Smoker By Numbers

Put your knowledge of tobacco to the test by taking this quiz on smoking statistiscs.

Question 1: When do most smokers pick up the habit?
a) Before turning 18
b) 18-34
c) 35-54
d) 54 and older

Question 2: What percentage of high school students smoke?
a) 15%
b) 29%
c) 58%
d) 75%

Question 3: What percentage of adults smoke?
a) 23%
b) 29%
c) 58%
d) 63%

Question 4: Approximately how many of American deaths each year are due to smoking-related heart and artery disease?
a) 30,000
b) 50,000
c) 100,000
d) 180,000

Question 5: The number of deaths per year in the U.S. from smoking is equal to the number from:
a) Alcohol abuse and drug abuse combined
b) Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, AIDS, and car crashes combined
c) Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, AIDS, car crashes, homicide, and suicide combined
d) Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, AIDS, car crashes, homicide, and suicide -- doubled

The results

The explanations

Question 1: When do most smokers pick up the habit?
Correct answer: Before turning 18
Your answer: Before turning 18 18-34 35-54 54 and older you left this question blank

Explanation:

An astounding 90 percent of smokers start before turning 18.

Question 2: What percentage of high school students smoke?
Correct answer: 29%
Your answer: 15% 29% 58% 75% you left this question blank

Explanation:

Many people make the decison to smoke -- possibly the most important decision of a person's life -- when they are merely teenagers.

Question 3: What percentage of adults smoke?
Correct answer: 23%
Your answer: 23% 29% 58% 63% you left this question blank

Explanation:

The size of that number in the future will depend in part on how many teens take up the habit today.

Question 4: Approximately how many of American deaths each year are due to smoking-related heart and artery disease?
Correct answer: 180,000
Your answer: 30,000 50,000 100,000 180,000 you left this question blank

Explanation:

Smoking-related cardiovascular disease is as significant a killer as smoking-related cancer.

Question 5: The number of deaths per year in the U.S. from smoking is equal to the number from:
Correct answer: Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, AIDS, car crashes, homicide, and suicide -- doubled
Your answer: Alcohol abuse and drug abuse combined Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, AIDS, and car crashes combined Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, AIDS, car crashes, homicide, and suicide combined Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, AIDS, car crashes, homicide, and suicide -- doubled you left this question blank

Explanation:

Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, AIDS, car crashes, homicide and suicide kill a substantial number of people in the United States each year; however, that number is only equal to half the number of people smoking kills each year. A pretty scary comparison...