Smoking Cessation

Question 1

Why do urban birds line their nests with cigarette butts?

Answer 1

Nicotine is a powerful insecticide that wards off mites, lice and fleas

Question 2

What is in a cigarette?

Answer 2

• Highly engineered products
• Tobacco
• Filter
• Filler
• Additives
• Paper
• Smoke

Question 3

How many chemicals and carcinogens does cigarette smoke contain?

Answer 3

• > 4,000 chemicals

- >40 known carcinogens

Question 4

Give examples of chemicals found in cigarettes.

Answer 4

• Nicotine
• Tar
• Carbon monoxide
• Acetone
• Arsenic
• Cadmium
• Hydrogen cyanide

Question 5

How many people die each year due to the effects of smoking?

Answer 5

• In Scotland 13,000

- In the UK 120,000

Question 6

How many years of life is lost to smoking approximately?

Answer 6

7.5 years

Question 7

What cancers have a relative risk associated with smoking?

Answer 7

• Upper respiratory
• Lung
• Oesophagus
• Bladder
• Kidney
• Pancreas

Question 8

What other systems does smoking affect?

Answer 8

• Endocrine
• Dermatological
• Ophthalmology
• Locomotor
• Cardiovascular
• Gastroenterology

Question 9

What other illnesses are associated with smoking?

Answer 9

• Type II diabetes mellitus
• Psoriasis
• Macular degeneration
• Osteoporosis
• Peptic ulceration
• Crohn’s disease

Question 10

What conditions does smoking decrease your chance of developing?

Answer 10

• Ulcerative colitis
• Carcinoma of the uterus
• Parkinsonism
• Sarcoidosis
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Question 11

What age group has the most smokers?

Answer 11

25 to 34

Question 12

What areas of deprivation are most likely to smoke?

Answer 12

• Permanently sick or disabled
• unemployed and seeking work
• Looking after home/family

Question 13

How do e-cigarettes work?

Answer 13

Use battery power to vaporise a solution of nicotine in propylene glycol/ polyethylene glycol

Question 14

How does the nicotine hit of an e-cigarette compare to a traditional cigarette?

Answer 14

25-50% of a tradition cigarette

Question 15

Why might e-cigarettes be considered safer than cigarettes?

Answer 15

Lacks 250 poisons/ 69 carcinogens

Question 16

Which females are more likely to smoke when pregnant?

Answer 16

• Younger
• Single
• Lower educational achievement
• Unskilled
• Male partner more likely to smoke

Question 17

What are the risks of smoking while pregnant?

Answer 17

Increases risk of miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death by 1/3

Question 18

What is second hand smoking often responsible for in children?

Answer 18

• Respiratory infections
• Bronchitis
• Bronchiolitis
• Pneumonia
• Cot death
• Middle ear infection

Question 19

What are the health benefits of smoking cessation?

Answer 19

• Increases life expectancy by 7.5 years
• Risk of MI is reduced by 50% after 1 year
• Risk of MI after 15 years is the same as a lifelong non smoker
• Risk of lung cancer is only slightly increased after 10-15 years

Question 20

What strategies have been put in place for the protection of children?

Answer 20

• Cannot sell tobacco products to anyone under 18
• Cannot smoke in private vehicle with kids in it
• Cannot purchase by proxy
• Removal of vending machines
• Standardised packaging

Question 21

What are examples of the exemptions to the smoking in public place band?

Answer 21

• Hotels and guest host bedrooms
• Designated rooms in care homes, hospices and prisons
• Private homes
• Places not ‘substantially enclosed’
• Actors
• Specialist tobacco shops