Substance Use & Abuse - Grade 4

What is the drug in cigarettes, cigars, etc. that makes them addictive?

• Cyanide

• Tobacco

• Nicotine

• Nuclear

Children and teenagers are more sensitive to the drugs and chemicals in cigarettes than older people are.

• True

• False

Hookah pipes are safer to smoke than cigarettes or cigars.

• True

• False

Cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc. are linked to causing cancer in smokers.

• False

• True

• Not sure

Vapes, or e-cigarettes...

• Come in different flavours

• Can be bought with or without nicotine in them

• Are marketed to young people

• All of the above.

What plant is grown and harvested to use in cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc.?

• Aloe vera

• Corn

• Wheat

• Tobacco

Click on one or more reasons below for why someone may try smoking.

• They're thirsty.

• Peer pressure.

• Have extra money.

• They're curious about it.

Complete the sentence by choosing the correct answer below.

Negative peer pressure...

• ...helps you fit in with your friends.

• ...makes you feel nervous or unsure.

• ...is used because your friends care about you.

• ...will make you feel better about yourself.

Refusing an offer to try a cigarette is easier when you...

• ...have confidence in yourself (good self-esteem).

• ...start by saying no, but then give in.

• ...have already started smoking.

• ...know you won't get caught.

Click on ALL the correct answers to this question:

Smoking gives you:

• A calmer body, and less stress.

• Bad breath and yellow teeth.

• Better skin.

• Higher risk or lung/breathing diseases.

• Yellow fingers.