Deck 7: Promoting a Tobacco-Free and Drug-Free Lifestyle

Question 1

The CDC reports that approximately ____ of unintentional injuries among adolescents are directly or indirectly related to substance abuse.

A) one third
B) one half
C) three quarters

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Data from MTF and YRBS studies indicate that:

A) more youth are smoking marijuana than are smoking cigarettes.
B) about 1 in 3 (28%) of youth currently smoke cigarettes.
C) smoking rates in the U.S. have risen in recent years.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Data from MTF and YRBS studies indicate that:

A) 6 in 10 (60%) of students did not drink alcohol in the past month.
B) those who do drink are likely to binge drink.
C) Both A and B

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which group has the lowest rates of use for tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs?

A) Hispanic students
B) Black students C White students

Question 5

The DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program:

A) is the most widely used effective drug education program in the United States.
B) is not supported by the U.S. Department of Education because of its ineffectiveness.
C) was developed in 1993 by the U.S. Department of Education.

Question 6

Effective information strategies for preventing substance use/abuse:

A) focus on the long-term consequences of drug abuse.
B) focus on the immediate negative effects of specific substances.
C) are taught by former addicts highlighting the consequences of addiction.

Question 7

Which of the following is true of normative education?

A) It uses scare tactics to help create negative attitudes towards substance use.
B) It teaches general self-management and social competence skills.
C) It has students compare their estimated drug use rates with real drug use rates.

Question 8

Resistance strategies for drugs, alcohol, and tobacco:

A) typically use the technique of a trigger film, discussion, and then role-play.
B) have been shown to be ineffective at deterring risk behaviors.
C) are more effective at the K-2 grade levels than older grade levels.

Question 9

Drug education for grades 4-6 should focus on:

A) personal wellness, alcohol, and tobacco.
B) resisting pressure, personal safety, and rules and laws.
C) personal accountability and how drugs impair family relationships.

Question 10

Students at high-risk of becoming substance users include:

A) children of an alcoholic or other drug abuser.
B) victims of abuse.
C) Both A and B

Question 11

Nicotine found in tobacco products:

A) decreases alertness and mental performance.
B) stimulates the reward system in the brain.
C) decreases heart rate.

Question 12

Which of the following accurately identifies the toll tobacco has on society?

A) On average, smoking reduces a person's life by 6 years.
B) Smoking kills more Americans each year than the combined deaths from fires, illegal drugs, car accidents, AIDS, alcohol, murder, and suicide.
C) Both A and B

Question 13

Problems associated with smoking for females include:

A) being more susceptible to addiction than males.
B) being more susceptible than men to the effects of carcinogens.
C) Both A and B

Question 14

Smoking hookah, or a water pipe, is:

A) as dangerous as smoking cigarettes.
B) less dangerous than smoking cigarettes.
C) more dangerous than smoking cigarettes.

Question 15

Alcoholism among young people:

A) develops because of FAS.
B) develops much more quickly than in adults.
C) Both A and B

Question 16

Which of the following is true about the prevalence of addiction in the American family?

A) 1 in 5 adults lived in a home with an alcoholic while growing up.
B) On average, five students in every classroom live with an adult who has a substance abuse addiction.
C) Both A and B

Question 17

Those playing the role of "family hero":

A) often marry someone who is chemically dependent.
B) develop high self-esteem because of their overachieving drive.
C) should be encouraged to take leadership roles in the classroom.

Question 18

Which of the following is true of marijuana?

A) Its use has grown to where 25% of adolescents today say they have tried it.
B) It adversely affects judgment, thinking, problem solving, coordination, and motor skills.
C) Both A and B

Question 19

Formication is the:

A) sensation of insects crawling under the skin.
B) combined effect of two drugs being used at the same time.
C) adulteration of a drug with a similar-looking substance.

Question 20

Rohypnol, GHB, and ketamine are:

A) date-rape drugs.
B) commonly abused prescription drugs.
C) illegal in the United States.

Question 21

Substance abuse is the major cause for most of the premature life lost and morbidity seen in adolescents in the United States.

Question 22

Twenty percent of U.S. twelfth graders are current smokers.

Question 23

In the United States, Hispanic students have lower rates of drug use than white students.

Question 24

Peer-led programs are less effective in preventing and reducing high-risk behavior than are teacher-led programs.

Question 25

Children who eat with their families are less likely to smoke, drink, or use drugs.

Question 26

The risk of sudden infant syndrome increases when a woman smokes.

Question 27

Smokeless tobacco is a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes.

Question 28

Teenagers who use substances have a greater chance for problems. Identify four problems they are at higher risk for.

Question 29

If a "magic wand" could cure alcoholism, what would happen to the alcohol industry's revenues?

Question 30

The tobacco and alcohol industries claim they are not in the business of recruiting new users. Identify four or more facts that refute this claim.

Question 31

Identify the appeals the alcohol and tobacco industries use in their advertisements and product placements, and explain why they use these appeals.

Question 32

Explain how the tobacco and alcohol industries use the media to market their products (other than through advertisements).

Question 33

Identify six or more life skills that are often included in a personal and social skills training approach.

Question 34

Identify three or more types of drug-free activities that create "natural highs" with altered states of consciousness.

Question 35

Identify three or more things that can be included in a parent substance abuse prevention approach program.

Question 36

Identify key words for HBOs for tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

Question 37

Identify components of a drug-free lifestyle curricula for grades K-3.

Question 38

Identify components of a drug-free lifestyle curricula for grades 4-6.

Question 39

Identify components of a drug-free lifestyle curricula for grades 7-9.

Question 40

Identify components of a drug-free lifestyle curricula for grades 10-12.

Question 41

Identify two unique concerns for special education students regarding substance abuse education.

Question 42

Identify ways substance abuse prevention can be infused into math, science, English, social studies, and physical education.

Question 43

Identify four short-term negative effects of cigarette smoking for young people.

Question 44

Identify two unattractive effects of smoking.

Question 45

Females who smoke are at risk for a host of health problems other than lung, liver, colorectal, pancreas, and kidney cancers. Identify three additional health risks.

Question 46

Alcohol is associated with 50% of traffic fatalities. List five other injury/fatality problems associated with substance abuse.

Question 47

Identify four characteristics of alcoholism.

Question 48

Identify the three rules that characterize an alcoholic family.

Question 49

Identify the four roles assumed by children in alcoholic families, and what teachers can do to help children acting in each role.