine, or all of the above?
All Of The Above
How many youths in the US currently use e-cigarettes: 250,000, 1.2 million, 890,000, or 2.5 million
2.5 Million
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lists nicotine as: Acute hazardous waste, addictive liquid, bad juice, addictive envipoison?
Acute Hazardous Waste
What vape chemical is used to preserve dead animals?
Formaldehyde.