Tobacco and Nicotine

Question 1

Why wont the government ban cigs?

Answer 1

It’s worth about 500 million in taxes - called “sin” taxes

Question 2

What rank did Canada used to be in # of smokers, and what are they now?

Answer 2

Used to be #1, now they’re 63

Question 3

Who do advertisers target?

Answer 3

Young people aged 18-24, mostly women

Question 4

3 nations and how they used tobacco

Answer 4

First Nations - Rolled up, modern cigar
English - Snuff, powder
American - chew

Question 5

First person who smoked

Answer 5

European sailor, early 1500s

People thought devil was coming out of his mouth, stoned him to death

Question 6

When did smoking really take off?

Answer 6

1800s in the war

Question 7

When were filters created and what are they made from?

Answer 7

1950s - made from pigs blood - hemo picks up the carbon dioxide in the smoke

Question 8

Tobaco was ___% chew in what year?

Answer 8

50% chew in 1910

Question 9

Why do lungs go black?

Answer 9

Isoprene - used to make wet suits

Question 10

Acetone

Answer 10

Nail polish remover

Question 11

Acroleine

Answer 11

Deep fryers and plexi glass

Question 12

How many cigs a day does the typical smoker smoke?

Answer 12

14 to 20

Question 13

Marijuana facts

Answer 13

2 joints = 1 pack cigs, 1 = 10 cigs

1300 chemical compounds

Question 14

Young women

Answer 14

Especially suseptible to nicotine

Smoking alters brain before puberty only in girls

Question 15

How many deaths each year linked to smoking

Answer 15

435,000

Lung disease and heart disease

Question 16

Nicotine Withdrawal

Answer 16

Body recovers quickly

Takes about 8 hrs to experience withdrawal and 3 days for it to be over

Question 17

Positive attribute of Nicotine

Answer 17

10% better memory retention while using