Deck 10: Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Question 1

5 Tuberculosis can be spread through tobacco spitting.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

4 Chewing tobacco began in the United States in or around 1850.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

6 Give two pieces of evidence that point to the increased risk of disease in nonsmoking individuals exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

4 Explain the basic ways that nicotine and carbon monoxide contribute to the development of coronary heart disease (CHD).

Question 5

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 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

7 In general,contrast the prevalence rates and regulatory policies with regard to smoking in the United States with Japan and other Asian countries.

Question 10

1 Describe how cigarette makers in the nineteenth century overcame the dominance of cigars to emerge as the dominant form of tobacco smoking in the twentieth century.

Question 11

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

Question 12

12 Prevalence rates for cigarette smoking have been on a slow but steady rise since 1964.

Question 13

2 Describe the contents of smoked tobacco in terms of the particulate and gaseous phases.

Question 14

8 Discuss three positive consequences to you if you were to stop smoking (assuming that you are smoking now).

Question 15

3 What is the relationship between the titration hypothesis and the dependence potential of nicotine?

Question 16

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

Question 17

7 The present-day tobacco-growing center of the United States is South Carolina.

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

5 Discuss the relationship between nitrosamines and the development of leukoplakia and erythroplakia.

Question 21

19 According to the text,raising taxes on cigarettes can be helpful in lowering the consumption of cigarettes among teenagers.

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

20 There is no evidence to suggest that raising taxes on cigarettes helps lower cigarette consumption rates.

Question 25

13 Sidestream smoke from filtered cigarettes is more toxic than that from unfiltered cigarettes.

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

17 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 29

29 Nicotine is odorless and colorless.

Question 30

21 It can be argued that cigarette-smoking prevalence rates have gone down simply because cigarettes are now too expensive.

Question 31

26 Carbon monoxide is an extremely toxic gas in cigarette smoke.

Question 32

16 Filtered cigarettes contain a blend of tobacco with a lower tar content.

Question 33

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

Question 34

22 Another name for mainstream smoke is environmental tobacco smoke.

Question 35

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

Question 36

14 Filtered cigarettes have lessened the health consequences of smoking.

Question 37

15 Tobacco companies now admit that cigarette smoking is addictive and hazardous to your health.

Question 38

31 Ammonia added to tobacco speeds up the absorption of nicotine.

Question 39

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

Question 40

18 The decline of cigarette smoking in eighth graders is largely attributed to the multitude of tobacco prevention programs sponsored by the states.

Question 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

36 Nicotine improves short-term memory.

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

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

Question 47

40 The number of deaths attributable to cigarette smoking each year in the United States alone is greater than the total number of American casualties in WWII.

Question 48

42 The number of deaths each year from smoking in the United States is approximately the same as the entire population of Atlanta,Georgia.

Question 49

37 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 50

34 Nicotine reduces muscle tone,making muscles feel more relaxed.

Question 51

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

Question 52

33 Nicotine reaches the brain in a matter of seconds.

Question 53

39 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 54

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

Question 55

38 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 56

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

Question 57

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

Question 58

35 Nicotine speeds up activity in the gastrointestinal system.

Question 59

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

Question 60

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

Question 61

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

Question 62

65 It is required by law for those under the age of twenty-seven to verify their age at the time of purchasing tobacco products.

Question 63

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

Question 64

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

Question 65

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

Question 66

68 Although more than 80 percent of eighth graders disapprove of others using smokeless tobacco,only about 40 percent perceive great risk in this form of tobacco use.

Question 67

72 Tobacco exports generate billions of dollars a year for the United States.

Question 68

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

Question 69

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

Question 70

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

Question 71

53 Surprisingly,cigarette smoking reduces the risk of bladder cancer.

Question 72

57 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 73

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

Question 74

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

Question 75

60 Environmental smoke is one cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Question 76

62 In 2011,about 88 percent of 8th graders reported disapproval of someone smoking a pack of cigarettes per day.

Question 77

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

Question 78

66 Moist snuff is generally chewed.

Question 79

61 In 2011,about 12 percent of 10th graders and 19 percent of high school seniors reported cigarette smoking within the previous month.

Question 80

63 Most eighth graders currently indicate that smoking makes others appear more attractive.