Health Risks
Statistics
Laws
100
The most common cancer acquired from smoking cigarettes is : A) Lung Cancer B) Prostate Cancer C) Appendix Cancer D) Leukemia E) Liver Cancer
What is Lung Cancer
100
Based on the NYC Smoking Rate graph, what percentage of adults smoked in 2002? A)18.5% B)19.2% C)18.7% D)19%
What is 19.2%
100
The NYC Smoke Free Air Act was signed by this mayor in 2002: A)Rudy Giuliani B)Thomas Menino C)Michael Bloomberg D)Christine Quinn
Who is Michael Bloomberg
200
The most addicting substance found in cigarettes? A)Carbon Dioxide B)Hexamine C)Nicotine D)Acetic Acid E)Cadmium
What is Nicotine
200
Based on the NYC Smoking Rate graph, what percentage of adults smoked in 2006? A)16% B)17% C)16.8% D)17.5%
What is 17.5%
200
This state has the highest tax on cigarettes: A)New York B)Massachusetts C)Florida D)Maine
What is New York
300
The following organ is not affected from smoking cigarettes A)Appendix B)Brain C)Pharynx D)Heart E)Pancreas
What is Appendix
300
Percentage of High School students that smoked cigarettes in 2009: A)5% B)16% C)14% D)20%
What is 14%
300
The President signed legislation that required tobacco companies to cover their cartons with large, graphic warnings: A)Bill Clinton B)Barack Obama C)George H.W. Bush (Sr.) D)George W. Bush (Jr.)
Who is Barack Obama
400
Which is not a way to quit smoking? A)Inhalers B)Counseling C)Get hospitalized D)E-cigarettes E)Nicotine patches
What is Get Hospitalized
400
Percentage of adults that smoked cigarettes in 2011 A)25% B)10% C)7% D)19%
What is 19%
400
This Act passed in 1970, banned the advertisement of smoking on American radio and television: A)Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act B)Smoke-Free Environment Act C)Tobacco Restriction Act D)Smoke-Free Public Place Act
What is the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act
500
Which way does one most easily absorb the harmful chemicals in smoking: A)Mainstream B)Third-hand smoking C)Waiting a day D)Eating more food E) Sidestream
What is Sidestream
500
The amount of lives taken each year due to smoke related diseases. A)393,000 B)50,000 C)245,000 D)167,000
What is 393,000
500
This Surgeon General in the sixties published a landmark report on smoking and health that illuminated its harmful effects: A)Walter Abrams B)Nicholas Smith C) James Bell D) Luther Terry
Who is Luther Terry