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Tobacco 101
100

True or False: Nicotine Creates an Immediate Sense of Relaxation 

TRUE- This feelings is temporary and soon gives way to withdrawal symptoms and increased carvings. Smoking reduces withdrawal symptoms but doesn't reduce anxiety or deal with the reasons someone may feel that way. 

100

What may start as social experimentation can become an addiction. The most common reason U.S. middle and high school students give for trying and e-cigarette is: A friend used them, "rock onn dudee", or they were forced to. 

A friend used them

100

What percentage of tobacco users started before they were 18: 10%, 46.7%, 62% or 80% 

80% 

100

Most vapes contain___which can take many years to decompose.  

Metals 

100

what is the legal age to buy nicotine products in Minnesota?

21 years of age. 

200

There is a link between increased nicotine use and what mental disorder? 

Depression

200

True or False: Using a drug only occasionally cannot cause addiction to develop? 

False

200

True or False: Big Tobacco's exploitation of the Black community has a long and documented history? 

TRUE 

200

True or False: Nicotine and tobacco products lead to deforestation. 

TRUE

200

What changes brain chemistry, is a stimulant, and is highly addictive? 

Nicotine 

300

Nicotine can better or worsen anxiety related symptoms? 

Worsen 

300

True or False: Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal worsen after quitting? 

FALSE. As long as a person stays quit, withdrawal symptoms will fade overtime as the brain gets used to not having nicotine. 

300

Candy, sweets, and desserts are types of vape flavors that are advertising techniques aimed at targeting which community? 

The Youth 

300

True or False: Cigarette and e-cigarette waste isn't harmful to wildlife because their digestive systems are different than humans? 

FALSE 

300

True or False: E-cigarettes have been proven to help smokers quit? 

FALSE: E-cigarettes are not approved by the FDA as a smoking cessation tool, and there is no conclusive scientific evidence that e-cigs are safe or effective for quitting smoking. 


400

What percent of those who quit nicotine say they felt less stressed, anxious, or depressed: 25%, 57%, 70%, or 90%

90%

400

What long term effects can adolescents addiction cause: Stunt Growth, Compromised reproduction, life-long addiction, or all of the above?

All Of The Above

400

Which communities have long faced a disproportionate burden from tobacco-related diseases and death? 

Minority Communities: Black Americans, LGBTQ+, Women, Youth, members of Military, and those with mental and emotional complications. 

400

Plastics from vapes and other products turn into "Microplastic" which takes how long until they stop polluting our environment: 5 years, 25 years, 100 years, or forever

Forever 

400

Tobacco companies use which techniques to advertise their products: Claims they are doctors recommended, sexist marketing, using cartoon characters or all of the above? 

All Of The Above. 

500

True or False: Among current smokers with a lifetime history of depression, anxiety, anxiety with depression or major depression: they smoke fewer cigarettes, smoke less smoke less frequently, and have a lower level of dependence? 

FALSE
500

Nicotine is as addicting and hard to quit as which other drug: Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine, or all of the above? 

All Of The Above 

500

How many youths in the US currently use e-cigarettes: 250,000, 1.2 million, 890,000, or 2.5 million 

2.5 Million 

500

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lists nicotine as: Acute hazardous waste, addictive liquid, bad juice, addictive envipoison? 

Acute Hazardous Waste 

500

What vape chemical is used to preserve dead animals? 

Formaldehyde.