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41) Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal include all of the following EXCEPT
A) irritability.
B) weakness in the limbs.
C) nausea and vomiting.
D) restlessness.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Quitting
Learning Outcome: 8.8
42) Which of the following is TRUE about environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)?
A) Adults are more heavily exposed to ETS than children.
B) ETS is responsible for more lung cancer deaths than heart disease deaths annually.
C) ETS exposure is higher among African Americans and low–income persons.
D) ETS has fewer carcinogens, tar, and nicotine than mainstream smoke.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Health Hazards of Tobacco Products
Learning Outcome: 8.7
43) Which nicotine replacement product requires a prescription?
A) nicotine nasal spray
B) nicotine lozenges
C) nicotine patch
D) nicotine gum
Skill: Remembering
Section: Quitting
Learning Outcome: 8.8
44) A nicotine inhaler is safer than a nicotine nasal spray because
A) the inhaler delivers an unsaturated dose of nicotine to the lungs.
B) it is easier to overdose with the nasal spray.
C) the inhaler is less likely to cause infection.
D) it is easier to overdose with the inhaler.
Skill: Analyzing
Section: Quitting
Learning Outcome: 8.8
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45) Which of the following is a smoking cessation medication?
A) Vicodin
B) Concerta
C) Ambien
D) Zyban
Skill: Remembering
Section: Quitting
Learning Outcome: 8.8
46) Which of the following occurs within 24 hours of quitting smoking?
A) Chance of heart attack decreases.
B) Coughing and shortness of breath decrease.
C) Circulation improves.
D) Cilia regrow in the lungs.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Quitting
Learning Outcome: 8.8
47) A disease associated with smoking in which alveoli are destroyed is known as
A) chronic bronchitis.
B) emphysema.
C) alveolitis.
D) hepatitis.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Health Hazards of Tobacco Products
Learning Outcome: 8.7
48) Which of the following is TRUE with respect to women and smoking?
A) Women have less chance of developing smoking-related diseases than men.
B) Women who smoke are more likely to have fertility problems than non-smokers.
C) Women smoke at about half the rate that men do.
D) Women can smoke occasionally during pregnancy without ill effects.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Health Hazards of Tobacco Products
Learning Outcome: 8.7
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49) Smoking contributes to heart disease by doing all of the following EXCEPT
A) weakening tissues.
B) increasing platelet adhesiveness.
C) decreasing HDL cholesterol.
D) thinning the plaque in the major blood vessels.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Health Hazards of Tobacco Products
Learning Outcome: 8.7
50) An NIAAA approach to reducing alcohol consumption on campus is
A) motivational speakers with recovery messages.
B) efforts to change the perceived frequency of drinking on campus.
C) Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students.
D) the Alcohol e-Check Up to Go (e-Chug).
Skill: Remembering
Section: Alcohol Use in College
Learning Outcome: 8.3
51) The effects of alcohol are different for women and men because
A) women have lower levels of body fat than men.
B) women have lower levels of alcohol dehydrogenase than men.
C) women are not affected by congeners.
D) men are not affected by congeners.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Alcohol: An Overview
Learning Outcome: 8.1
52) Colleges have implemented programs to reduce alcohol use that include a nonjudgmental
approach to working with students known as
A) motivational interviewing.
B) 12-step programs.
C) detoxification centers.
D) psychological counseling.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Alcohol Use in College
Learning Outcome: 8.3
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53) If you know you will be at an event where alcohol will be served, what can you do to drink
responsibly?
A) Attend with friends who drink more than you do.
B) Make sure that someone else has volunteered to be a designated driver.
C) Don’t eat for several hours before the event.
D) Eat shortly before you go and alternate alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks.
Skill: Applying
Section: Alcohol Use in College
Learning Outcome: 8.3
54) The ratio of alcohol to total blood volume is the
A) complete blood count.
B) red blood cell volume.
C) blood alcohol concentration.
D) ethyl alcohol density.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Alcohol: An Overview
Learning Outcome: 8.1
55) An addictive drug produced by fermentation is
A) ethyl alcohol.
B) congener.
C) acetaldehyde.
D) dehydrogenase.
Skill: Remembering
Section: Alcohol: An Overview
Learning Outcome: 8.1
56) A form of alcohol that metabolizes slowly and produces toxic byproducts is a(n)
A) ethyl alcohol product.
B) congener.
C) distilled alcohol product.
D) intoxicator.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Alcohol and Your Health
Learning Outcome: 8.2
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57) Chewing tobacco can lead to a condition characterized by leathery white patches inside the
mouth known as
A) oral cancer.
B) alcoholic hepatitis.
C) leukoplakia.
D) leukemia.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Health Hazards of Tobacco Products
Learning Outcome: 8.7
58) Environmental cues such as drinking a cup of coffee or finishing a meal can induce a craving
for nicotine; these cues are known as
A) pairings.
B) obstacles.
C) temptations.
D) stimulants.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Tobacco and Its Effects
Learning Outcome: 8.6
59) What substance in cigarettes decreases the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells?
A) menthol
B) tar
C) carbon monoxide
D) nicotine
Skill: Understanding
Section: Tobacco and Its Effects
Learning Outcome: 8.6
60) What substance in cigarettes is a highly addictive stimulant?
A) menthol
B) tar
C) carbon monoxide
D) nicotine
Skill: Understanding
Section: Tobacco and Its Effects
Learning Outcome: 8.6
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61) What substance in cigarettes is a thick, brownish sludge containing carcinogens?
A) menthol
B) tar
C) carbon monoxide
D) nicotine
Skill: Understanding
Section: Tobacco and Its Effects
Learning Outcome: 8.6
62) What substance in cigarettes numbs the throat to allow for deeper inhalation?
A) menthol
B) tar
C) carbon monoxide
D) nicotine
Skill: Understanding
Section: Tobacco and Its Effects
Learning Outcome: 8.6
63) Which of the following is a major contributor to indoor air pollution?
A) secondhand smoke
B) snuff
C) carbon monoxide
D) carcinogens
Skill: Understanding
Section: Health Hazards of Tobacco Products
Learning Outcome: 8.7
64) A driver is always impaired when he or she has a blood alcohol concentration of
A) 0.03 percent or higher.
B) 0.05 percent or higher.
C) 0.08 percent or higher.
D) 0.10 percent or higher.
Skill: Remembering
Section: Alcohol: An Overview
Learning Outcome: 8.1
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65) The last stage of liver disease that can result from years of heavy drinking is
A) alcoholic hepatitis.
B) hepatic amyloidosis.
C) fibrosis.
D) cirrhosis.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Alcohol and Your Health
Learning Outcome: 8.2
66) Long-term alcohol abusers can develop a chronic and dangerous inflammation of the liver
known as
A) alcoholic hepatitis.
B) hepatic amyloidosis.
C) fibrosis.
D) cirrhosis.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Alcohol and Your Health
Learning Outcome: 8.2
67) Nicotine paralyzes the cilia on the surfaces of upper respiratory passages and prevents them
from
A) enhancing ventilation.
B) producing mucus.
C) cleaning out foreign matter.
D) stimulating the cough reflex.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Tobacco and Its Effects
Learning Outcome: 8.6
68) When personal and health problems related to alcohol use have become severe and a person
suffers withdrawal symptoms if they don’t drink, they have reached the point of alcoholism or
A) tolerance.
B) binge drinking.
C) inebriation.
D) alcohol dependence.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Abuse and Dependence
Learning Outcome: 8.4