The Health Risks of Tobacco Use

Tobacco that is chewed or sniffed is called

• smoking tobacco
• refer
• smokeless tobacco
• lite tobacco

Nicotine falls in the Stimulant category. Stimulants are drugs that 

• improve the quality of life

• help the cardiovascular system

• cause cancer in humans

• increase the activity of the nervous system

Which of the following is a short term effect of nicotine?

• reduced heart rate
• decreased mucus and saliva production
• increased blood pressure
• decreased blood pressure

Tobacco smoke contains carcinogens, chemicals that causes

• addiction
• cancer
• bad breath
• high blood pressure

The sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns is called

• yuck
• tar
• benzene
• acetone

Which tobacco products are considered safe?

• Vaping

• cigar

• chew

• none

Smoke exhaled from a smokers lungs is called

• mainstream smoke
• sidestream smoke
• environmental smoke
• third hand smoke

Sidestream smoke comes from

• the end of the burning cigarrette
• only cigars
•  the smokers lungs
• the can of smokeless tobacco

Besides nicotine, the two most harmful substances in tobacco are

• the filter and paper
• tar and carbon monoxide
• leukoplakia and arteriosclerosis
• smoke and fire

Smokeless tobacco is safe because 

• it contains fewer carcinogens than smoking
• it is not inhaled
• it is not lit
• none of the above