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Tobacco Web Quest
Directions: Use the following websites to answer the questions. Remember, if you get lost within the website hit the homepage or in the website search box, type in the keyword from the question.
How many chemicals are found in a tobacco cigarette? How many of those chemicals are known carcinogens?
http://www.quit-smoking-stop.com/harmful-chemicals-in-cigarettes.html
http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/chemicalsinsmoke/a/chemicalshub.htm
What is nicotine? How much nicotine is in one cigarette?
http://teens.drugabuse.gov/facts/facts_nicotine1.asp
What is tar?
http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/chemicalsinsmoke/g/tar.htm
What is carbon monoxide?
http://www.carbon-monoxide-poisoning.com/article3-carbon-monoxide-exposure-cigarettes.html
What percentage of all cases of lung cancer can be attributed to smoking?
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/basic_info/risk_factors.htm
www.dogbreath.org
What are the effects of smoking on a pregnancy? List 5
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/health_effects/pregnancy.htm
www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Women_and_Smoking.asp?sitearea=PED
What is emphysema? Describe how it affects the body.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/emphysema/DS00296
http://www.lungsusa.org/
Name and describe three ways to quit smoking?
www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Quitting_Smoking.asp#staying_quit
How will the body benefit when someone quits smoking? List 5.
www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Quitting_Smoking.asp#staying_quit
How much is one pack of cigarettes in the New York Region?
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/cigarettes-top-9-a-pack-in-new-york-city/
If you were a pack a day smoker how much would you spend in one year on cigarettes?
How much would you spend in 5 years?
Name 3 things you could spend that money on.
How much money does the tobacco industry spend on advertising their products?
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/03/cigarette.shtm
How much would you spend in 5 years?
Name 3 things you could spend that money on.
How much money does the tobacco industry spend on advertising their products?
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/03/cigarette.shtm
