The Truth About Smoking

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This quiz is designed to inform you about the truths of smoking. Some facts you may know - and others may surprise you. Take the quiz to see how much you know about how harmful smoking is.

Questions and Answers

1.

Cigarette smoking kills more people each year than AIDS, car accidents, homicides, suicides, drug overdoses and fires combined.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True

Explanation
Cigarette smoking kills nearly 420,000 people each year. A smoker's life expectancy is reduced by 15 to 25 years, and smoking is the single most preventable cause of death.

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2.

Smoke inhaled from a cigarette reaches and affects the brain faster than intravenous drugs.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True

Explanation
Nicotine is a fast-acting, highly addictive drug. Smokers become not only physically addicted to nicotine, but they also link smoking with many social activities, making it much more difficult to quit.

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3.

Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True

Explanation
The smoke is the most lethal part of the cigarette and contains not only tar, a known carcinogen, but also cyanide, benzene, formaldehyde, wood alcohol and ammonia. Each time smokers inhale, they take these chemicals into their lungs, along with such harmful gasses as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide.

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4.

Smoking affects sexual and reproductive health only in women smokers.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
B. False

Explanation
Heavy smoking decreases blood flow to a man's penis, which contributes to impotence. Male smokers are also at increased risk for infertility, since smoking reduces sperm density and motility (ability to move).

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5.

Although smoking damages the inside of your body, it causes no external permanent damage to a smoker's appearance.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
B. False

Explanation
When you smoke, carbon monoxide enters the bloodstream, which decreases the amount of oxygen your blood can carry to tissues -- including skin. The result is wrinkles and graying of the skin, especially around the mouth.

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6.

If you're undergoing any type of surgical procedure, you should quit smoking in advance of surgery.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True

Explanation
A smoker's skin does not heal as quickly or as well following surgery as that of a non-smoker. Even stopping smoking a few weeks in advance of the surgery, and during the healing process, can make a difference in how well your skin fares from the procedure.

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7.

Children who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to develop asthma.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True

Explanation
Children are especially susceptible to secondhand smoke because their lungs are still developing. If a child already has asthma, secondhand smoke will worsen the condition.

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8.

One cigar can contain as much tobacco as an entire pack of cigarettes.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True

Explanation
Cigar smoke is just as lethal as cigarette smoke. A single, large cigar smoked in one hour can contain as much tobacco as a pack of cigarettes. Even a once-a-day cigar smoker is exposed to the same level of nicotine as that of a pack-a-day cigarette smoker.

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9.

The highest smoking ethnic group is white non-Hispanics.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
B. False

Explanation
According to the American Lung Association, 35% of Native Americans/Alaskan Natives are smokers, compared with 26% of African Americans and 25% of white non-Hispanics. Although smoking has declined among the white non-Hispanic population, tobacco companies have begun to market extensively toward minority groups.

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10.

. Smoking increases your risk for developing osteoporosis.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True

Explanation
Smoking increases your risk of developing osteoporosis -- fragile bones -- by reducing the blood supply to your bones and slowing the production of bone-forming cells.

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The Truth About Smoking

Cigarette smoking kills more people each year than AIDS, car accidents, homicides, suicides, drug overdoses and fires combined.

Smoke inhaled from a cigarette reaches and affects the brain faster than intravenous drugs.

Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals.

Smoking affects sexual and reproductive health only in women smokers.

Although smoking damages the inside of your body, it causes no external permanent damage to a smoker's appearance.

If you're undergoing any type of surgical procedure, you should quit smoking in advance of surgery.

Children who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to develop asthma.

One cigar can contain as much tobacco as an entire pack of cigarettes.

The highest smoking ethnic group is white non-Hispanics.

. Smoking increases your risk for developing osteoporosis.