Health & Wellness, Ninth Edition

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Jones and Bartlett Health Sciences

Practice Quizzes

These Practice Quizzes test your knowledge of the important concepts in each chapter and provide an explanation for each answer.

Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: Some harmful compounds in cigarette smoke include
	A: radon
	B: benzaprene
	C: nicotine
	D: all of the above

2: Cigarette smoking does NOT increase the death rate from
	A: cardiovascular disease
	B: cancer
	C: Alzheimer's disease
	D: respiratory disease

3: Emphysema is a disease of the
	A: lungs
	B: endocrine system
	C: cardiovascular system
	D: digestive system

4: Cigarette advertising is banned in
	A: films
	B: newspapers
	C: television
	D: billboards

5: Ninety percent of new smokers begin to smoke before age
	A: 12
	B: 16
	C: 18
	D: 20

6: Smoking destroys structures in the body called
	A: membranes
	B: bronchi
	C: alveoli
	D: sperm

7: Forms of tobacco that are safe to use are
	A: snuff
	B: chewing tobacco
	C: cigars
	D: none of the above

8: Most smoking cessation plans focus on
	A: stopping immediately
	B: substituting other forms of nicotine for cigarettes
	C: a definite quit date
	D: drug therapy

9: More than 440,000 deaths a year in the US are attributable to cigarette smoking.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

10: About half of all college students smoke cigarettes.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

11: The harmful effects of tobacco use only were discovered since WWII.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: Lung cancer accounts for more deaths among men and women than any other kind of cancer.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: After smoking for 10 years, it is not worth quitting because none of the damage to the lungs can be reversed.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: In 1998, tobacco companies agreed to pay most states more than $200 billion to settle lawsuits.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: A nonsmoker in a smoke filled room inhales each hour an amount of chemicals equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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