Hodgepodge
Tobacco Free Weld
Tobacco Industry
Policy
Tobacco Policy around the World
100
This is the leading cause of fire deaths in the USA.
What are cigarettes?
100
This caught on fire and later spurred our local hospital to go smoke-free indoors.
What is the hospital bed?
100
There are documents that show the Tobacco Industry targeting this specific population because this group is "the only source of replacement smokers."
What are youth?
100
This major development came about in 1998, after 46 states including Colorado settled their Medicaid Lawsuits against the Tobacco Industry for recovery of their tobacco-related health care costs.
Master Settlement Agreement
100
This country became the first to ban all company logos and colors from their packaging.
What is Australia?
200
This is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States and the world.
Tobacco Use
200
This town passed a smoke free ordinance, one of the strongest laws in the state...even before the state of Colorado.
What is Greeley?
200
This type of cigarette was marketed as being less harmful than regular cigarettes and eventually found not to be less harmful.
What are "mild", "low tar" or light cigarettes?
200
This New York mayor is known for pushing health initiatives. And recently has been working on getting stores to place tobacco products out of sight of children.
Who is Mayor Michael Bloomberg?
200
This South American country has a strong tobacco control policy that includes:high cigarette prices, smoke free air laws and most recently a ban on menthol.
What is Brazil?
300
This is the most popular flavoring used by the Tobacco Industry
What is Menthol?
300
This Greeley structure, known for concerts and rodeos, went smoke free in 1996 and stirred a lot of community comments.
What is the Island Grove Arena?
300
This product, originally from Sweden, was marketed as a safer alternative to cigarettes because they weren't as "unhealthy".
What is SNUS?
300
These are the states with the lowest and highest state cigarette excise tax.
What are Virginia and New York?
300
This European country plans to introduce legislation to introduce plain packaging as well banning smoking in cars carrying anyone younger than 16.
What is England/United Kingdom?
400
This newer product is being proclaimed as a cessation device because you are able to buy cartridges with differing amounts of nicotine, including one without nicotine.
What is the e-cigarette?
400
In 2007, an ordinance was passed that disallowed the free distributions of these items.
What are free tobacco giveaways?
400
This group is one of many groups that's targeted by the tobacco industry. There has been a bombardment of tobacco advertisement campaigns focused on this group. Additionally, menthol cigarettes are smoked disproportionately by this group.
Who are African-Americans?
400
This Colorado ski town was the first city to ban smoking in the United States.
What is Aspen?
400
This European country with a high smoking rates, recently banned smoking in all restaurants as well as cigarette advertisments. (Ban to begin in June).
What is Russia?
500
This is the percentage of all regular smokers begin smoking at or before the age of 18.
What is 90%?
500
The year that the Smoke-free Colorado Law passed.
What is 2006?
500
This is the largest tobacco company in the world by volume. They have a customer base of 350 million who consume 1.7 trillion cigarettes annually (HINT: A country with a large population)?
What is China Tobacco?
500
This California town was the first city in the world to ban smoking in all public buildings including bars and restaurants
What is San Luis Obispo?
500
This is the only country in the world to outlaw the cultivation, harvesting, and sale of tobacco and tobacco products.
What is Bhutan?