Exam 7: Nicotine

The harm reduction approach to reducing cigarette smoking is now the most widely accepted approach in the U.S.

The major way that nicotine is excreted from the body is through sweat.

The nicotine patch appears to be much more effective than nicotine gum.

Six of every seven pounds of tobacco grown in the U.S.are used for cigarettes.

Which of the following is not an acute pharmacological effect of nicotine?

How many of the 60 species of the genus Nicotiani can be used for human consumption?

Tobacco was thought to have medical value for about __________ years.

Research has demonstrated that the decreased tar and nicotine contained in today's cigarette brands has resulted in decreased tar and nicotine consumption by smokers.

Most of the cancer-causing substances in smoke are in __________.

The rate of cure during a given time period without formal treatment is known as __________.

Research on the use of nicotine replacement therapies leads to the conclusion that _________.

_______% of people who die from smoking-related causes in the U.S.began smoking as adolescents.

The main reason humans consume tobacco is for its __________ content.

Which of the following anti-smoking efforts was successful?

In the early years after the Europeans were first introduced to tobacco use,which country held a monopoly on the world market?

A two-pack-a-day smoker averages 300 nicotine reinforcements a day.

Who was nicotine named after?

About __________ American smokers suffer premature deaths every year.

Which of the following is true of nicotine?

The highest rates of current cigarette use are among _________.