Medications
Relapse Prevention
Quit Plan
Costs
Nicotine Addiction
100

How many attempts does the average person take before quitting smoking?

7

100

List 5 alternatives to smoking (things you can do instead of smoking when you really want a cigarette)


Drink water, distract, deep breathe and meditate, walk? etc

100

What's the first and most important part of a quit plan?

Set a date!

100

What are COPD/Emphysema?

Lung diseases caused by cigarette smoking

100

Name 3 health consequences to smoking:

200

What is an antidepressant that is used to help people stop smoking?

bupropion (wellbutrin)

200

What are refusal skills? Give an example

Skills used to say no when offered a cigarette?

Example (multiple answers accepted) "No thank you, I'm looking after my health"

200

Remembering how dangerous cigarettes are can be a reason to quit! Name 3 toxins in cigarette smoke.

Formaldehyde, Arsenic, Carbon monoxide, tar, lead, and thousands more.

200

Per cent of deaths per year caused by cigarettes?

20% of deaths per year are caused by cigarettes

200

What starts 30 to 60 minutes after finishing a cigarette?

Withdrawal

300

What is combination therapy?

The use of two forms of medication at the same time (for instance, patch and gum or chantix and patch)?

300

Drinking coffee, seeing someone smoke, driving, stressful event, taking a work break-This is a list of:

Triggers

300

List 3 of your reasons to quit smoking


Health, my finances, my family? (other answers accepted)

300

What percent of lung cancer deaths are due to smoking cigarettes? (within 10% to receive credit)

90%

300

What does it mean when you have the inability to stop something you're doing, even when you know it is bad for you.

Addiction

400

What is a medication (partial agonist) that stops cigarette cravings?

Varenicline (Chantix)?

400

Does quitting smoking help, harm, or have no impact on recovery from substance use disorder?

It helps!

400

What is the tool you can use that helps with the biological (physical) part of addiction?

Medication for treatment of nicotine dependence aka MAT (medication for addiction treatment)?

400

$ spent per year of smoking 1ppd

what is 365x 10$= $3650? (ballpark accepted)

400

What does needing a cigarette within 30 minutes of waking indicate?

It indicates a physical dependence and addiction.

500

What is the most long acting form of nicotine replacement?

Nicotine Patch

500

What percentage of people receiving substance use treatment die from smoking related causes? (answer within 10% for credit)

Between 50 and 60%

500

List the elements of a good quit plan

Name at least 4 for full credit.

Quit Date, Medication, Plan for triggers,

Support team, Plan for setbacks, Rewards and Celebrations!

500

What is secondhand and thirdhand smoke?

Secondhand smoke is smoke inhaled involuntarily from tobacco being smoked by others.

Thirdhand smoke deals with surfaces you touch that have nicotine residue from smoke settling like clothing, flooring, furniture, toys, cars, walls etc

500

What does it mean when you need to smoke more cigarettes than when you started smoking?

Developing Tolerance?