Tobacco
Problematic
True or False
Smoking Statistics
General Welfare
100

The addictive drug that is found in all tobacco products.

Nicotine

100

Which of the following is the most addictive?:

a. Nicotine;  b. Heroin;  c. both are equally addictive

Both nicotine and heroine are equally addictive

100

Vaping has scientific data showing it is a successful way to stop smoking cigarettes.

False. There is not any data to support a link between vaping and kicking the smoking habit.

100

How much money has the e-cigarette industry spent on advertising their products each year?

a. $1 Billion;  b. $125 million; c. $1 million

$125 million

100

As of December 20th, 2019 what is the legal tobacco age?

a. 16 years; b. 18 years;  c. 21 years

21 years old

200

Name 4 types of tobacco

Examples include cigarettes, e-cigarettes, chew, snus, cigars, hookah, pipes, etc.
200

Smoking can cause eye problems: true of false?

True.  Cigarettes harm nearly every organ in the body. When you smoke, you raise your chance of having a number of eye problems that can lead to blindness.

200

Cigarette smoking kills more than 480,000 people in the US each year.

True

200

For every 1 adult that quits smoking using an e-cigarettes, how many young people start vaping?

a. 8;  b. 80;  c. 800

80

200

Kids whose parents smoke around them are more likely to get:

a. ear infections; b. chicken pox; c. diabetes

Ear infections: Secondhand smoke is especially dangerous for children. Kids whose parents smoke around them are also more likely to get bronchitis and pneumonia.

300

What sticky substance is created when Tobacco is burned?

a. Tar; b. Nicotine; c. Blue

Tar

300

Menthol cigarettes are safer than non-menthol cigarettes- true or false?

False: Menthol cigarettes cause cancer, heart disease, and other health problems. Most cigarettes in the U.S. have some menthol in them, but only ones that have a certain amount can say it in their name. Some research suggests they may be more addictive.

300

Hookah smoke cannot have harmful second-hand effects.

False, Hookah CAN have harmful second-hand effects.

300

Nearly __ out of 10 smokers start before the age of 18 and almost all start smoking by age 26.

a. 2; b. 5,  c. 9

300

What percent of all e-cigarettes products that are sold contain nicotine?

99%

400

There are more than how many chemicals in each and every cigarette?

a. 400;  b. 4,000; c. 40,000

4,000

400

When you stop smoking, your blood pressure begins to drop in:

a. 20 minutes;  b. 3 hours;  c. 24 hours

20 minutes: More good news: two weeks to three months after stubbing out your last cigarette, your risk of heart attack begins to fall and your lungs will work better. 10 years after, your risk of dying of lung cancer is about half of that of a smoker's. By 15 years, your risk of stroke and heart disease is the same as other nonsmokers'.

400

Smoking or Vaping takes away life stressors.

False. 

400

At what age do most smokers not live past?

a. 65;  b. 75;  c. 80

65 years old (will accept 60's)

400

What age does the brain still grow until?

a. 18 years;  b. 21 years;  c. 25 years

25 years

500

Approximately how many people die on average from cigarette smoke alone every year?

a. 500,000;  b. 5 million;  c. 50 million

500,000 

500

Most smokers want to quit: true or false?

Most smokers try kicking the habit at least once a year. Many try several times before they're finally able to stub it out for good.

500

You can get high from smoking Hookah.

False. They aren’t getting a high at all, they are experiencing the early symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. 

500

The 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey data shows that ____% of current high school e-cigarette users use e-cigarettes on 20 days or more per month.

a. 10- 20%;  b.35-40%; c. 50%+


38.9% (will accept 35-40%)

500

Smokers who try to quit are most successful when they:

a. use meditation & Counseling; b. Go cold turkey

Cold Turkey!! Research shows that people do best when they take either over-the-counter or prescription medications to help them stop and get counseling at the same time.