Deck 10: Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Question 1

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

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Tuberculosis can be spread through tobacco spitting.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

Answer 3

True

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

Filtered cigarettes have lessened the health consequences of smoking.

Question 19

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

Question 20

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 21

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 22

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

Question 23

Nicotine is odorless and colorless.

Question 24

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 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

Nicotine reduces muscle tone,making muscles feel more relaxed.

Question 29

Ammonia added to tobacco speeds up the absorption of nicotine.

Question 30

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 31

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 32

Nicotine improves short-term memory.

Question 33

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

Question 34

Carbon monoxide is an extremely toxic gas in cigarette smoke.

Question 35

Another name for mainstream smoke is environmental tobacco smoke.

Question 36

Nicotine reaches the brain in a matter of seconds.

Question 37

The last few puffs in a cigarette are more dangerous than the first few.

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

Question 40

Nicotine speeds up activity in the gastrointestinal system.

Question 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

Those who smoke heavily have four times the risk of developing coronary heart disease.

Question 45

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

Question 46

The number of deaths each yearfrom smoking in the United States is approximately the same as the entire population of Cleveland,Ohio.

Question 47

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

Question 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

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

Question 51

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

Question 52

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

Question 53

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

Question 54

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

Question 55

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

Question 56

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

Question 57

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

Question 58

Surprisingly,cigarette smoking reduces the risk of bladder cancer.

Question 59

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 60

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

Question 61

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

Question 62

Sigmund Freud's jaw was eventually removed due to cancer from cigar smoking.

Question 63

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

Question 64

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 65

The costs of smoking cessation programs and medications are unfortunately not tax-deductible expenses.

Question 66

In 2009,about 87 percent of 8th graders reported disapproval of someone smoking a pack of cigarettes per day.

Question 67

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

Question 68

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

Question 69

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

Question 70

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 71

The greatest concentration of smokeless tobacco among youths is reported in non-metropolitan areas of the United States.

Question 72

Moist snuff is generally chewed.

Question 73

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

Question 74

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

Question 75

Wellbutrin and Zyban are two medications used in smoking cessation programs.

Question 76

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

Question 77

It percent of smokers were advised by a health professional to quit and were offered medication or other assistance to do so.

Question 78

In 2009, about 13 percent of high school seniors reported cigarette smoking within the previous month.

Question 79

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

Question 80

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