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The adverse health effects of cigarette smoking account for how many estimated deaths each year in the United States
What is 443,000
100
How much money did the cigarette industry spend on advertising and promotions per day in 2006
What is $34 million
100
What percentage of current adult smokers began smoking before the age of 18
What is 80%
100
How many toxic chemicals is secondhand smoke known to contain
What is 250
100
This well known political leader has not completely kicked the habit of smoking
Who is Barack Obama
200
This disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States, is a result of cigarette smoking
What is coronary heart disease
200
How much money does the United States lose per year as a result of cigarette smoking (productivity and health care expenditures)
What is $193 billion
200
How many individuals between the ages of 12 and 17 begin smoking on a daily basis each day
What is 850
200
Secondhand smoke causes how many estimated deaths from heart disease each year in the United States among nonsmokers
What is 46,000
200
This famous baseball played smoked heavily during his record-setting 56 game hitting streak
Who is Joe DiMaggio
300
Name three of the more immediate/short term effects that are a result of smoking
What is stained teeth, fingers, and hair, increased frequency of colds (immune system is weakened), headaches, nausea, shortness of breath, wrinkles/premature aging, high blood pressure, depression *any combination of these three
300
The five major U.S. smokeless tobacco manufacturers spent how much on smokeless tobacco advertising and promotion in 2006
What is $354 million
300
Name two reasons why youth become associated with tobacco use
What is low socioeconomic status, accessibility, availability, and price of tobacco products, use and approval of tobacco use by peers or siblings, a perception that tobacco use is the norm, low levels of academic achievement, low self-image or self-esteem * identify two
300
Name two of the more common respiratory symptoms or infections that children often suffer from as a result of secondhand smoke
What are coughing, sneezing, shortness of breath (repiratory symptoms); bronchitis, pneumonia (respiratory infections)
300
This current TV analyst for TNT and former NBA player was a well-known smoker and even admitted in a 2005 interview with Fox Sports Radio that he used to smoke marijuana during his playing days
Who is Charles Barkley