Module 4 Test Review Vaping and Tobacco

Using any tobacco product can lead to nicotine addiction and a lifetime of health issues.

• True

• False

Match the following terms and identifying phrases.

• nicotine

• Toxic substance that gives tobacco products their addictive quality.

• e-liquid

• Substance made of nicotine (or another drug) and other chemicals that is heated during vaping.

• tobacco

• Cancer-causing substances.

• carcinogens

• Tobacco product that heats tobacco or synthetic nicotine without burning it, producing an aerosol.

• vaping device

• Plant with leaves that contain the chemical nicotine.

Nicotine usually acts as a SEDATIVE, decreasing heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing.

• True

• False

Nicotine use helps the body process food easily and leads to a strengthened digestive system.

• True

• False

When inhaled, carbon monoxide interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen, which reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches the heart.

• True

• False

Some chemical flavorings in e-liquids are generally recognized as safe (GRAS), which means the FDA has stated that they are safe to inhale.

• True

• False

PSAs discourage tobacco use by emphasizing short- and long-term health effects, providing refusal strategies, and dispelling the myth that most teens use tobacco.

• True

• False

Companies that sell tobacco products CANNOT advertise on TV, so they market many tobacco products using social media.

• True

• False

People who experience life-threatening, smoking-related illnesses can easily quit smoking.

• True

• False

Vaping devices CAN be used as a nicotine-replacement tool because they have been approved by the US government as a successful and safe form of smoking discontinuance.

• True

• False