In ancient America, tobacco was chewed, drunk as tea, inhaled as a powder-like snuff, and consumed as...
A.
a jelly
B.
medicine
C.
a wedding gift
D.
a treat
2.
Urea, a chemical compound found in urine, is added to cigarettes...
A.
to make them last longer
B.
to change the colour of paper
C.
for extra flavour
D.
to make tobacco more yellow
3.
Cigarettes contain arsenic, formaldehyde, lead, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia and ______ known carcinogens.
A.
23
B.
33
C.
43
D.
53
4.
In most countries around the world, the legal age for the purchase of tobacco products is now 18, raised from 16, while in Japan the age minimum is _____ years old.
A.
17
B.
18
C.
20
D.
27
5.
Nicotine is named after Jean Nicot, the French ambassador to Portugal who brought tobacco and smoking to the French court in the mid-sixteenth century as...
A.
a gift
B.
a medicine
C.
a trophy
D.
a spice
6.
Scientists claim the average smoker will lose _______ years of their life due to smoking. This however does not necessarily mean that a smoker will die young – and they may still live out a ‘normal’ lifespan.
A.
7
B.
12
C.
14
D.
17
7.
Women in the United States increasingly began smoking publicly in the 1920s when the cigarette was adopted by advertisers as a symbol of equality, rebellion, and women’s independence. Currently, cigarette smoking kills an estimated ______ women in the United States annually
A.
50,030
B.
300,030
C.
190,030
D.
178,030
8.
Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to deliver not only low birth weight babies but also highly ______ children.
A.
obsese
B.
aggressive
C.
depressed
D.
inert
9.
A British survey found that nearly ______ of women did not know the link between smoking and cervical cancer.
A.
99%
B.
70%
C.
65%
D.
52%
10.
Within _____ minutes of quitting smoking, a person’s blood pressure returns to normal. Within one year, the chance of suffering a heart attack decreases by half.
