Answer True (T) or False (F) to the following questions. Each question is worth two points.
______ 1. Nicotine is not an addictive drug.
______ 2. Everyone who smokes regularly is addicted to nicotine.
______ 3.
The symptons of nicotine withdrawal include nausea, headache,
anxiety, lowered blood pressure, and nicotine cravings.
______ 4. Nicotine is a colorless, oily fluid with little odor.
______ 5. Nicotine is one of the most toxic and addicting of all poisons.
______ 6.
A smoker knows he's addicted when he smokes at least one
pack a day.
______ 7.
Smokers become physically addicted but not psychologically
dependent.
______ 8. Nicotine is absorbed readily from tobacco smoke in the lungs.
______ 9.
The younger people start smoking, the less likely they are to
become addicted to nicotine.
______ 10.
Most young people don't realize the addictiveness of nicotine.
Choose the correct answer and write it in the blank. Each question is worth two points.
______ 1.
Which of these things are found in cigarettes?
a) ammonia (found in toilet bowl cleaner)
b) arsenic (also a murder weapon)
c) Polonium 210 (nuclear waste)
d) carbon monoxide (car exhaust)
e) acetone (used to remove paint)
f) 38 other known cancer-causing chemicals
g) all of the above
______ 2.
What gross things do smokers do?
a) blow smoke in your face
b) cough up mucus
c) smell like car exhaust
d) all of the above
______ 3.
What's the most digusting part about sharing a cigarette with
a friend?
a) sucking on a mouthful of their germs
b) tastingthe soggy, wet tip
c) chocking and gasping together
______ 4.
Smoking kills 434,000 Americans every year, more than.....
a) AIDS
b) car accidents
c) alcohol
d) murders
e) fires
f) all of the above
______ 5.
Cigarettes kill one out of three long-term users.
a) True
b) False
______ 6.
Most long-term smokers started when they were teens and
got hooked.
a) True
b) False
______ 7.
Nicotine is as addictive as cocaine or heroin.
a) True
b) False
______ 8.
Smokers' favorite line is:
a) "It won't happen to me"
b) "I'll quit tomorrow"
c) "Me, addicted?"
d) "Hack!...Cough!...Gak!"
______ 9.
Tobacco companies spend about $11 million a day to promote
cigarettes.
a) True
b) False
______ 10.
Tobacco companies try to trick teens into smoking by:
a) sponsoring concerts and sporting events
b) creating color, cartoon characters
c) using young, good-looking models
d) putting ads in magazines that teens read
e) giving away t-shirts, mugs, and hats with their name
on them
f) all of the above
______ 11.
People who believe tobacco ads:
a) have been fooled
b) are too trusting
c) don't have all the facts
______ 12.
You're too smart to fall for tobacco advertising.
a) True
b) False
______ 13.
How can you respond to people who pressure you to smoke?
a) "No thanks! I don't want to make myself sick."
b) "Forget it. I'm not sending my life up in smoke."
c) "See you later!"
d) Any of the above
______ 14.
The original Marlboro Man died of lung cancer.
a) True
b) False
______ 15.
Smokeless (chewing) tobacco causes painful, bleeding gums,
dirt-brown teeth, and pus-filled mouth sores.
a) True
b) False
______ 16.
Smoking a pack of cigarettes is like drinking 2 cups of
steaming, cancer-causing chemicals.
a) True
b) False