Tobacco

Question 1

Overall, what is the trend in the prevalence of cigarette smoking since 2019?

Answer 1

Cigarette smoking has been decreasing since 2019.
The percentage of men smoking is higher among all age groups

Question 2

Ture or False; the percentage of females who have never smoked a whole cigarette is lower than males.

Answer 2

False: percentage of females NEVER SMOKED is higher than males, since males smoke more than women.

Question 3

What is the health gap in smoking by income?

Answer 3

Poorer Canadians are smoking more than richer Canadians.

Question 4

True of False; smoking can only damage your lungs or respiratory system.

Answer 4

False; smoking can damage all parts of your body

Question 5

List the risks of smoking:

Answer 5

Damages liver —> diabetes
Congenital defects from maternal smoking (cleft lip)
TB
Rheumatoid arthritis
Colorectal
Ectopic pregnancy
Male erectile dysfunction
Damage to immune function

Question 6

What are males and females at increased risk of when smoking?

Answer 6

Females:
- cervical cancer
- menstrual problems
- fertility problems
- low birth weight baby
- premature birth

Males: erectile dysfunction

Question 7

True or False; there is a safe level of exposure to second hand smoking

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Why are children especially at risk for second-hand smoking?

Answer 8

Their respiratory and immune systems are still developing

Question 9

Infants exposed to second hand smoking are at increased risk for…?

Answer 9

Sudden Infant Death (dying while sleeping)

Question 10

What is an interesting risk of second-hand smoking for children in addition to respiratory illnesses, asthma attacks, decreased lung function and phlegm?

Answer 10

Ear infection

Question 11

According to the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey results, when or at what age are people most likely to start using tobacco products? Why?

Answer 11

During adolescence; flavours (like candies) make the products more appealing

Question 12

How is the trend in the use of tobacco products similar to cigarette smoking trends in or since 2019?

Answer 12

Like cigarette smoking, the use of tobacco products has been declining since 2019

Question 13

True or False; the risks from tobacco products is the same as cigarette smoking.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

What is vaping?

Answer 14

Inhaling or exhaling vapour from a device (like electronic cigarette) that heats a liquid into an aerosol or vapour or gas.

Question 15

List some vaping devices:

Answer 15

e-hookahs
pod-mods
e-cigarettes
sub-ohms
disposables
mods
vape pods
tank systems
ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems)

Question 16

What is the difference between open and close vaping devices?

Answer 16

Open vaping device: manually fill pods or tank

Closed vaping device: pre-filled pods and is disposed when liquid or charge runs out

Question 17

Contrast the nicotine forms: free-base vs nicotine salt

Answer 17

Free-base is nicotine dissolved in a liquid

Nicotine salt is nicotine dissolved in a liquid that is chemically adjusted to be weakly acidic

Question 18

True/False; According to the video on the mechanics of vaping, vaping is intended for youth and nonsmokers since it is less harmful than smoking

Answer 18

False; vaping is not intended for youth and nonsmokers. It still has risks even though it is less harmful than smoking.

Question 19

True or False; vaping products contain tobacco products like nicotine.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Is vaping mostly done by smokers or nonsmokers?

Answer 20

The prevalence of vaping is seen more frequently in current smokers

Question 21

Among Canadians aged 15+, what was the most common flavour used? What were the most common sources of vaping in youth?

Answer 21

Youth used fruit flavour mostly and accessed vaping products through social sources and retail locations.

Question 22

What are the three (3) most common reasons for vaping? Among these three, which is most common?

Answer 22

People vape to stop smoking (smoking cessation) out of enjoyment and curiosity. The most common reason is smoking cessation.

Question 23

True or False; Most Canadians did not think that the risks of using a vaping device was the same as cigarettes or did know how harmful it was.

Answer 23

False; A majority of Canadians do not know the risks of vaping or thought that it was indeed the same as cigarettes.

Question 24

What is the most, second and least common cessation methods?

Answer 24

The most common cessation method is doing it on their own or without help and the least used is switching to nicotine-replacement products.

The second most used method is reducing the number of cigarettes smoked

Question 25

According to Health Canada’s Youth and Young Adult Vaping Cessation Research, what was most important about the feedback from participants?

Answer 25

Most participants had the sense that it was easier to quit vaping than smoking

Question 26

According to Health Canada’s Youth and Young Adult Vaping Cessation Research, altogether what were the reasons for reducing vaping or quitting?

Answer 26

• Cut back on expenses
• Feel better (especially for sports performance)
• Desire to limit addiction

Question 27

What are the immediate effects of quitting vaping or smoking?

Answer 27

Blood pressure decrease;
Body temperature increases

Question 28

What are the effects of quitting vaping or smoking after 24 hours/1 day?

Answer 28

Risk of heart disease is lowered

Question 29

What are the effects of quitting vaping or smoking after 5 to 15 years?

Answer 29

Risk of stroke lowered

Question 30

What are the effects of quitting vaping or smoking after

Answer 30

Risk of heart disease lowers or become equal to that of nonsmokers

Question 31

What happened when the Ontario Government and Canada banned menthol?

Answer 31

Reduced smoking and e-cigarette usages

Question 32

What is the ‘endgame’ target for cigarette smoking? What is an important component of developing tobacco endgame strategies?

Answer 32

To reduce smoking prevalence by 5% by the year 2035; it is important to address disparities

Question 33

According to Mitch Zeller’s TEDx conference, what is the impact of government on smoking?

Answer 33

Government can create a policy like nicotine-reduction policy can create a generational impact (a public health return on investment at a population level), where teenagers or children can access cigarettes that are not addictive

Question 34

According to Mitch Zeller’s TEDx conference, who are the “replacement smokers”?

Answer 34

Young people

Question 35

According to Mitch Zeller’s TEDx conference, what is the vision?

Answer 35

1. A world where the cigarettes that the future generation of young people have access to cannot create or sustain an addiction
2. A world where cigarette smokers have access to alternate forms of smoking approved by the FDA.
3. A world where the market is solely regulated by review scientists at the FDA.