Quiz
Answers
1.
False. The
physical
damage
from
smoking
sets
in
almost
immediately
--
even
within
a
year
after
you
start.
Teen
smokers
cough
and
wheeze
more.
They
produce
more
phlegm
(yuck!).
They
have
lungs
that
are
damaged
and
actually
smaller.
They
have
weaker
hearts.
They
perform
worse
in
physical
fitness
tests
and
competitive
sports.
And
they
get
sick
and
miss
school
more
often.
2.
$1000. It
will
cost
you
about
$1000
in
one
year
if
you
smoke
a
pack
of
cigarettes
each
day.
Think
of
what
you
could
do
with
all
that
dough:
Play
2,000
video-arcade
games;
or
talk
on
the
phone
to
your
friend
in
another
state
for
more
than
100
hours!
It's
boring,
we
know,
but
if
you
put
$1000
every
year
in
a
bank
account
earning
5
percent
interest,
you'd
have
$34,719.25
after
20
years.
That's
some
serious
cash!
3.
True. Nicotine
in
cigarettes
has
been
shown
to
be
highly
addictive.
About
two-thirds
of
young
smokers
say
they
want
to
quit
smoking,
and
seven
in
10
say
they
regret
having
started.
Three
out
of
four
teens
who
are
daily
smokers
say
they
keep
smoking
because
it's
really
hard
to
quit.
When
they
do
try
to
quit,
they
suffer
the
same
withdrawal
symptoms
("the
crazies")
as
adults
who
try
to
quit.
And
nicotine
addiction
can
fool
you:
Only
5
percent
of
teen
smokers
think
they
will
definitely
be
smoking
in
5
years,
but
close
to
75
percent
end
up
still
smoking
7-9
years
later.
4.
False.
Spit
tobacco
(snuff
and
chewing
tobacco)
is
not
a
safe
and
non-addictive
alterative
to
cigarettes.
Using
spit
tobacco
can
cause
cracked
lips,
bleeding
gums,
and
sores
of
the
mouth
that
never
heal.
It
can
stain
your
teeth
a
yellowish-brown
color
and
give
you
bad
breath.
Worst
of
all,
use
of
spit
tobacco
can
cause
mouth
cancer
and
other
kinds
of
cancer.
It
also
may
play
a
role
in
heart
disease
and
stroke.
Like
cigarettes,
smokeless
tobacco
contains
nicotine,
and
nicotine
is
addictive.
One
"dip"
of
smokeless
tobacco
can
deliver
as
much
nicotine
as
several
cigarettes.
5.
All
of
the
above.
Scientists
estimate
that
there
are
more
than
4,000
known
chemical
compounds
in
cigarette
smoke.
More
than
40
of
these
are
known
to
cause
cancer
in
people
or
animals.
Spit
tobacco,
even
though
it
is
not
smoked,
contains
high
concentrations
of
cancer-causing
chemicals
called
nitrosamines,
plus
at
least
a
half
dozen
other
chemicals
that
cause
cancer.
6.
18
years
old.
More
than
80%
of
adult
smokers
started
before
they
turned
18,
and
by
that
time
more
than
half
of
them
were
already
smoking
daily.
Among
high
school
seniors
who
use
spit
tobacco,
about
three
in
four
had
tried
it
by
grade
9.
Hardly
anyone
starts
using
tobacco
as
an
adult.
So
if
you
make
it
through
your
teens
tobacco-free,
chances
are
great
you'll
be
tobacco-free
for
life.
7.
3,000.
Each
day
6,000
young
people
will
take
their
first
puff
on
a
cigarette
and
3,000
will
become
regular
smokers.
That's
more
than
a
million
new
smokers
each
year.
One
out
of
three
of
them
will
die
from
a
disease
caused
by
their
smoking.
Unless
we
do
something
to
stop
this
trend,
5
million
young
people
who
are
alive
today
will
die
from
using
tobacco.
8.
All
of
the
above. Each
year
smoking
kills
more
people
than
AIDS,
alcohol,
drug
abuse,
car
crashes,
murders,
suicides,
and
fires
--
combined!
More
than
400,000
people
die
from
smoking
each
year
--
one
out
of
every
five
deaths
in
the
U.S.
That's
the
same
as
three
fully
loaded
jumbo
jets
crashing
each
day
with
no
survivors!
9.
True. Within
two
days
of
quitting
smoking,
your
sense
of
taste
and
smell
can
be
greatly
improved.
There
are
other
immediate
benefits
of
quitting.
The
levels
of
carbon
monoxide
and
nicotine
in
your
body
go
down
quickly.
Your
heart
and
lungs
will
begin
to
repair
the
damage
done
by
smoking.
You'll
begin
to
breathe
easier.
Your
smoker's
cough
will
begin
to
disappear.
And
you'll
soon
notice
a
boost
in
your
energy
and
stamina.
10.
Cigarette
butts. Littering
beaches
and
the
countryside
is
only
one
way
that
cigarettes
harm
the
environment.
Nearly
12.5
million
acres
of
forest
--
more
than
10
Grand
Canyons
--
are
destroyed
each
year
to
provide
trees
to
cure
tobacco.
That's
about
a
tree
every
two
weeks
for
the
average
smoker.
Secondhand
smoke
is
another
environmental
menace.
It
fills
the
air
with
many
of
the
same
poisons
found
in
the
air
around
toxic
waste
dumps.
And
it's
deadly:
Secondhand
smoke
kills
about
3,000
nonsmokers
each
year
from
lung
cancer.
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