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What’s one reason smoking is so bad for your lungs?

It stunts their growth

It makes them expand

Neither

More than 80% of adult smokers started before the age of 18.

True

False

In order to purchase cigarettes, tobacco, or smokeless tobacco in the United States, an individual must be at least 16 years of age

True

False

Are Electronic Cigarettes, often referred to as e-cigs, a safer alternative to regular tobacco products?

Yes

No

Is Hookah smoking a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes?

Yes

No

Correct Most adults began smoking before the age of 18. Youth or young adults that reach the age of 26 without ever starting to use cigarettes, will most likely not become daily smokers.

Incorrect Most adults began smoking before the age of 18. Youth or young adults that reach the age of 26 without ever starting to use cigarettes, will most likely not become daily smokers.

How many teen smokers—who think they will quit—keep smoking into adulthood?

1 out of 4

1 out of 2

3 out of 4

Youth are sensitive to nicotine and can feel dependent sooner than adults.

True

False

Smoking can cause...

Lung Cancer

Emphysema

COPD

All of the above

Which of the following chemicals are found in cigarette smoke?

Ammonia (used to clean toilets)

Cyanide (Used to kill rodents)

Formaldehyde (used to preserve dead bodies)

All of the above

Correct Young people are sensitive to nicotine. The younger they are when the begin using tobacco, the more likely they are to become addicted to nicotine, and the more heavily addicted they will become.

Incorrect Young people are sensitive to nicotine. The younger they are when the begin using tobacco, the more likely they are to become addicted to nicotine, and the more heavily addicted they will become.

Tobacco 21 is raising the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.

True

False

Tobacco kills more people each year than which of the following causes of death?

AIDS

Motor vehicle accidents

Illegal drugs

Suicide

All of the above

If you smoke a pack a day for one year, it will cost you about:

$500

$1,000

$2,500

$4,000

How many people in the U.S. die each day because of smoking?

500

1,000

Over 1,300

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