Title: Default for Take the Tobacco Knowledge Quiz
Course: Health Resources

Q: Tobacco use can be contributed to about ______________ deaths in the United States each year.
- 50,000 (Nope, the answer is C, 500,000. Tobacco use causes more illnesses and death than all other addicting drugs combined. Nicotine is the drug in tobacco that is responsible for addiction and keeps people smoking despite harmful effects.)
- 100,000 (Nope, the answer is C, 500,000. Tobacco use causes more illnesses and death than all other addicting drugs combined. Nicotine is the drug in tobacco that is responsible for addiction and keeps people smoking despite harmful effects.)
- 500,000 (Right! Tobacco use causes more illnesses and death than all other addicting drugs combined. Nicotine is the drug in tobacco that is responsible for addiction and keeps people smoking despite harmful effects.)
A: 500,000

Q: Smokers crave cigarettes because they ______________________.
- like the smell of cigarette smoke
- like the way cigarettes make them look
- are addicted to nicotine
A: are addicted to nicotine
If right: Right! Nicotine, the drug in tobacco cigarettes, is highly addictive. It causes changes in the brain that give smokers a strong appetite for cigarettes
If wrong: They are addicted to nicotine. Nicotine, the drug in tobacco cigarettes, is highly addictive. It causes changes in the brain that give smokers a strong appetite for cigarettes

Q: Smoking cigarettes changes ___________________________________.
- the amount of a brain chemical that allows us to experience pleasure
- the amount of blood that flows to the brain
- the number of things we worry about
A: the amount of a brain chemical that allows us to experience pleasure
If right: Right! Nicotine boosts the amount of a brain chemical called dopamine. At first, this produces feelings of pleasure. But soon, the smoker needs nicotine just to feel normal.
If wrong: Nicotine boosts the amount of a brain chemical called dopamine. At first, this produces feelings of pleasure. But soon, the smoker needs nicotine just to feel normal.

Q: After smoking cigarettes for a while, the smoker ________________________.
- needs less nicotine to get the same feeling from smoking
- needs more nicotine to get the same feeling from smoking
- doesn’t notice any change in how much nicotine they need.
A: needs more nicotine to get the same feeling from smoking
If right: Right! After nicotine causes floods of brain chemicals, the brain starts to make less of the chemicals. So a smoker soon needs to smoke more to get the effects that one cigarette used to provide.
If wrong: After nicotine causes floods of brain chemicals, the brain starts to make less of the chemicals. So a smoker soon needs to smoke more to get the effects that one cigarette used to provide.

Q: Cigarette smoke contains __________ chemicals.
- 4,000
- 1,000
- 400
A: 4,000
If right: Right! The addictive drug nicotine is only one of 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke. Many of them, such as tar and carbon monoxide, are toxic and cause diseases such as cancer.
If wrong: The addictive drug nicotine is only one of 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke. Many of them, such as tar and carbon monoxide, are toxic and cause diseases such as cancer.

Q: Cigarette smokers are addicted to ____________.
- tar
- carbon monoxide
- nicotine
A: nicotine
If right: Right! Smokers are addicted to the nicotine in tobacco. However, both tar and carbon monoxide are also toxic chemicals causing many health problems.
If wrong: Smokers are addicted to the nicotine in tobacco. However, both tar and carbon monoxide are also toxic chemicals causing many health problems.

Q: After a puff a cigarette, nicotine is in the brain in _________ seconds.
- 8
- 18
- 80
A: 8
If right: Right! After a smoker inhales cigarette smoke, nicotine enters the blood in the lungs, goes through the heart and is pumped to the brain—a journey that takes only eight seconds.
If wrong: After a smoker inhales cigarette smoke, nicotine enters the blood in the lungs, goes through the heart and is pumped to the brain—a journey that takes only eight seconds.

Q: In the brain, nicotine locks into receptors on neurons making the smoker feel __________.
- irritable
- sleepy
- alert and satisfied
A: alert and satisfied
If right: Right! Nicotine is similar in size and shape as brain chemicals that regulate feelings of alertness and pleasure or satisfaction.
If wrong: Nicotine is similar in size and shape as brain chemicals that regulate feelings of alertness and pleasure or satisfaction.

Q: After a while, the brain shuts down some receptors so a smoker needs a cigarette _______________.
- to stop cravings
- just to feel normal
- Both to stop cravings and to feel normal
A: Both to stop cravings and to feel normal
If right: Right! Smokers have changed the way their brains work, so that they crave cigarettes as a way to make them feel normal. Without nicotine, smokers feel irritable and depressed.
If wrong: Smokers have changed the way their brains work, so that they crave cigarettes as a way to make them feel normal. Without nicotine, smokers feel irritable and depressed.

Q: Smokers in their 40s have approximately as many wrinkles as non-smokers in their:
- Early 50's
- Late 50's
- 60's
A: 60's
If right: Right! Scientists, using special methods that examine the skin, have discovered that smoking affects the development of wrinkles of young people in their 20s and 30s -- definitely not the people you would expect to have wrinkles!
If wrong: Their 60's! Scientists, using special methods that examine the skin, have discovered that smoking affects the development of wrinkles of young people in their 20s and 30s -- definitely not the people you would expect to have wrinkles!