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100
About how many American lives are claimed by smoking related diseases each year
What is about 443,000
100
what is the chemical called that is found in cigarette smoke and also in nail polis remover
What is acetone
100
nicotine is an addictive drug which when inhaled in cigarette smoke it reaches the brain faster than drugs that enter the body intravenously.
What is true
100
90 percent of adults who smoke started by what age
What is 21
100
approximately how many percent is smoking responsible for lung cancer deaths
What is 90 percent
200
the most important source of preventable morbidity (disease and illness ) and premature mortality death worldwide.
What is cigarette smoke.
200
what is the chemical called that is found in cigarette smoke and also in rubber cement.
What is benzene
200
true or false: the combination of counseling and medication is more effective than just the use of one of them to quit smoking.
What is the true
200
half of adults became regular smokers by which age
What is 18
200
how many years earlier do smoking women die before non smoking women
What is 14.5 years
300
how many billions of dollars did the smoking industry cost the US in 2004
What is 193 billion
300
what is the chemical found in cigarette smoke and also used for lighter fluid.
What is butane
300
there are 7 medications approved by the FDA to aid in quitting smoking. what are 3 of them
What is nicotine patches, nicotine gum, nicotine lozenges and nasal spray
300
prevalence of current smoking in 2009 was highest among which race
What is non Hispanic whites
300
how many years earlier do smoking men die before non smoking men
What is 13.2 years
400
how many chemicals are in cigarette smoke
What is 4,800
400
True or False: employers have a legal right to restrict smoking in the workplace or implement a total smoke free workplace policy
What is true
400
in 2009 how many estimated people were current smokers
What is 46.6 million
400
second hand smoke involuntarily inhaled by nonsmokers from other peoples cigarettes is classified by the US environmental protection agency as what
What is a known Human group A carcinogen.
400
what percent accounts for low birth weight babies in women who smoke
What is 20-30 percent
500
how many chemicals in cigarettes are known to cause cancer
What is 69
500
In 2009 an estimated how many million of adults were former smokers
What is 49.9 million
500
true or false: females are tended to have higher rates of smoking prevalence.
What is false
500
the known human a carcinogen in second hand smoke causes approximately how many cancer deaths annually in the US
What is 3400
500
neonatal health care costs attribute to maternal smoking in the US have been estimated at how much per year
What is 366 million