Tobacco
Name three different types of tobacco products:
Different tobacco products include cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, and dissolvable tobacco.
What is the legal drinking age?
The legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years of age.
When someone says they are sniffing, snorting, bagging, or huffing, what are they doing.
They are using inhalants to get high by sniffing or snorting fumes from containers, spraying aerosols directly into the mouth or nose, bagging by inhaling a substance inside a paper or plastic bag, or huffing from an inhalant-soaked rag.
True or False. Using someone else's prescription medications for reasons other than which they were prescribed is illegal.
True. Doctors prescribe medications for specific persons and their specific conditions. Use of medications for purposes other than intended can be very dangerous.
True or False. Using any drug just one time won't hurt you.
False. Using any drug just one time can lead to very bad consequences. A one-time use may lead to occasional use, then to regular use, and then to abusing a drug or uncontrollable use.
Name at least two things that smoking does to a person besides causing health-related problems.
Smoking makes your teeth and fingers yellow, clothes and hair smell bad, and breath really bad.
Name two things that might happen to you if you drink too much.
You may get sick, lose friends, get in trouble with parents and possibly the law, and/or get in trouble at school.
True or False. Smoking synthetic marijuana is the same as using natural marijuana.
False. The effects of synthetic marijuana are similar to natual marijuana, but the ingredients in synthetic marijuana can vary greatly and are often unknown by users. Users of synthetic marijuana may experience severe reactions ranging from kidney failure to strokes, and even death.
Which of these over-the-counter medicines are used to get high?
A. Cold and Cough medicines with a cough suppressant
B. Antacids
C. Aspirin
D. Calcium Supplement
A. Over-the-counter cold and cough medications contain DXM (dextromethorphan). At recommended dose, these drugs are safe and effective. At much higher doses, they become dangerous.
Hard. Addiction occurs as a progression of different steps. These steps go from experimenting, to using socially, to using on a more regular basis, to being unable to control use of the substance.
What is the main active chemical ingredient found in tobacco products?
Nicotine, It is one of over 4,000 chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Over 250 of the chemicals are toxic and may cause cancer.
What does binge drinking mean?
Binge drinking means heavy use of alcohol over a short period of time. Some researchers say it is having five or more drinks in a row by men OR four or more drinks in a row by women in a short time period.
What are two street names for marijuana?
Common street names for marijuana include pot, weed, grass, dope, reefer, and Mary Jane.
True or False. Mixing over-the-counter (OTC) cold medicine with soda pop does not make it less dangerous.
True. Mixing OTC cold and cough medications, prescription drugs, or any drug with soda is still very dangerous. It can cause vomiting, brain damage, seizures, strokes, and even death.
Among 8th Grade youth during the past year, how many students were vaping?
A. 1 in 5
B. 1 in 10
C. 1 in 50
D. 1 in 100
Just over one in ten 8th grade youth reported that they had vaped over the past year. (2017) Youth reported vaping nicotine, flavoring or marijuana/hash oil in their e-cigarette or other device.
True. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, can contain nicotine in a liquid form. The liquid is vaporized and then inhaled by the user.
True or False. It is okay for parents to let youth drink alcohol when they are at home.
False. The legal drinking age is 21, so it is illegal-plus it is bad for your health and can cause permanent brain damage.
True or False. Sniffing common household products can starve the body of oxygen, cause breathing to stop, and cause death.
True. Most inhalants cause a rapid high similar to alcohol intoxication. In highly concentrated amounts, inhalants cause oxygen to be displaced in the lungs, and then in the central nervous system which causes breathing to stop.
How many 8th graders are using over-the-counter medications to get high?
A. 1 in 100
B. 1 in 50
C. 1 in 25
D. 1 in 10
B. About one out of every 50 eighth graders are using over-the-counter cold and cough medications containing DXM to get high. Not all 8th graders are using drugs as a way to have fun.
What is the single most avoidable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States?
Tobacco use. It causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and other diseases. Second-hand smoke can cause disease in nonsmokers. It increases medical costs, insurance rates, death.
What is third-hand smoke?
Third-hand smoke is the nicotine reside left on surfaces from cigarette, pipe, or cigar smoke. It can be even more harmful than second-hand smoke because the carcinogens never leave.
True or False. At least four out of ten 8th grades use alcohol.
False. Nine out of 10 8th graders DO NOT use alcohol.
Which of these common household products might be used as an inhalant?
A. Whipped Cream Dispensers
B. Cooking Spay
C. Spray Paint
D. All of the Above
D. All of the above. Whipped cream dispensers, cooking spray, and spray paint-all can be used as inhalants. Other products might include nail polish remover, hair spray, aerosol deodorant, rubber cement, gasoline, paint thinner, air freshener, and more=all can be very dangerous.
True or False. Oxycontin and Ibuprofen are prescription drugs that are often abused.
False. Oxycontin and Vicodin are the two most abused prescription pain relievers. Both of these prescriptions pain relivers are opioids. When abused, Oxycotin is taken as a heroin substitute, while Vicodin has a pain-relieving effect similar to morphine.
True or False. Many songs, movies, and TV shows reference drug, alcohol, and tobacco use.
True. More and more singers, TV, and movie stars reference drugs in their songs, shows, and movies. These, along with advertising, magazines and newspapers influence youth.