Up in Smoke
This chemical is found in cigarettes and is also used to preserve corpses.
What is formaldehyde?
This smoke, exhaled by the smoker or off the lit end of their cigarette, is released into the air and inhaled by anyone around them.
What is second hand smoke?
9 out of 10 smokers start before this age.
What is 18?
This smokeless tobacco product causes cancer of the mouth, cheek and gums.
What is chewing tobacco?
A pack a day smoker lose this many teeth every 10 years.
What is 2?
This component of tobacco is also found in car exhaust.
What is carbon monoxide?
Pets that live in the homes of smokers are twice as likely to develop this.
What is cancer?
This percent of all deaths in the US are from tobacco.
What is 20%?
A typical 1 hour session with one of these is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes.
What is a hookah?
What percent of smokeless tobacco users develop leukoplakia?
What is 25%?
This solvent, commonly found in nail polish remover, is also present in tobacco smoke.
What is acetone?
This is the residue of nicotine and other harmful chemicals from tobacco smoke that absorb into surfaces like floors, carpets, walls, clothes, hair and skin.
What is third hand smoke?
This many deaths each year are related to second hand smoke.
What is 40,000?
The FDA has not determined if the use of this product is effective in quitting smoking.
What are e-cigarettes?
On average, the life expectancy of a smoker is this many years less than a non-smoker.
What is 10 years?
Of the over 4000 chemicals found in cigarette smoke, this many are known to cause cancer.
What is 70?
This many cigarette butts are littered yearly world-wide.
What is 4.5 trillion?
21% of deaths from this type of domestic disaster are linked to cigarettes and other smoking materials.
What are house fires?
A recent study found that 58% of adult e-cigarette users also did this.
What is smoke cigarettes?
After inhaling tobacco smoke, nicotine rapidly enters the bloodstream, crosses the blood-brain barrier, and reaches the brain within this many seconds.
What is 8-20 seconds?
In 2025, the average pack a day smoker in Georgia will spend this much this year on cigarette purchases.
What is $3,092.
Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to have babies who are born ___________.
What is prematurely?
The number of youth taking up smoking increased 73% from 1988-1996, coinciding with the introduction of this character in advertisements.
Who is Joe Camel?
Since 2011, reports to national hotline centers have increased tenfold due to incidents involving this consequence of e-cigarette use.
What is nicotine poisoning?
E-juice that contains the chemical diacetyl (used to add flavor to e-juices) has been linked to this disorder, that causes scarring on air sacs in lungs.
What is popcorn lung?