Harmful Chemicals
Resources and Support
Myth or Fact
Youth and Smoking
Types of Smoke
100

Toxic Metal used in batteries and paint

What is Lead

100

A popular texting resource for teen smoking cessation

What is SmokeFreeTXT for teens
100

E-cigarette products are just flavoring and water vapor

Myth (chemicals not safe when inhaled into lungs)

100

Advertizing, peer pressure, and adult influence are the top three _____

What are influences to smoke?

100

Type of smoke inhaled directly by the consumer

What is Firsthand smoke

200

Used in antifreeze and brake fluids

What is Diethylene Glycol?

200

A phone app resource to assist with becoming smokefree.

What is quitStart
200

Nicotine products include carcinogens

Fact(can you name some?)

200

More teens vape or smoke cigarettes

What is Vaping

200

Type of smoke exhaled by someone into the air and inhale by others around them.

What is Secondhand Smoke?

300

Used in embalming dead bodies

What is Formaldehyde?

300

90% of youth cut back on or quit using tobacco products all together when they participate in this program

What is Not On Tobacco (N-O-T)

300

Not all vaping devices contain nicotine

Myth (99% contain nicotine)

300

90% of the first use of nicotine products happens before this age

What is 18?

300

This is the residue of smoke that remains on clothes, walls, carpeting, and car interiors

What is Third Hand Smoke

400

Main cause of 'popcorn lung' (linked to lung disease)

What is Diacetyl

400

This interactive program can take place of school suspension or legal citation to help address vaping issues in more constructive ways.

What is INDEPTH (Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco, and Health)

400

Eighth graders who vape are more likely to smoke cigarettes long-term

Fact (5-10x more likely than non-vaping peers)

400

This chemical impacts brain development in youth and can lead to decreased attention 

What is nicotine

400

Smoke that comes from product (residual from vape, smoldering tip of cigarette)

What is Sidestream smoke?

500

 Chemical also found in car exhaust

What is Benzene

500

Free State of Montana program helping residents quit smoking through support and resources

What is QuitNowMontana

500

Vape pods contain the same amount of nicotine as a cigarette

Myth (Can be as much as an entire pack)

500

Tobacco industry collects nearly $480 million on this population a year

What are underage smokers?
500
This is the most harmful type of smoke
What is first hand smoke