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Tobacco Timeline

Smoking and Teens

  1. One in every ______teens smoke.
  1. How many teens start smoking yearly?
  1. What percentage of teens that start smoking stay smokers?
  1. What percentage of smokers start smoking before age 21?
  1. What health-compromising behaviors is adolescent tobacco use associated with?

Why Teens Smoke

  1. Give five reasons why teens smoke?
  1. Name some reasons why teen tobacco use may decline?

What’s in Cigarettes?

  1. What is a carcinogen?
  1. How many carcinogens are in a cigarette?
  1. How many chemicals are in a cigarette?
  1. What is the addictive drug in cigarettes?
  1. Black, thick substance that builds up in the lungs from years of smoking?
  1. Colorless, odorless gas produced from a burning cigarette?
  1. Type of drug nicotine is?

Types of Tobacco

  1. List four different types of tobacco.
  1. Pipe smokers have a higher risk of this type of cancer than any other type of smoker.
  1. True or False: Cigars contain the same toxic and carcinogenic compounds found in cigarettes and are not a safe alternative to cigarettes.

Effects on the Respiratory System

  1. These two disorders make up COPD? Explain the difference between the two?
  1. Name three problems in the respiratory system associated with smoking?
  1. What percentage of lung cancer cases are discovered during the late stages?
  1. What percentage of those who have lung cancer got it as a result of smoking?

Effects on the Cardiovascular System

  1. What is the hardening of the arteries called?
  1. Name three problems in the circulatory system associated with smoking?
  1. What is coronary artery disease?
  1. What happens to circulation in the blood vessels of smokers?

Dangers of Smokeless Tobacco

  1. Smokeless tobacco contains how many carcinogens?
  1. Using smokeless tobacco increases your risk of oral cancer by what percentage?
  1. Explain why using smokeless tobacco is not a safe alternative to smoking.
  1. Name 3 symptoms or signs of oral cancer.
  1. Three problems associated with smokeless tobacco?

Effects of Passive Smoke

  1. Two types of passive smoke? Explain.
  1. Name three common problems for nonsmokers?
  1. Prolonged exposure to second hand smoke increases the risk of lung cancer by what percentage?
  1. Exposure to second-hand smoke can double a child’s chances of hospitalization in the first year of life for what illnesses?

Smoking and Pregnancy

  1. Which two chemicals in cigarettes are particularly harmful to unborn children?
  1. Amount of children that die yearly from mothers smoking during pregnancy?
  1. Three problems associated with a child whose mother smoke during pregnancy?
  1. How does nicotine affect the child during pregnancy?

Choosing to be Tobacco Free

  1. What percentage of smokers say that they want to quit? What percentage of those are successful when they try to quit without help?
  1. What substance causes smokers to feel withdrawal symptoms when they try to quit? What brain chemical is released to cause feelings of pleasure?
  1. List five withdrawal symptoms.
  1. Name four benefits of quitting smoking?
  1. Name four strategies or tips for quitting.