Tobacco Review Answers

  1. What chemical from tobacco smoke is made up of solid particles, forms sticky coating on bronchial and impairs cilia?
  2. Tar
  3. A non-smoker who is exposed to the smoke of a cigarette/cigar/or pipe is called a ______smoker.
  4. Passive smoker
  5. If someone has lungs that have trouble absorbing oxygen from air and pushing out carbon dioxide then they have what illness?
  6. Emphysema
  7. What is the most dangerous use of tobacco?
  8. Cigarette smoking
  9. If Jack does not smoke, but his whole family does. Then which is not true for Jack.

A. He is subject to sidestream smoke

B. He would be no worse off if he himself smoked

C. He is a passive smoker

D. He is at risk for lung cancer

  • B.
  1. Chewing tobacco (smokeless) can put someone at a greater risk for lung or mouth cancer?
  2. Mouth cancer
  3. What type of tobacco smoke rises from the end of a cigarette and enters the environment?
  4. Sidestream smoke
  5. Disease of the heart and blood vessels is called what?
  6. Cardiovascular disease
  7. If a smoker stops smoking for 5 years, the chance of lung cancer has been cut by ______%.
  8. 50%
  9. Inflammation of bronchial tubes in lungs and production of excessive mucus is what illness?
  10. Chronic Bronchitis
  11. What is it called when someone gets sick the first time that they smoke?
  12. Nicotine poisoning
  13. What gas is found in tobacco smoke and interferes with blood’s ability to carry oxygen?
  14. Carbon monoxide
  15. Tiny hairs that line the bronchial tubes and help clean out harmful substances are called what?
  16. cilia
  17. What type of smoke is inhaled directly into the mouth and lungs through a cigar/pipe/cigarette?
  18. Mainstream smoke
  19. What substance causes a change in a person’s mood or behavior?
  20. Physchoactive substance
  21. What is the addictive chemical found in tobacco?
  22. Nicotine
  23. What form of tobacco is inhaled through the nose or placed between the cheek and gum, ground up tobacco, very small?
  24. Snuff
  25. What form of tobacco releases juices that contain nicotine and is usually placed in between the check and gum and is popular among athletes?
  26. Chewing tobacco
  27. On average a smoker loses how many years of life compared to a non-smoker?
  28. 13-14 years
  29. There are over ______chemicals in tobacco.
  30. 4000
  31. What is the name for the cancer causing agents found in cigarettes?
  32. Carcinogens
  33. Effects of a cigarette usually last only how many minutes?
  34. 30 minutes
  35. When blood vessels near the brain become blocked or break what can occur?
  36. Stroke
  37. What can occur in stomach and intestines from cigarette smoking?
  38. Ulcers
  39. 75% of what type of smoke comes from a cigarette?
  40. Sidestream smoke
  41. After 20 minutes of not smoking temperature in your ______and ______return to normal.
  42. Hands and feet
  43. After 5 years your risk of ______is comparable to an average non-smoker.
  44. Stroke
  45. 15 years after quitting smoking, your risk of ______disease is comparable to a non-smoker.
  • Heart disease
  1. Life expectancy is now comparable to that of an average non-smoker, after ______years of not smoking.
  2. 10 years
  3. How many seconds does it take for the nicotine travels to through the bloodstream and then to brain, when someone is smoking a cigarette?
  4. 7 seconds