Deck 10: Tobacco

Question 1

A 1529 report indicated tobacco was used to treat which of the following?

A) Melancholy
B) Constipation
C) Infertility
D) Persistent headaches

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which province was the first to prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors in 1891?

A) Alberta
B) British Columbia
C) Ontario
D) Nova Scotia

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which event is credited for initiating the cigarette habit throughout Europe?

A) The Opium Wars
B) World War I
C) The Crimean War
D) World War II

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Henry lives in London, England in 1922 and indulges in the most popular form of tobacco use, which is it?

A) Snuff
B) Cigarettes
C) Pipes
D) Cigars

Question 5

In what year did Canadian federal laws change the legal age for buying tobacco to 18?

A) 1990
B) 1993
C) 1999
D) 2003

Question 6

In a 2010 report, how many students out of the 300,000 youth who began to smoke as a result of exposure to onscreen tobacco use did the World Health Organization and Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada recognize?

A) 50,000
B) 90,000
C) 130,000
D) 195,000

Question 7

From which of the following sources is it believed that the word tobacco originated?

A) It was the name of the native tribe that gave it to Columbus.
B) It was the name of a town in Mexico where the herb was extensively used.
C) It was the scientific name of the plant whose leaves are used.
D) It was the scientific name of the chemical contained in the leaf of the plant.

Question 8

Which of the following describes one of the original sources of the word tobacco?

A) The name of the two-pronged tube that was used by Aboriginal people to take snuff.
B) The name of the two- pronged tube used by Catherine de Medici to take snuff.
C) The word developed its current usage from the province of Tobaccos in Spain.
D) The word developed its current usage from the province of Tobaccos in Portugal.

Question 9

Which of the following can be credited for the first printed report of tobacco smoking?

A) Christopher Columbus
B) A monk who had accompanied Columbus on his travels
C) Catherine de Medici's French physician Jean Nicot
D) Sir Anthony Chute

Question 10

Young Canadians are smoking fewer cigarettes, but what are they turning to instead?

A) Marijuana smoking
B) Eating hash brownies
C) Water pipes
D) Moist snuff

Question 11

Which statement does NOT describe shisha?

A) It is packaged with informative labels, but does not warn users of the harmful effects
B) Both herbal and tobacco shisha are found to contain chromium.
C) Second-hand smoke also poses a problem, as herbal shisha contains formaldehyde and PAH compounds.
D) Users often inhale more deeply and attend longer sessions of smoking than a regular cigarette smoker.

Question 12

Who introduced tobacco drinking to Europe?

A) Christopher Columbus
B) Sir Anthony Chute
C) Rodrigo de Jerez
D) Jacques Cartier

Question 13

In which year did a Canadian city pass the first municipal bylaw restricting smoking in public places?

A) 1966
B) 1976
C) 1986
D) 1996

Question 14

Chewing was the most popular form of tobacco use until about 1900, but by 1920 which form of tobacco consumption peaked?

A) Snuff
B) Cigarettes
C) Pipes
D) Cigars

Question 15

A 1952 article called "Cancer by the Carton" drew public attention to the harmless effects of tobacco use and led to a temporary decline in cigarette sales. Who published it?

A) The Council for Tobacco Research Journal
B) Readers' Digest
C) MacLean's Magazine
D) The Globe and Mail newspaper

Question 16

What occurs when smokers switch to low tar and nicotine brand cigarettes?

A) They can avoid most health problems associated with cigarette smoking.
B) They typically take more frequent and deeper puffs and probably get no benefit.
C) They actually generate more second-hand smoke.
D) They still face risks, but it is much lower than with regular cigarettes.

Question 17

The first municipal bylaw restricting smoking in a public place took place in which Canadian city?

A) Edmonton
B) St. Johns
C) Ottawa
D) Vancouver

Question 18

The Tobacco Restraint Act (1908) in Canada banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone younger than what age?

A) 14 years
B) 16 years
C) 18 years
D) 21 years

Question 19

What years have been referred to as the golden decades for cigarette consumption in Canada?

A) From 1900 to 1920
B) From 1920 to 1930
C) From 1920 to 1950
D) From 1930 to 1960

Question 20

When did the per capita sales of cigarettes begin to decline in Canada?

A) After World War II
B) After the 1964 U.S. surgeon general's report
C) In 1980s
D) About ten years ago

Question 21

Due to differing film rating systems Canadian youth are exposed to 60% less images of tobacco than American youth.

Question 22

Annually what do approximately 3-4% of former smokers do?

A) Crave cigarettes daily
B) Quit smoking without a treatment program
C) Chew nicotine gum or wear a nicotine patch
D) Gain more than 10 pounds after quitting

Question 23

When was nicotine isolated?

A) 1828
B) 1878
C) 1908
D) 1928

Question 24

What has been the biggest health concern for users of smokeless tobacco?

A) Cancer of the mouth, pharynx, and esophagus
B) High blood pressure
C) Lung cancer
D) Liver disease

Question 25

Recent statistics suggest that approximately how often does a Canadian die from tobacco use?

A) Every 11 minutes
B) Every 30 minutes
C) Every hour
D) Every 11 hours

Question 26

Which of the following factors is associated with lower cigarette use among adults?

A) Family
B) High self-esteem
C) Educational programs
D) Caffeine use

Question 27

Chronic smokers have lower levels of MAO; essential to which of the following?

A) Increasing levels of dopamine
B) Increasing levels of serotonin
C) Breaking down levels serotonin
D) Breaking down levels of dopamine

Question 28

Gum, patches, lozenges, and inhalers are all various forms of which of the following?

A) Nicotine replacement therapy
B) Oral substitute for cigarettes
C) Nicotine delivery that has been shown not to be effective
D) Drugs to block nicotine's effects

Question 29

In 2012, it was reported that smoking rates in Canadian Indigenous youth were high. Which group had a smoking rate of 56%?

A) First Nations youth
B) Inuit youth
C) Métis youth
D) Nunavut youth

Question 30

According to a 2015 study, where is cigarette use by Canadians ages 12 and up the highest?

A) Manitoba
B) Northwest Territories
C) Nunavut
D) Yukon

Question 31

Some smokers resist quitting based on their perception that they will gain weight. Why might this belief have some validity?

A) Nicotine decreases blood sugar
B) Nicotine increases carbohydrate cravings
C) Nicotine enhances stimulates the taste buds
D) Nicotine decreases stomach contractions

Question 32

How does nicotine act in the brain?

A) By increasing serotonin reuptake
B) By enhancing GABA's inhibitory effects
C) By reducing blood flow to the cerebral cortex
D) By first stimulating and then blocking cholinergic receptors

Question 33

As a rapid and potent poison, how does nicotine cause death?

A) By stopping the heart
B) By paralyzing respiration
C) By constricting blood vessels in the brain
D) By increasing blood pressure until a stroke occurs

Question 34

What is one of the most reliable effect of cigarette smoking during pregnancy on the newborn?

A) Low birth weight
B) Mental retardation
C) Abnormal facial features
D) Newborn would experience nicotine withdrawal

Question 35

Although lung cancer is not common, what percentage of all lung cancers occurs in smokers?

A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 40%
D) 85%

Question 36

Which of the following does NOT describe nicotine?

A) It is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant.
B) It is colourless.
C) It is created in a lab to form liquid alkaloid.
D) It is volatile.

Question 37

Approximately how many nonsmokers die each year in Canada from exposure to second-hand smoke?

A) 2,400
B) 4,500
C) 6,300
D) 10,300

Question 38

In 2007, Health Canada approved a nicotine partial agonist drug as a smoking treatment. What was the drug?

A) Diazepam (Valium)
B) Olanzepine (Zyprexa)
C) Varenicline (Champix)
D) Xanthine (Theophil)

Question 39

The annual "smoking-attributable mortality" associated with SIDS, low birth weight, and respiratory problems amount to how many infant deaths per year?

A) 2,000
B) 10,000
C) 40,000
D) 440,000

Question 40

In April 2008, which province outlawed smoking in vehicles carrying children?

A) British Columbia
B) Nova Scotia
C) Quebec
D) Ontario

Question 41

Nicotine acts in the brain to first stimulate and then block several nicotinic subtypes of cholinergic receptor.

Question 42

Ambien (zolpidem) has recently been approved by the FDA for use in smoking cessation.

Question 43

More than 47,000 deaths each year in Canada are attributed to tobacco use.

Question 44

Heather Crowe fought to protect workers from second-hand smoke, because she was a nonsmoker who died due to lung cancer that was attributed to occupational exposure to cigarette smoke.

Question 45

All smoke contains carbon monoxide, but cigar smoke has the highest at 6%.

Question 46

In 1951, the government introduces Bill C-248 to ban advertising of tobacco products; however, the bill is not debated. Instead, the tobacco industry and the government agree to voluntary guidelines.

Question 47

Smoking water pipes is safer because the water will filter toxic chemicals.

Question 48

Some early tobacco control efforts focused on women, associating tobacco use with immoral behaviour.

Question 49

If current rates of tobacco use continue, approximately 1 million Canadians will die over the next 20 years as a direct result of smoking and second-hand smoke.

Question 50

In 1952, a report done by the Royal College of Physicians in London, England, provides research evidence of the harmful consequences of smoking.

Question 51

In 1497, inhaling smoke was called drinking.

Question 52

Although there are concerns about smoking during pregnancy, research studies have not consistently demonstrated any specific risks.

Question 53

If injected, a cigar contains enough nicotine for two lethal doses.

Question 54

The FDA has regulated the nicotine content of cigarettes since 1964.

Question 55

Another name for second-hand smoke is reflexive smoking.

Question 56

Although users of smokeless tobacco have a higher risk for cancers in their oral cavity, smokeless tobacco is still safer than smoking cigarettes.

Question 57

The per capita sales of cigarettes in Canada started to decrease in 1990.

Question 58

Smokers have more miscarriages than nonsmokers.

Question 59

The most common type of oral smokeless tobacco is loose-leaf, which is sold in a pouch.

Question 60

Nicotine gum was made available in Canada on a prescription basis in 1960.

Question 61

Identify and compare a typical hookah and cigarette smoking sessions.

Question 62

Describe what cigar manufacturers did during the transition from chewing to smoking cigarettes.

Question 63

Describe the death rates from cancer of the lung and bronchus in nonsmokers and smokers of various numbers of cigarettes.

Question 64

Discuss the issue of second-hand smoke and the restrictions on smoking in public places. Include your own opinion about the fairness of such regulations, but be sure to include information about the effects of second-hand smoke on nonsmokers, both in homes and the workplace.

Question 65

Describe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Question 66

What is nitrosamine?

Question 67

How often are children in Canada exposed to second-hand smoke, and what are its consequences?

Question 68

What substance in cigarettes was targeted and in which decade in order to provide a safer cigarette?

Question 69

What are the physiological effects on the heart as a result of smoking?

Question 70

Even though chewing tobacco might not be as unhealthy as smoking it, smokeless tobacco still has risks. Compare and contrast the health risks of chewing and smoking tobacco.

Question 71

Your best friend, who is a smoker, just found out she is pregnant. Do your best to convince her to stop smoking.

Question 72

Identify and provide an overview of Canada has three major tobacco companies, and where the tobacco is grown.

Question 73

When did Tobacco begin to come under attack, and what were some of the initial responses from the tobacco companies?

Question 74

Describe how Europeans spread tobacco use around the world.

Question 75

Presently clinical trials are underway to determine whether nicotine vaccinations will be used to help people quit smoking.

Question 76

Who wrote the book Smoke and Mirrors and what was its focus?

Question 77

Choose one of the Key Canadian Historical Facts Related to Tobacco and explain why you think it is interesting.

Question 78

Identify four common misconceptions surrounding hookah use.

Question 79

In addition to the developmental effects of smoking on pregnancy, describe the additional effects on the fetus?

Question 80

What did the Macdonald's Tobacco Company do to promote their sales?