Answers for this worksheet
are located at the following website:
http://www.entnet.org/secondhand.html
1. A combination of the smoke from a burning cigarette and the smoke exhaled by the smoker is known as ____________________.
2. Over _________ different chemicals have been identified in ETS, and at least ___________ of these chemicals cause cancer.
3. Approximately _____________% of adults in the United States currently smoke cigarettes, and _____ to ______% of children under five years of age live in homes with at least one adult smoker.
4. Although ETS is dangerous to everyone, _________________, ___________________, and __________________ are at most risk.
5. Some studies suggest that smoking during pregnancy causes birth defects such as _______________ or __________________.
6. Smoking mothers produce less _____________ and their babies have lower __________________________.
7. Maternal smoking also is associated with neonatal death from ___________________________, the major cause of death in infants between one month and one year of age.
8. It increases both the frequency and severity of childhood _____________________.
9. In children under two years of age, ETS exposure increases the likelihood of __________________________ and _____________________.
10. Children of parents who smoke half a pack a day or more are at nearly _________________ the risk of hospitalization for respiratory illness.
11. Exposure to ETS increases both the number of ______________________________ a child will experience, and the duration of the illness.
12. ___________________________________ are the most common cause of children's hearing loss.
13. Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy are more likely to suffer behavioral problems such as __________________ than children of nonsmoking mothers.
14. Your risk of developing cancer from ETS is about _______________ times greater than from outdoor cancer-causing pollutants.
15. ETS causes more than ______________ nonsmokers to die of lung cancer each year.