Health
Smoking cigarettes can lead to the loss of eyesight. True or False?
True. Smoking can lead to cataracts, the number one cause of vision loss in the world.
The CEO of a top e-cig brand said e-cig manufacturers used flavorings to:
a. Make more smokers smoke e-cigs
b. Make e-cigs seem less like cigarettes
c. Attract children to smoking e-cigs
d. Attract non-smokers to smoking e-cigs
c. To attract children to smoking e-cigs
Quitting smoking has been linked to helping with symptoms of what mental health disorder?
Depression
Low-Income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods. True or False?
True
Each year only _________ percent of smokers succeed in quitting.
a. 1%
b. 10.8%
c. 47.1%
d. 6.2%
d. 6.2%
Smoking cigarettes as a teenager causes a stunt in brain growth leaving the teenager susceptible to using other substances as well. True or False?
True. Because nicotine affects the development of the brain's reward system, continued e-cigarette use in teens can not only lead to nicotine addiction, but it also can make other drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine more pleasurable to a teen's developing brain.
Most e-cigs contain addictive nicotine, carcinogens found in cigarettes, and toxic metal nanoparticles from the device itself. True or False?
True
Quitting smoking reduces anxiety an average of ____ percent depending on the person.
a. 50%
b. 20.5%
c. 37%
d. 100%
c. 37%
On their websites, tobacco companies encourage people to quit smoking. True or False?
True
Tobacco companies manipulate nicotine levels to keep smokers addicted. True or False?
True
Nicotine also affects the development of brain circuits that control attention and learning. Other risks to the brain include:
a. mood disorders
b. impulse control problems
c. asthma
d. both a. and b.
d. both a. and b.
Mood disorders and impulse control problems
E-Cigarettes have recently been found to cause multiple lung related illnesses. True or False?
True. Bronchitis, Asthma, and Pneumonia are just a few.
Quitting smoking can reduce stress by _____ percent depending on the person.
a. 5%
b. 27%
c. 90%
d. 16.9%
b. 27%
Several studies have found tobacco advertisements occur 10x more in _____ neighborhoods than others.
a. white
b. African American
c. low-income
d. both b. and c.
b. African American
Less than ______ percent of teens still smoke cigarettes.
a. 6%
b. 50%
c. 21%
d. 37%
a. 6%
HOW AWESOME! That's less than the number of landlines still around!
Pregnant women who smoke increase their rate of:
a. pre-term delivery
b. low birth weight
c. SIDS
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
E-cigarettes are now the most commonly used form of tobacco product among what age group?
Teenagers
Smoking cigarettes causes what symptoms related to mental illnesses:
a. difficulty concentrating
b. irritability
c. stress
d. all of the above
e. all of the above
Big Tobacco companies spend over 9 billion dollars on advertisements every year. Where are most of their advertisements located?
a. On the internet
b. In movies
c. At sales counters
d. In magazines
c. At sales counters.
These areas are called "point-of-sale" areas and make up 95% of Big Tobacco advertising costs. This is done in an effort to cause people to make "impulse buys" as well as feel like tobacco is a part of every day life.
_____ state(s) have banned all cigarette use in public places.
a. 1
b. 5
c. 50
d. 24
d. 24
Smoking is responsible for the deaths of approximately ________ women since 1980.
a. 200,000
b. 3 million
c. 2 million
d. 100,000
b. 3 million
E-cigs are used to help lower nicotine cravings and, ultimately, help smokers quit smoking. True or False?
False. E-cigarettes are not an FDA-approved quit aid, and there is no conclusive scientific evidence on the effectiveness of e-cigarettes for long-term smoking cessation.
Smoking increases a persons risk of developing Dementia, a brain disease linked to memory disorders such as Alzheimer's. True or False?
True
Advertising and promotional expenditures for both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (ie tobacco) in 2012 were:
a. $1 billion
b. $900,000
c. $6.9 million
d. $9.6 billion
d. $9.6 billion
Texas has made it illegal to smoke while driving in a car with a child under the age of 18 years old. True or False?
True