Exam 10: Nicotine and Tobacco Use

Jeff smokes one pack of cigarettes per day. This means that he ingests ___ mg of nicotine per day.

Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are __________.

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

Nicotine is found as a natural component of __________.

The peak age for starting to smoke in Canada is __________ years old.

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

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

In Canada, it was legal to smoke while travelling on an airplane until __________.

Surgeon general reports assert that tar and nicotine cause increased health risks.

Tobacco smoke contains more than __________ separate compounds.

Tar in cigarettes disrupts a process called __________.

After the Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act (TSYPA) passed in 1988, the legal smoking age became __________.

Tobacco was officially introduced to Europe in __________.

Smoking one cigarette shortens one's lifespan by __________.

Tobacco spitting can be a factor in the spread of which one of the following diseases?

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

A condition where blood flow to the brain is interrupted or reduced is known as __________.

Nicotine reaches the brain in a matter of seconds.

Smokeless tobacco __________.

How does the prevalence rate of smoking in Canada compare with rates in Japan and other Asian countries? Provide examples (at least two) of reduced social concern in Asian countries regarding the health consequences of smoking.