How much do you really know about nicotine?

2. Which of the following ways is NOT an effective way for nicotine to enter the body?
cigarette smoking
handling tobacco leaves
cigar chewing
Side Stream Smoke (second-hand smoke)

3. Cigarette smoking has NOT been linked to:
fetal developmental abnormalities in children of smoking mothers
asthma in children with smoking parents
heart beat irregularities
enhancing the progression of Alzheimer's Disease

4. Of the more than 4 million U.S. adolescents (ages 12-17) who smoke (had smoked at least 1 puff in the last month), what percentage of are "heavy" smokers (have smoked at least 20 days out of the last month and at least half a pack of cigarettes on each day they smoked)?
5%
12%
25%
42%

5. Within twenty minutes of your last cigarette, which of the following things does not return to normal values?
blood oxygen level
blood pressure
pulse rate
body temperature

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