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1. Which of the following contributed to the introduction of…
1. Which of the following contributed to the introduction of slavery in North America?
Coca
Opium
Tobacco
2. Which of the following is true of the provisions of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between the four largest tobacco companies (Big Tobacco) and 46 of the United States and the District of Columbia?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was authorized to regulate the tobacco industry.
Big Tobacco was ordered to establish tobacco trade organizations.
Billboard, outdoor, and public transit advertising of cigarettes was banned.
3. Identify a true statement about the prevalence of tobacco use in the United States.
Women are more likely than men to use e-cigarettes.
Students at private colleges are more likely to smoke than those at public universities.
Asian Americans have the lowest rate of tobacco use than any other racial group.
4. Identify a factor that increases an adolescent’s likelihood of smoking.
Belonging to a high-income household
Having parents who reject smoking
Suffering from depression
5. Which of the following is true of cigarettes?
They typically contain more nicotine than cigars.
They are one of the safer ways of using tobacco.
They contain as many as 600 chemical additives.
6. Identify a true statement about electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
E-cigarettes mostly contain flavorings and rarely include nicotine.
Juul, the most popular brand of e-cigarette, uses the acidic form of nicotine to reduce the risk of addiction.
Vapes and e-cigarettes deliver nicotine as an aerosol.
7. Which of the following is true of the absorption of nicotine into the body?
The alkaline nature of cigar and pipe smoke allows for better absorption of smoke in the lungs than in the mouth.
The presence of ammonia in cigarettes decreases the absorption of nicotine.
Compared to smoking, the absorption of nicotine tends to be more complete with smokeless tobacco products.
8. Identify a true statement about nicotine metabolism.
Women tend to metabolize nicotine slower than men.
Menthol increases nicotine metabolism.
Nicotine metabolism is slower in newborns than in adults in the age group of 18-64.
9. Which of the following is an acute physiological effect of nicotine at low and moderate doses?
It reduces alertness.
It improves the appetite for sweet foods.
It increase the release of vasopressin.
10. Identify an adverse effect of the chronic use of tobacco and nicotine.
Increased thickness of skin
Late menopause
Diminished libido
11. Which of the following is true of tobacco and nicotine dependence and addiction?
Addiction typically starts within a month of daily smoking.
Tobacco is physiologically addictive, not biologically.
A need to smoke within 30 minutes of waking up is a sign of addiction.
12. Identify a true statement about the benefits of quitting smoking.
The carbon monoxide (CO) levels in smokers’ blood drop to normal within two to three weeks after they quit smoking.
When people quit smoking, their respiratory cilia regain normal function within a week.
People who quit smoking at age 30 reduce their risk of death caused by smoking-related diseases by more than 90 percent.
