Not What I Once Was

Test your tobacco knowledge by taking this quiz on the various ways in which smoking adversely affects your health.

Question 1: Physical fitness tests of over 3,000 sailors in the U.S. Navy showed smoking diminished:
a) Endurance
b) Height
c) Strength
d) Alertness

Question 2: Smoking accounts for about what percentage of all cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which takes the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema?
a) 100%
b) 90%
c) 70%
d) 40%

Question 3: Smokers are about how much more likely to have heart attacks than non-smokers?
a) 20% more likely
b) 50% more likely
c) Twice as likely
d) No relation to smoking

Question 4: Buerger's disease, which occurs almost exclusively in smokers, may necessitate amputating which body part(s)?
a) Tongue
b) Nose
c) Fingers and toes
d) Lungs

Question 5: Smoking is estimated to cause:
a) 15% of premature births
b) 20-30% of low-weight births
c) 24% of SIDS or "crib death" incidents
d) All of the above

The results

The explanations

Question 1: Physical fitness tests of over 3,000 sailors in the U.S. Navy showed smoking diminished:
Correct answer: Endurance
Your answer: Endurance Height Strength Alertness you left this question blank

Explanation:

Since smoking harms the heart and lungs, it is not surprising it decreases endurance.

Question 2: Smoking accounts for about what percentage of all cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which takes the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema?
Correct answer: 90%
Your answer: 100% 90% 70% 40% you left this question blank

Explanation:

Scientists have concluded that smoking is the leading cause of COPD.

Question 3: Smokers are about how much more likely to have heart attacks than non-smokers?
Correct answer: Twice as likely
Your answer: 20% more likely 50% more likely Twice as likely No relation to smoking you left this question blank


Question 4: Buerger's disease, which occurs almost exclusively in smokers, may necessitate amputating which body part(s)?
Correct answer: Fingers and toes
Your answer: Tongue Nose Fingers and toes Lungs you left this question blank

Explanation:

Experts think that Buerger's disease is caused by a reaction to some substance in tobacco. Quitting smoking is a crucial part of treatment for the disorder.

Question 5: Smoking is estimated to cause:
Correct answer: All of the above
Your answer: 15% of premature births 20-30% of low-weight births 24% of SIDS or "crib death" incidents All of the above you left this question blank