Deck 10: Nicotine and Tobacco Use

Question 1

Another name for mainstream smoke is environmental tobacco smoke.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Chewing tobacco began in Canada in or around 1850.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

In the early 1900s, cigarette smoking was viewed as being "not masculine."

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The French practice of snuffing involved the placing of tobacco into the nose.

Question 5

Tobacco remains a very popular farm crop in Canada today.

Question 6

Pioneers heading west could indulge in foot-long cigars called "stogies," named after the Conestoga wagons that they rode in during the long and tedious journey.

Question 7

The Bonsack machine greatly increased the output potential of manufacturing cigarettes.

Question 8

Prior to 1988, it was legal to smoke while travelling on airplane, bus, or in a taxi.

Question 9

Surgeon general reports assert that tar and nicotine cause increased health risks.

Question 10

The labels "light" and "mild" refer to cigarettes that are low in tar and nicotine.

Question 11

Tuberculosis can be spread through tobacco spitting.

Question 12

Cigarette manufacturers increased the nicotine concentrations in tobacco from 1997 to 2005 by 11 percent, and in the "medium/mild" category, nicotine levels more than doubled.

Question 13

In order to protect the future of its business, cigar companies during the late 1800s did not discourage unfounded rumours that cigarette ingredients were soiled and contaminated.

Question 14

The sale of American-brand cigarettes in other countries of the world helps keep the U.S. trade deficit down.

Question 15

The first European to observe tobacco smoking was Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603.

Question 16

The Tobacco Restraint Act of 1908 made it illegal to sell tobacco products to those under the age of 19.

Question 17

King James I of England was an early spokesman in opposition to tobacco use.

Question 18

More unburned particles are contained in sidestream smoke as compared to mainstream smoke.

Question 19

The wrapping of cigars is the same as the wrapping of cigarettes, only larger.

Question 20

Warning labels on tobacco products were first required in 2000.

Question 21

Nearly all of the nicotine in a cigarette is eventually inhaled and reaches the bloodstream.

Question 22

About 10 percent of all Canadians now alive may die prematurely from some form of heart disease as a result of their smoking behaviour.

Question 23

Nicotine reduces muscle tone, making muscles feel more relaxed.

Question 24

The quantity of tar in a cigarette varies from levels of 12 to 16 mg per cigarette to less than 6 mg.

Question 25

A few drops of pure nicotine on the tongue can kill an adult.

Question 26

Nicotine improves short-term memory.

Question 27

Nicotine reaches the brain in a matter of seconds.

Question 28

According to the titration hypothesis, a smaller number of low-nicotine cigarettes will be smoked by an individual who has been accustomed to having smoked cigarettes with a high level of nicotine.

Question 29

Nicotine speeds up activity in the gastrointestinal system.

Question 30

The smoke that a smoker primarily inhales is called sidestream smoke.

Question 31

Every day, at least 100 Canadians die from a smoking-related death.

Question 32

About one in three smokers who are also in drug-abuse treatment programs feel that quitting smoking is "much harder" than quitting harder drugs.

Question 33

As with alcohol, when tobacco is consumed in moderation, it produces no significant health hazards.

Question 34

When given nicotine gum, smokers smoke fewer cigarettes per day, even when they have not been told whether the gum contains nicotine or a placebo.

Question 35

Nicotine is odourless and colourless.

Question 36

Tar is classified as a component of the particulate phase in tobacco smoke.

Question 37

With the exception of a rare genetic defect, the only established cause of clinically significant COPD is cigarette smoking.

Question 38

The major contributing factor in tobacco for coronary heart disease is tar.

Question 39

Ammonia added to tobacco speeds up the absorption of nicotine.

Question 40

Carbon monoxide is an extremely toxic gas in cigarette smoke.

Question 41

Female adolescent smokers have a greater loss of pulmonary function than male adolescent smokers do.

Question 42

When mothers smoke during pregnancy, a newborn has a higher risk of low birth weight and physical defects.

Question 43

N-nitrosamine is more concentrated in sidestream smoke than it is in mainstream smoke.

Question 44

Recent evidence indicates that the disinclination among adolescents toward dating smokers is observed equally for males and females.

Question 45

Present-day lung cancer can be considered almost exclusively a "man's disease."

Question 46

The carcinogenic compound benzopyrene causes gene mutations identical to those observed in patients with carcinomas in their lungs.

Question 47

Smokeless tobacco is a safe alternative to cigarette smoking, with respect to health consequences.

Question 48

Second-hand tobacco smoke is not a significant health hazard.

Question 49

Women smokers using birth control pills have a much greater risk of dying from a stroke than do women smokers who do not use birth control pills.

Question 50

In the past decade, there has been an increase in the rate of smoking.

Question 51

In general, young people have become more accepting of cigarette smoking.

Question 52

At the beginning of the twentieth century, lung cancer was a rare disease.

Question 53

Lung cancer is the only form of cancer for which cigarette smokers are at higher risk.

Question 54

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women.

Question 55

In 2010-11, about 16 percent of grade 6 to 9 students and 40 percent of grade 10 to 12 students reported that they had tried cigarettes during their lifetime.

Question 56

One of the forms of cancer for which smokers carry an increased risk is cancer of the larynx.

Question 57

Smokeless tobacco use reduces the risk of lip cancer, as opposed to smoking cigarettes.

Question 58

Surprisingly, cigarette smoking reduces the risk of bladder cancer.

Question 59

Leukoplakia refers to red spots that result from precancerous cell changes in the mouth and nasal cavity.

Question 60

Lung cancer surpasses prostate cancer as a cause of death in men.

Question 61

Prevalence rates for smoking in Canada are roughly equivalent to the prevalence rates in most Asian countries.

Question 62

Snus is a popular moist snuff product.

Question 63

The first European to encounter tobacco plants was __________.

A) Sir Walter Raleigh
B) Sir Francis Drake
C) King Philip II of Spain
D) Christopher Columbus

Question 64

Half of all smokers eventually manage long-term abstinence from cigarette smoking.

Question 65

The current prevalence rate for smokeless tobacco use is approximately the same as that of cigarette smoking.

Question 66

There was a resurgence in the popularity of cigars during the 1990s.

Question 67

Moist snuff is generally chewed.

Question 68

Though smokeless tobacco has its own set of adverse health consequences, it does not have the consequences of ingesting nicotine through cigarette smoking.

Question 69

The "Five A's" are different smoking cessation programs.

Question 70

Champix and Zyban are two medications used in smoking-cessation programs.

Question 71

When smokeless tobacco is swallowed, there becomes a risk for stomach cancer and urinary tract cancer.

Question 72

The province of Quebec shows the highest rate of smoking in Canada.

Question 73

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 5.4 million people worldwide die each year from tobacco-related diseases.

Question 74

Tobacco was officially introduced to Europe in __________.

A) 1492
B) 1559
C) 1602
D) 1650

Question 75

Within five to ten years of quitting smoking, the risk of stroke is the same for the abstinent smoker as for nonsmokers.

Question 76

A recent study suggests that when physicians tell smokers their "lung age" as determined by the age of an average healthy nonsmoker with a comparable level of breathing strength, smokers are twice as likely to quit.

Question 77

It has been estimated that as many as 42 000 additional lives in Canada would be saved each year if 90 percent of smokers were advised by a health professional to quit and were offered medication or other assistance to do so.

Question 78

The major dependence-producing drug(s) in tobacco products is (are) __________.

A) nicotine
B) nicotine and tar
C) carbon monoxide
D) carbon monoxide and tar

Question 79

A cigarette was an unquestioned sign of sophistication in our society until around __________.

A) the mid-1960s
B) the mid-1970s
C) the mid-1980s
D) 2001

Question 80

In China and South Korea, more than 60% of all adult men smoke cigarettes.