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Tobacco Info
-for Tobacco Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Approximately how many chemicals are in a cigarette? | 4,000 |
| Approximately how many chemicals are in a cigar? | 10,000 |
| What are carcinogens known to cause? | Cancer |
| Where do the majority of these carcinogens come from? | Pesticides/bug spray |
| What is the most addictive substance that human are currently aware of? | Nicotine |
| Around how many cigarettes equal a marijuana joint? | 4-7 |
| What percent of people get addicted the first time they have a cigarette? | 12% |
| What percent of smokers will be lifetime users? | 98% |
| What are the five most common gateway drugs? | -marijuana -tobacco -alcohol -inhalants -prescription drugs |
| What condition has clogging of the arteries? | Arteriosclerosis |
| What are the four major thing that contribute to arteriosclerosis? | -alcohol -tobacco -fatty foods -lack of exercize |
| What condition is an abnormal increase in the size of the air space that results in labored breathing and respiratory infection? | Emphysema |
| What does smoking cause blood vessels to become? | narrow/constricted blood vessels |
| What is an ulcer? | A sore in the lining of a stomach |
| What in cigarettes causes extra stomach acid to be produced, which creates the an ulcer and delays the healing process? | Nicotine |
| What condition has extremely bad breath? | Halitosis |
| What is the most common cancer caused by smoking? | Lung cancer |
| What percent of all lung cancers are caused by smoking? | 85% |
| What cancers are caused by smoking? | -lung cancer -throat cancer -mouth cancer -voice box cancer -bladder/kidney cancer |
| What is mouth cancer called when it is detected early? | Leukoplakia |
| What are your body's three main lines of defense? | -skin -mucus membranes -fever |
| What are tiny hair like fibers that are constantly working to sweep debris up and out of your system called? | Cilia |
| What chemical temporarily paralyzes cilia? | Tar |
| When cilia is no longer functioning, a pack a day smoker will need to clear about how much of what in their lungs each morning? | 2 cups of mucus |
| What fraction of four cups of tar goes into the lungs of the smoker? | 1/3 of tar |
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