Deck 15: Public Health Enemy Number One

Question 1

Which of the following was the first disease clearly linked to cigarette smoking?

A) Emphysema
B) Bronchitis
C) Asthma
D) Lung Cancer

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In 2019, which of these states imposed the highest tax on cigarettes?

A) Missouri
B) Virginia
C) New York
D) California

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Nicotine from tobacco provides a heightened sense of energy and alertness.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Data from 2015 show that about 10 times more smokers want to quit than manage actually to do so.

Question 5

Tar both flavors cigarette smoke and gives it most of its carcinogenicity.

Question 6

The effects of smoking tobacco occur most quickly on the cardiovascular system.

Question 7

The was a high prevalence of lung cancer in the United States and Britain in 1900.

Question 8

In order to maintain a constant number of customers over time, the tobacco industry must persuade 1 million people to take up the habit each year to balance the number of smokers who die or quit.

Question 9

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act forbids tobacco companies from sponsoring sporting events.

Question 10

In 1974, ______________________ was the first state to enact restrictions on smoking in restaurants.

Question 11

High taxes on cigarettes have a disproportionate effect on smoking among the young and among lower-income smokers because these groups have less ____________________ income.

Question 12

From 1988 to 2008, the rate of smoking in California declined by about ____________________.

Question 13

The ____________________ has used its part of the MSA settlement to run aggressive ad campaigns against smoking targeted at youth called the "truth" campaign.

Question 14

whats the area to the appropriate characteristic.
-California

Question 15

whats the area to the appropriate characteristic.
-Minnesota

Question 16

whats the area to the appropriate characteristic.
-San Francisco

Question 17

whats the area to the appropriate characteristic.
-Wyoming

Question 18

whats the man to the appropriate description.
-Michael Moore

Question 19

whats the man to the appropriate description.
-David Kessler

Question 20

whats the man to the appropriate description.
-Stanton Glantz

Question 21

whats the man to the appropriate description.
-Barack Obama

Question 22

Which of the following is the nation's most significant public health issue?

A) Bioterrorism
B) Teen pregnancy
C) Illicit drug use
D) Cigarette smoking

Question 23

What component of tobacco smoke provides the flavor in cigarette smoke and is also a major source of its carcinogenicity?

A) Nicotine
B) Carbon monoxide
C) Tars
D) Benzene

Question 24

Which agency imposes requirements that cigarette packages contain warning labels?

A) Federal Trade Commission
B) Federal Communications Commission
C) World Health Organization
D) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 25

Damage to cilia and irritation of respiratory tract lining by components of smoke increase susceptibility to infectious diseases.

Question 26

Widespread tobacco-based illnesses only arose in the 20th century.

Question 27

By 1960, about one-third of American women smoked tobacco.

Question 28

Noticeable increases in lung cancer deaths began to be noticed in the 1930s.

Question 29

Congress, until recently, provided subsidies to tobacco growers and has been very reluctant to pass legislation opposed by the industry.

Question 30

A 1991 study found that 91 percent of 6-year-olds recognized Joe Camel, the same percentage that recognized the Mickey Mouse logo of the Disney Channel.

Question 31

_______________________ provided the first solid evidence that smoking caused cancer and heart disease and has continued to yield information on the health effects of this very human habit.

Question 32

Over the past four decades, new awareness of the harm cause by ________________________ has led to some of the most effective actions against smoking.

Question 33

In 1989, California increased the tax on cigarettes by ________________________ cents.

Question 34

After 1994, it was only legal to smoke in Californian bars, ________________________, and casinos.

Question 35

Whats the appropriate year of the event?
-Camel, followed by other brands, began mass marketing campaigns

Question 36

Whats the appropriate year of the event?
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began systematic surveys of the population

Question 37

Whats the appropriate year of the event?
-Surgeon General issued a report that focused entirely on women Health Consequences of Smoking for Women addressed "the fallacy of women's immunity."

Question 38

Whats the appropriate year of the event?
-Federal Communications Commission issues a mandate that radio and television advertisement for cigarettes be balanced by public service announcements about their harmful effects

Question 39

Whats the appropriate year of the events?
-Environmental Protection Agency issued a report that declared environment tobacco smoke to be a carcinogen causing 3000 lung cancer deaths a year

Question 40

Whats the appropriate year of the events?
-Connecticut was the first state to enact restriction on smoking in restaurants

Question 41

Whats the appropriate year of the events?
-Minnesota passed a comprehensive statewide clean indoor air law

Question 42

Whats the appropriate year of the events?
-San Francisco passed a restrictive law against smoking in the workplace