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Rosenthal Chapter 10 Self-test questions
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Rosenthal Chapter 10 Self-test questions
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Which is true about the history of tobacco?
In 1964. the Surgeon General of the United States released a report tying smoking cigarettes to serious illness and cancer
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R.J. Reynolds was the first man to plant tobacco in North America
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The first law restricting smoking in most public spaces was passed in California in 1992
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General John Pershing led a campaign in Congress to prevent military personnel from smoking cigarettes
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Which is false about the demographics of tobacco use?
Unemployed people use more tobacco than full time workers
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Asians have the lowest rates of tobacco use
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Women are more likely to use smokeless tobacco than men are
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More people vape than use pipes
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Which is true about tobacco products?
The amount of nicotine in cigarettes in the United States has decreased over the years
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Pipes are the least popular method of using tobacco
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You must be 21 to purchase cigarettes, but there is no age limit to purchase e-cigarettes
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Vaping is a very safe method of using nicotine
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Which of the following is an acute effect of smoking?
Decreased blood clotting
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Bronchodilation
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Increased gastrointestinal tone and muscle contractions
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Increased insulin release
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Which is false about secondhand smoke?
The CDC estimates that secondhand smoke causes 5000 heart disease deaths and 900 lung cancer deaths each year among adult nonsmokers in the U.S.
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The smoke that rises off the lit end of the cigarette contains a higher concentration of tar, nicotine, CO, and carcinogens than that which the smoker takes into his or her lungs
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Secondhand smoke has been classified as a class A carcinogen
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Dogs who live with smokers are more likely to get lung cancer
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Tobacco use spread throughout Europe after Columbus brought tobacco back from the new world
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b)False
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Soldiers in WWI were forbidden from smoking cigarettes
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b)False
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The highest rates of current tobacco use are among those age 18-20
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b)False
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Among high school students, e-cigarette use is currently higher than cigarette use
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b)False
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Nicotine itself is not toxic; it is the other factors in tobacco that are dangerous
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b)False
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A cigar contains enough nicotine to kill two adults
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b)False
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"Dripping" is the practice of injecting pure nicotine intravenously
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b)False
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Nicotine binds to acetylcholine receptors
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b)False
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Cigarette smoking causes almost 50% of all cancer deaths in the United States
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b)False
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Pregnant women who do not smoke themselves but who are exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to give birth to a baby with a low birth weight
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b)False
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