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Tobacco, Drugs, and STDs
Peer Pressure
Question: You see some friends and they offer you a cigarette. Which of the following would be the BEST reply in this situation?
A) "No thanks, I do not smoke."
B) "Only losers smoke!"
C) 'If I smoke, I could get suspended."
D) "I wish I could join you, but I have to go back to the game."
Answer: A) "No thanks, I do not smoke."
Question: True or False
The smoking rate among kids who have 3 or more friends who smoke is 10 times higher than those that have no friends that smoke.
Answer: True
Question: True or False
88 percent of smokers begin by age 26
Answer: False
88 percent of smokers begin by age 18
Question: True or False
Each day in the United States, 3,800 children under 18 smoke their first cigarette, and 1,000 others become daily smokers
Answer: True
Question: True or False
75% of high-school-age smokers believe they'll still be smoking 5 years after graduation
Answer: False
Only 5% of high-school-age smokers believe they'll still be smoking 5 years after graduation
Secondhand Smoke
Question: Secondhand smoke is...
A) smoking a cigarette that some has already been using
B) Smoke breathed in by a person who is around smokers
C) A special kind of smoke from cigars
D) A fancy word for tobacco smoke
Answer: B) Smoke breathed in by a person who is around smokers
Question: Secondhand smoke can cause which of the following in children?
A) Ear infections
B) Yellow toenails
C) White teeth
D) Hiccups
Answer: A) Ear infections
Question: True or False
Since 1964, approximately 2,500,000 nonsmokers have died from health problems caused by exposure to secondhand smoke.
Answer: True
Question: When is secondhand smoke MOST harmful to a person's health?
A) after someone has been exposed to it for a long period of time
B) if someone has a risk of heart disease
C) if someone does not exercise regularly
D) any time someone has been exposed to it
Answer: D) any time someone has been exposed to it
Question: True or False
People can get cancer even if they have never smoked, but just have been around people that smoke.
Answer: True
Addictive Ingredients
Question: What is the ingredient that makes tobacco addictive?
A) tar
B) carbon monoxide
C) nicotine
D) lead
Answer: C) nicotine
Question: Nicotine is classified as _________________.
A) an inhalant
B) a narcotic
C) a stimulant
D) a hallucinogen
Answer: C) a stimulant
Question: People start smoking for different reasons, but MOST continue to smoke because they ______________.
A) Think it reduces stress
B) Are addicted to nicotine
C) Learn how to lower their chances for getting sick
D) Have not developed health problems yet
Answer: B) Are addicted to nicotine
Question: True or False
Rat poison can be found in cigarettes
Answer: True
Question: True or False
Cigarettes contain only tobacco with not extra ingredients
Answer: False
Cigarettes contain many additives
Drugs
Question: Which of these is NOT a drug?
A) LSD
B) Marijuana
C) Meth
D) Lidpop
Answer: D) Lidpop
Question: True or False
Drug addiction is a disease
Answer: True
Question: A drug is defined as __________.
A) a substance that has a physiological effect when introduced into the body.
B) a substance that alters a person's thoughts.
Answer: A) a substance that has a physiological effect when introduced into the body.
Question: True or False
Anyone that tries drugs becomes addicted to drugs.
Answer: False
Question: True or False
Drug abuse can be prevented.
Answer: True
STDs
Question: In order for there to be a transmission of HIV, there must ALWAYS be an ______________.
A) Occurrence of intravenous drug use
B) Exchange of HIV-infected fluid
C) Occurrence of sexual intercourse
D) Exchange of mucous body fluids
Answer: B) Exchange of HIV-infected fluid
Question: True or False
Every time you have unprotected sex, you are risking obtaining an STD.
Answer: True
Question: True or False
Young people, between the ages of 15 to 24, account for 20% of all new STDs
Answer: False
Young people, between the ages of 15 to 24, account for 50% of all new STDs
Question: True or False
1 in 4 teens contract a sexually transmitted disease every year.
Answer: True
Question: True or False
You can get an STD from your first sexual partner.
Answer: True
If they have had many sexual partners and have contacted an STD then you could get it from them.