Quiz 4

Question 1

What percent of Americans are now familiar with the
sleek, smokeless devices.

Answer 1

60 percent

Question 2

The concept behind e­cigs

Answer 2

offer all the fun of typical cigarettes
without any of the dangers

Question 3

How do e-cigs work?

Answer 3

E­-cigs use a small, heated coil to vaporize a nicotine-­laced
solution into an aerosol mist

Question 4

E cigs Do not get exposed to ________

Answer 4

tobacco

Question 5

The Nicotine that e-cigs contain is ______

Answer 5

addictive

Question 6

might lure former smokers back to conventional cigarettes, expose users and
bystanders alike to unidentified dangers, or become a gateway for teens who might subsequently experiment with tobacco products and other drugs

Answer 6

concerns about e-cigs

Question 7

US Food and Drug Administration and the European Union are grappling with
these issues as they decide how to regulate the products

Answer 7

Unfettered access could leave people vulnerable to
unknown health hazards, but there is also the chance that greater restrictions might
hurt folks who are trying to forgo conventional—and more dangerous—tobacco
products

Question 8

When were e-cigs invented and where

Answer 8

current iteration of e­-cigarettes was invented and popularized by Chinese
pharmacist Hon Lik in 2003

Question 9

three main ingredients

Answer 9

nicotine, a flavoring of some kind and propylene glycol—a syrupy synthetic liquid
added to food, cosmetics, and certain medicines to absorb water and help them stay moist

Question 10

The primary established danger of nicotine is

Answer 10

the stimulant is highly addictive

Question 11

Propylene glycol is usually ____, not ______ in

Answer 11

eaten, breathed

Question 12

researchers worry about _______from heating electronic cigarettes and the solution inside them.

Answer 12

by­products

Question 13

vapors from e­-cigarettes contain several cancer­ causing substances, as well as
incredibly tiny particles of tin, chromium, nickel and other heavy metals, which, in
large enough concentrations, can damage the lungs

T/F

Answer 13

T

Question 14

How can the metals travel to the lungs?

Answer 14

Because they are so small, the tiniest bits of metal, known as nanoparticles, can travel deep into the lungs

Question 15

no one has established what the relevant by­product is
or how to best detect _____

Answer 15

propylene glycol

Question 16

No one has yet determined how much e­-cig vapor
the typical user breathes in, so different studies assume different amounts of vapor as their standard, making it difficult to compare their results
T/F

Answer 16

T

Question 17

Federal legislative milestones that protect youngsters from conventional cigarettes—such as blocking sales to minors and preventing commercials targeted at adolescents—do not exist for ______

Answer 17

e-cigs

Question 18

The success of all these enterprises hinges
on the claim that e-­cigarettes are healthier than traditional cigarettes.
T/F

Answer 18

T