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True/False Statements for Smoking Board Game

  1. Smoke from cigarettes can make nonsmokers sick. (True.)
  2. Smoke makes hair and clothing stink. (True.)
  3. Smoking can affect a person's ability to smell and taste food. (True.)
  4. About 500 people die each year of smoking-related diseases. (False, nearly 400,000 people die of smoking-related diseases each year.)
  5. Smoke can cause reddening, itching and watering eyes. (True.)
  6. Secondhand smoke kills about 3,000 nonsmokers each year from lung disease. (True.)
  7. Cigarette smoke contains one chemical. That chemical is called nicotine. (False, cigarette smoke contains thousands of chemicals; 200 of them are known to be poisonous.)
  8. It takes about ten seconds for nicotine absorbed into the bloodstream to reach the brain. (True.)
  9. Smoking is a difficult habit to quit. (True.)
  10. The average smoker spends about $100 each year on cigarettes. (False, the average smoker spends about $700 a year.)
  11. Nicotine, the chemical found in cigarettes, is an addictive drug. (True.)
  12. A smoker is twice as likely to have a heart attack as a nonsmoker is. (True.)
  13. Smokers in the United States smoke more than 500 BILLION cigarettes each year. (True.)
  14. In the U.S., about 1 million children under the age of 18 are smokers. (False, an estimated 3 million children under age 18 are smokers.)
  15. Teens who smoke cigarettes are more likely to try smoking marijuana than teens who don't smoke cigarettes. (True.)
  16. President Clinton is a smoker. (False.)
  17. Every day, about 1,000 teenagers try cigarette smoking for the first time. (False, about 3,000 teens start smoking each day.)
  18. Cigarette brands that are heavily advertised on TV, in magazines, on billboards, and on T-shirts are the brands more teens buy. (True.)
  19. Each year, fewer teens start smoking. (False, each year the number of young smokers grows.)
  20. One out of every ten smokers will die of a smoking-related sickness. (False, the number of smokers who die of smoking-related diseases is closer to three out of ten.)
  21. The lungs of a kid age 5 to 9 who lives in a home where a smoker smokes don't work as well as the lungs of a kid who lives in a home where no one smokes. (True.)
  22. More germs get into your lungs when you smoke. (True, because the smoke paralyzes the cilia that line your breathing system.)
  23. Smoking makes the heart beat faster. (True, because nicotine in smoke makes your blood vessels narrower. That means the heart has to beat harder to get blood.)