This document contains a series of multiple choice questions and answers about smoking and tobacco. It covers topics like the most popular cigarette brand, the amount of money spent on tobacco marketing to youth, health effects of smoking like increased cancer risks and carbon monoxide exposure, smoking statistics, and resources for quitting smoking.

2. A. Winston
B. Newport
C. Camel
D. Marlboro

3.  Marlboro
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/camel-cigarettes-menthol-teens_n_1527372.html

4. A. $25.7 million
B. $500,000
C. $2 million
D. $3 billion

5.  $25.7 million
• Source: Campaign Tobacco Free Kids, 2012 , The Toll of Tobacco in North Dakota

6. A. One
B. Six
C. Three
D. One Pack (20)

7.  One
Source: The Health Consequences of Smoking: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. US
Department of Health and Human Services, 1984.

8. A. Breast
B. Colon
C. Skin
D. Lung

9.  Lung
Source: CDC Annual smoking-attributable mortality, years of potential life lost, and
economic costs, United States, 1995-1999
Lung cancer caused an estimated 65,700 female deaths in 2002, compared with
39,600 estimated female deaths caused by breast cancer. Kim died at age 44.

10. A. Nicotine
B. Carbon Monoxide
C. Tar
D. Carcinogens

11.  Carbon Monoxide
Source: http://www.carbonmonoxidekills.com/carbon_monoxide_in_cigarettes.htm

12. A. 100
B. 69
C. 38
D. 15

13. • 69
• Source: www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2x_cigarette_smoking.asp?sitearea=PED

14. A. 80%
B. 70%
C. 50%
D. 30%

15.  80%
Source: Calculated from the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

16. A. 45
B. 650
C. 2,000
D. 3,500

17.  3,500
Out of the 3,500
who try their first
cigarette, 1,000
become regular
smokers.
Source: Camp again Tobacco Free Kids
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0001.pdf

18. A. Benzene
B. Nicotine
C. Acetone
D. Cadmium

19. • Nicotine
• Source: Nicotine Addiction. A report of the Surgeon General. US DHHS, 1988

20. A. More
B. Less
C. Same

21. • More
Holding an average-size dip in your mouth for 30
minutes gives you as much nicotine as smoking
three cigarettes.
• Source:http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/DiseasesAndConditions/SpitTobacc
o/QuittingGuide/

22. A. 400,000
B. 125,000
C. 53,000
D. 1,000,000

23. • 400,000
Minnesota Twins’ Target
Field holds 39,504
people. That’s less
than one tenth of
smoking related deaths.
Source: http://breathend.com/faq/benefits-of-quitting/

24. That is more than alcohol, illicit drugs,
homicide, suicide, car accidents and AIDS
combined.
Source: McGinnis J, FoegeWH. Actual causes of death in United States. Journal of American
Medical Association1993;270:2207–2212.

25. A. 440
B. 700
C. 1100
D. 1600

26.  1100
As many two full large passenger planes

27. A. 7,000
B. 25,000
C. 50,000
D. 100,000

28. • 50,000
Source: 53,000Figure determined by: Deaths from 3,000 lung cancer, 35,000 heart disease
and 15,000 infant (SIDS, asthma, respiratory disease) deaths from secondhand smoke
exposure.

29. A. $247,000
B. $48 million
C. $247 million
D. $1.8 billion

30.  $247 million
Source: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0176.pdf

31. A. 81%
B. 45%
C. 22%
D. 65%

32.  81%
Source: YRBS 2007
About 8 out of every 10 students in
North Dakota don’t smoke!

33. Feeling Overwhelmed?
Contact me. We can help.
Colleen Sweet
Tobacco Prevention Coordinator
csweet@nd.gov
701-368-8774