Tobacco facts
Tobacco contains _____ that can lead to addiction
What is Nicotine?
What is the difference between a cigarette and cigar?
What is cigar rolled in tobacco leaf or tobacco substance verses cigarette being wrapped in paper or non tobacco product?
______ cancer is most often linked to smokeless tobacco use?
What is oral? cancer of mouth
What is an electronic cigarette (e-cigarette)?
What is an electronic device that produce and aerosal by heating liquid (nicotine), flavorings, and other chemicals to the point where it vaporises?
What is second-hand smoke?
What is smoke from a burining cigarette that gets inhaled by others?
True or False, Nicotine can reduce or worsen anxiety levels and depression.
What is True? Nicotine is a stimulant the increases feeling of anxiety and depression, and stress and tension due to the struggle of addiction.
Cigar smoking is linked to?
What is gum disease and tooth loss?
What are common causes that occur from smokeless tobacco?
What is bad breath, yellowish-brown stains (due to tar) on the teeth, and mouth sores? (can be cancerous)
What are different types of electronic cigarettes?
What is vaping, tanks and mods, rechargeable e-cigarettes (juul), and disposable e-cigarettes?
What is third hand smoke?
What is polluants and remains of second hand smoke that sticks and builds on surfaces? (ex furniture, clothing, bedding, etc)
There are over _____ chemicals in tobacco smoke. _____ are known to be harmful and at least ____ cause cancer
What is 7000, 250, and 69?
One cigar is equal to smoking _____of a cigarette(s)
What is 1 1/2 cigarettes?
What are forms of smokeless tobacco?
What is chewing tobacco, snuff (dipping), snus, and dissolvable tobacco? Products are either chewed, sucked, sniffed, or sometimes swallowed.
True or False, because e-cigarettes have fever toxic chemicals, it's an effective supplement to help quit smoking
What is False? Although e-cigarettes have fewer chemicals, they contain toxic chemicals that cigarettes don't have such as diacetyl, formaldehyde, acrolein, benzene, other toxicants, carcinogens and heavy metals. It is NOT an effective way to quit smoking as it's just as addicting.
True or False, second-hand smoke will not cause much harm to your body?
What is False? Second-hand smoke can the same effects to those who smoke such as lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, and even sudden infant death syndrome
True or false: Smoking has no effect on fertility and birth defects
What is False? Smoking can damage sperm and and effect fertility in woman. Smoking while pregnant causes early birth (too small), birth defects (ex. cleft lip), slowed growth, lung and brain damage, and even sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
True or False, Cigar smoking is safer than cigarette smoking because most don't inhale the smoke.
What is false? Even if you don't inhale the smoke, large amounts of nicotine can be absorbed through the lining of the mouth. Cigars also have a higher tobacco quantity than cigarettes
True or False: Smokeless tobacco is just as harmful because it's not being inhaled through the lungs.
What is True? Smokeless tobacco contains chemicals that cause cancer in the stomach, throat, and bladder, heart disease, nicotine poisoning, dental diseases, loss of teeth, and addiction.
Vaping can cause the same effects as smoking or _______ risk of effects because the nicotine concentration is _______ in vapes.
What is worsen and higher? The higher concentration level increases one's tolerance to nicotine faster. So, one may struggle feeling the same effect that got them into vaping in the first place.
True or False, second hand smoke is more harmful than first hand smoke?
What is true? The smoke that burns off cigarettes and cigars contains more harmful chemicals than the ones being inhaled by the smoker due to there not being a filter. It's worse to breathe it than smoke it.
What are harmful health conditions/effects smoking can cause?
What is cancer (mostly lung cancer), breathing problems and chronic respiratory conditions, heart disease, stroke, and blood circulation problems, diabetes, dental problems, hearing loss, vision loss, osteoporosis (decreased bone mass), and infections?
Cigarette smoking causes more than _______ deaths each year in the United States?
What is 480,000?
What are some substitutes one can use to aid in quitting smokeless tobacco?
What is tobacco-free mint leaf snuff, sugarless gum, hard candy, beef jerky, sunflower seeds, shredded coconut, raisins, and dried fruit?
Depending on the device and hit, around ____ puffs is equivalent to one cigarette
What is 10-15 puffs?
Third hand smoke causes potential heath hazards and can remain embedded on surfaces for _______
What is many months? Traditionial cleaning and airing out rooms/clothes will not remove third hand smoke