Smoking & Health Effects
This addictive substance in cigarettes makes quitting difficult.
What is nicotine?
This is the first step to quitting smoking.
What is deciding to quit?
Within 20 minutes of quitting, this vital sign starts to return to normal.
What is blood pressure?
True or False: E-cigarettes are completely safe and have no health risks.
What is false?
This law prohibits smoking in most indoor public places in the U.S.
What is the Smoke-Free Air Act?
Smoking increases the risk of this deadly lung disease.
What is lung cancer?
This type of therapy, available in patches and gum, helps reduce nicotine cravings.
What is Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)?
After quitting, the risk of this leading cause of death decreases significantly over time.
What is heart disease?
True or False: Smoking a few cigarettes a day is harmless.
What is false?
This workplace policy prohibits employees from smoking on company property.
What is a smoke-free workplace policy?
Secondhand smoke can cause this serious condition in children.
What is asthma?
Symptoms like irritability, headaches, and cravings occur when quitting due to this.
What is nicotine withdrawal?
Quitting smoking improves this sense, which is often dulled by tobacco use.
What is taste (or smell)?
True or False: Weight gain is unavoidable when quitting smoking.
What is false?
This age restriction is now the federal legal age to purchase tobacco products in the U.S.
What is 21?
Smoking can cause this type of heart condition by narrowing arteries.
What is cardiovascular disease?
This prescription medication can help reduce the urge to smoke by blocking nicotine receptors in the brain.
What is Varenicline (Chantix)?
After one year smoke-free, this organ’s function improves by 30%.
What are the lungs?
True or False: Quitting cold turkey is the only way to successfully stop smoking.
What is false?
This organization runs anti-smoking campaigns like "Tips from Former Smokers."
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)?
This lung condition, often caused by smoking, makes it difficult to breathe and has no cure.
What is COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)?
This government-funded hotline offers free support for people trying to quit smoking.
What is 1-800-QUIT-NOW?
Within 15 years of quitting, the risk of this disease becomes nearly the same as a non-smoker's.
What is heart disease?
True or False: Once you quit smoking, your body never fully recovers.
What is false?
The U.S. government heavily taxes cigarettes to reduce smoking rates. These taxes are known as this.
What are excise taxes?