Tobacco

Youth & Tobacco

100

Approximately what percent of teens currently smoke cigarettes?

8%

16%

24%

32%

According to data from Monitoring the future (MTF), 

8.0% of teens are current cigarette smokers. 

200

Roughly how many high schools students (grades 9-12) have ever tried a cigarette?

41.1%

 60%

65%

75%

A total of 41.1 % of high school students (grades 9-12) have ever tried cigarette. 

300

By what age do 90% of smokers begin smoking as a teenager?

Almost 90% of smokers start smoking by 18 years of age. 

400

Do a higher percentage of teen males or teen females smoke cigarettes?

Males. A total of 10.6% of male high school students are current smokers. A total of 7.9% of female high school students are current cigarette smokers. High school males use smokeless tobacco eight times that of females (male: 9.9%, female 1.2%)

500

Roughly what percent of middle school students currently use any tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, tobacco pipes, hookahs, electronic cigarettes?

7.7%

10.7% 

12.5%

13%

Overall, 7.7% of middle school students (grades 6-8) currently use any tobacco product. 

Second Hand Smoke

100

What is second hand smoke?

A mixture of smoke given off by burning end of cigarettes, pipes, or cigars, and exhaled from smokers. 

200

Exposure to second hand smoke increases the risk of developing what type of cancer in nonsmokers by 20-30%?

Lung cancer

300

Deaths caused by second hand smoke exposure have a higher impact on what two racial/ethnic groups in the United States?

African-Americans & Hispanics

400

How many people in the United States die from second hand smoke related diseases each year?

12,000

 22,000

42,000

62,000

In the U.S. about 42,000 people die each year from second hand smoke related diseases. 

500

Roughly how many chemical compounds are found in second hand smoke?

1000

3000

5000

7000

Second hand Smoke contains over 7,000 chemical and compounds. 

Cigarettes

100

True or False. Tobacco use is more common among individuals with lower socioeconomic status?

True. a total of 29.2% of adults who live below poverty line smoke, compared to 16.2% of those at or above the poverty line. 

200

Approximately how many ingredients are found in cigarettes?

100

200

400

600

There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. At least 69 of these chemicals are known human or animal carcinogens.

300

By how many years is life expectancy shortened among smokers, as compared with those who have never smoked?

2

5

10

15

by at least 10 years

400

Tobacco-related disease is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., causing approximately how many deaths per year? 

480,000 deaths per year 

(more than 278,000 among men and more than 201,000 among women).

500

How many children who are younger than 18 will die prematurely from smoking?

2.5 million

5.6 million

7.5 million

5.6 million of today’s Americans younger than 18 will die early. (CDC)

E-Cigarettes

100

What are e-cigarettes?

Electronic cigarettes are battery-operated devices designed to deliver nicotine with flavorings and other chemicals to users in vapor instead of smoke. 

200

Are e-cigarettes safer than regular cigarettes?

Insufficient information is available. although the do not produce tobacco smoke, e-cigarettes still contain nicotine and other potentially harmful chemicals. 

300

True or False- E-cigarettes use may serve as an introductory product for youth who then go on to use other tobacco products?

True

400

What is the act of inhaling from an e-cigarette called? 

Vaping

500

Roughly how many brands of e-cigarettes are currently on the market?

50

100

200

250

More than 250 different e-cigarette brands are currently on the market. 

Marijuana

100

True or false. Smoke from marijuana combustion contains many same toxins and carcinogens as tobacco smoke?

True. Additionally, secondhand marijuana smoke contains many of the same toxins and carcinogens  found in directly inhaled smoke, in similar amounts if not more. 

200

True or false. Smoking marijuana damages the human lung? 

True. research shows that smoking marijuana causes chronic bronchitis and marijuana smoke has been shown to injure the cell linings of large airways. Marijuana smokers tend to inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than cigarette smokers, which leads to a greater exposure. 

300

What are some of the long term effects of marijuana?

Marijuana affects brain development. When marijuana users begin using as teenagers, the drug may reduce thinking, memory, and learning functions and affect how the brain builds connections between the areas necessary for these functions. Marijuana effects on these abilities may last a long time or could even be permanent. 

400

What percentage of adults who become addicted to marijuana started as teens?

Marijuana can be addictive. Research suggests that about 1 in 11 users becomes addicted to marijuana, with this number increasing among those who start as teens to about 17%. 

500

What is the main psychoactive (mind-altering) chemical in marijuana called?

Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC