The Truth About Smoking

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    If you're undergoing any type of surgical procedure, you should quit smoking in advance of surgery.

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This quiz is designed to inform you about the truths of smoking. Some facts you may know - and others may surprise you. Take the quiz to see how much you know about how harmful smoking is.

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  • 2. 

    . Smoking increases your risk for developing osteoporosis.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    Smoking increases your risk of developing osteoporosis -- fragile bones -- by reducing the blood supply to your bones and slowing the production of bone-forming cells.

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  • 3. 

    Children who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to develop asthma.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    Children are especially susceptible to secondhand smoke because their lungs are still developing. If a child already has asthma, secondhand smoke will worsen the condition.

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  • 4. 

    Smoke inhaled from a cigarette reaches and affects the brain faster than intravenous drugs.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    Nicotine is a fast-acting, highly addictive drug. Smokers become not only physically addicted to nicotine, but they also link smoking with many social activities, making it much more difficult to quit.

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  • 5. 

    Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    The smoke is the most lethal part of the cigarette and contains not only tar, a known carcinogen, but also cyanide, benzene, formaldehyde, wood alcohol and ammonia. Each time smokers inhale, they take these chemicals into their lungs, along with such harmful gasses as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide.

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    Cigarette smoking kills more people each year than AIDS, car accidents, homicides, suicides, drug overdoses and fires combined.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    Cigarette smoking kills nearly 420,000 people each year. A smoker's life expectancy is reduced by 15 to 25 years, and smoking is the single most preventable cause of death.

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  • 7. 

    One cigar can contain as much tobacco as an entire pack of cigarettes.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    Cigar smoke is just as lethal as cigarette smoke. A single, large cigar smoked in one hour can contain as much tobacco as a pack of cigarettes. Even a once-a-day cigar smoker is exposed to the same level of nicotine as that of a pack-a-day cigarette smoker.

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  • 8. 

    Although smoking damages the inside of your body, it causes no external permanent damage to a smoker's appearance.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    When you smoke, carbon monoxide enters the bloodstream, which decreases the amount of oxygen your blood can carry to tissues -- including skin. The result is wrinkles and graying of the skin, especially around the mouth.

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  • 9. 

    Smoking affects sexual and reproductive health only in women smokers.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    Heavy smoking decreases blood flow to a man's penis, which contributes to impotence. Male smokers are also at increased risk for infertility, since smoking reduces sperm density and motility (ability to move).

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    The highest smoking ethnic group is white non-Hispanics.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    According to the American Lung Association, 35% of Native Americans/Alaskan Natives are smokers, compared with 26% of African Americans and 25% of white non-Hispanics. Although smoking has declined among the white non-Hispanic population, tobacco companies have begun to market extensively toward minority groups.

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