tobacco
True or False? Smoking a cigarette every now and then is no big deal.
What is false, nicotine addiction happens very rapidly even if the young person is only smoking intermittently.
LGBTQI+ youth are twice as likelyto smoke before they are what age?
What is 13 years old
In California, what is the legal age for purchasing recreational cannabis?
What is 21
True or False? The amount of nicotine in a Nicotine Delivery Device is equivalent to 1.5 to 2 packs of cigarettes.
What is true, 1 Nicotine Delivery Device Pod is equivalent to the nicotine of 30-40 cigarettes.
What are some of the health effects of using tobacco products?
What is pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, any kind of cancer, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.
is smoking just a choice?
What is the first time it is someone’s choice, after a few cigarettes it is not.
What flavor did tobacco companies use to target African Americans with their product?
What is menthol
True or False? The THC level in cannabis edibles is always measured.
What is false, it changes and varies by product
What is the primary market strategy for e-cigarettes/ vape pens?
What is “It helps adults who want to quit smoking”
Name a president that struggled to quit smoking?
Who is Barack Obama
How many chemicals are found in a cigarette?
What is over 7,000
How much money does the tobacco industry spend a year marketing to keep smokers smoking and to get young people to start?
What is 8.4 billion dollars
What are the two chemicals in cannabis that are responsible for causing direct effects on the body?
what is THC and CBD
How many flavored tobacco products are on the market now?
What is 15,500+ flavors
If nicotine is unsafe, why do people still choose to use products that contain nicotine?
What is addiction
How many people die every year from tobacco related illnesses and diseases in the United States?
What are over 480,000 deaths
In the 1980s, how did Big Tobacco get African Americans addicted to their menthol cigarettes?
What are free samples
What is dopamine?
What is a neurochemical produced in the brain that can be “tricked” by cannabis into thinking that cannabis is needed for survival (a.k.a. the pleasure chemical).
What is thirdhand smoke?
What is chemicals from smoke and aerosol that stick to surfaces.
True or False? Smokeless tobacco is a safe alternative to cigarettes.
What is false, folks may try to quit smoking by using smokeless tobacco, smokeless tobacco actually delivers more nicotine in each use than smoking cigarettes does.
What are the 2 most harmful elemets of smoke
What is Carbon monoxide and tar. This is created by any kind of burning leaves, and can’t be avoided.
True or False? Nearly 90% of all African American smokers aged 12 and older use menthol cigarettes.
What is true
How many chemicals that can cause cancer are released when smoking cannabis?
What is over 60
What is unknown about pod- based systems like JUUL, Phix and Suorin?
What is all the specific ingredients and long-term effects that come from using them.
True or False? Smoking hookah for a 1 hour session is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes.
What is true