Why People Use Tobacco Quick Quiz

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