Health Inventories
The Truth About Tobacco
Answer
true
or
false
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1.
Nonsmokers can be seriously harmed by secondhand smoke.
a TRUE
b FALSE
2.
Most smokers are satisfied with their addiction and don't want to quit.
a TRUE
b FALSE
3.
Smokeless tobacco is relatively harmless.
a TRUE
b FALSE
4.
Nicotine is a powerful drug and is more addictive than heroin or cocaine.
a TRUE
b FALSE
5.
Women who smoke during pregnancy risk premature delivery or having a low-birth-weight baby.
a TRUE
b FALSE
6.
Tobacco companies spend little money on advertising, since the product "sells itself."
a TRUE
b FALSE
7.
Burning tobacco produces carbon monoxide, which enters the bloodstream and reduces the amount of oxygen that the blood cells can carry.
a TRUE
b FALSE
8.
Cigarettes produce tar, which damages a smoker's lungs.
a TRUE
b FALSE
9.
Tobacco use has no effect on public health costs or costs to the nation's economy.
a TRUE
b FALSE
10.
The best way to maintain a tobacco-free life is never to start using tobacco products.
a TRUE
b FALSE
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