Facts
Health effects
Epidemiology
Marketing
Prevention and Control
100
What type of drug accelerates the central nervous system and increases alertness, attention, and energy?
Stimulants
100
How many chemicals in cigarettes are known to be harmful to humans?
250
100
What is the leading cause of preventable death in the US?
Tobacco use
100
How much money do tobacco companies spend on marketing each year?
$8 billion per year/$23 million per day
100
What is the legal age to buy tobacco in Kentucky?
18 years old
200
How many chemicals are in a cigarette?
4,000
200
What are the three most toxic chemicals in cigarettes?
Nicotine, Tar, and Carbon Monoxide
200
What is the leading cause of cancer death in the US?
Lung cancer
200
Tobacco companies primarily target which group to advertise products to? Why?
Adolescents, because if they start smoking at a younger age then they are more likely to get addicted and continue smoking throughout adulthood.
200
Which state in the US has led the most successful prevention strategies on smoking with an increased cigarette tax?
New York
300
What type of smoking is exposure to secondhand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke which occurs when a person is in close proximity to a smoker and is associated with some of the hazards of smoking?
Passive smoking
300
How many non-smokers die each year from second-hand smoke?
600,000
300
What percent of smokers live in middle to low income countries?
80%
300
True of False, in the 1950's Doctors used to promote smoking as beneficial to health?
True
300
True or False, there is not a campus-wide smoking ban at EKU
FALSE
400
Name three different ways that people can use tobacco.
Smoking cigarettes, cigars, hookah, pipes, bidis, or kreteks, or using smokeless tobacco such as snuff and chewing tobacco.
400
How many years sooner do smokers die than non-smokers?
14 years
400
What percentage of high school males use smokeless tobacco?
15%
400
What is the name of the Camel that was used to market to younger populations on cigarette boxes?
Joe Camel
400
True or false, hookah is legal for anyone under 18
FALSE
500
Which type of cigarettes are the most harmful? Why?
Menthol, because it allows smoke to permeate deeper into the lungs.
500
What percentage of lung cancer is caused from smoking?
90%
500
Which group in the US has the highest prevalence rates of smoking?
American Indians and Alaskan Natives
500
What do tobacco companies do to advertise to women?
They suggest that smoking can control weight in advertisements. They make the packaging of cigarettes attractive to women. They advertise using independent, slim, and athletic models. They use promotional giveaways for the product such as lip balm, cell phone jewelry, purses, etc.
500
True or False, people are more likely to not smoke if they do not start before they are 18?
TRUE