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What percentage of Americans abstain from drinking alcohol? |
25% |
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Which of the following statements about college drinking is true? |
Female college students’ alcohol consumption is now close to that of male college students. |
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Approximately what percentage of Americans consume alcoholic beverages regularly? |
50% |
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What is the percentage of alcohol in 100 proof whiskey? |
50 percent |
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Which of the following is NOT true n?about alcohol absorption? |
Carbonated alcoholic beverages are absorbed less rapidly than those containing no sparkling additives |
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The depressant effects of alcohol become apparent at a blood alcohol concentration of |
0.10% |
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After a night of heavy drinking, John still appears sober while his friends are obviously intoxicated. It is likely that John has developed |
learned behavioral tolerance. |
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The toxic chemical by-product of alcohol metabolism that causes nausea and vomiting is called |
acetaldehyde. |
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When women drink alcohol during pregnancy, they can cause significant brain damage and other impairments in the fetus; this condition is known as |
fetal alcohol syndrome |
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The reduction in alcohol-related driving fatalities since the 1980s is due to |
zero tolerance laws and increased drinking age. |
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Which is true about women and alcoholism? |
Women get addicted faster with less alcohol use than men. |
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Jeff has been drinking a lot over the past few months, including frequent binges. His friends are concerned that this behavior puts him at risk for a condition that involves a potentially lethal blood alcohol concentration. Which condition is this? |
Alcohol poisoning |
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Most new smokers in the United States are |
children and teenagers. |
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Marketing of tobacco products currently targets all of the following EXCEPT |
children through ads on television. |
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Which of the following statements about nicotine is true? |
It is a powerful central nervous system stimulant. |
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Which effect does carbon monoxide have on the body? |
It diminishes the oxygen-carrying capacity of the red blood cells. |
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Risk for developing lung cancer varies among smokers due to all of the following EXCEPT |
Tolerance to nicotine. |
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The following is NOT true about smokeless tobacco: |
It does not contain cancer-causing substances. |
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Which of the following is true about environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)? |
ETS accelerates the buildup of plaque in the heart and blood vessels. |
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All of the following are smoking cessation medications EXCEPT |
Xenadrine |
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Which of the following is true with respect to women and smoking? |
Women who smoke are more likely to have fertility problems than women who do not smoke. |
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Smoking contributes to heart disease by doing all of the following EXCEPT |
thinning the plaque in the major blood vessels. |
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College students think other students drink more than they actually do. |
True |
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Alcohol and tobacco result in more deaths each year than all illicit drugs combined. |
True |
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Smoking is second only to mold as the primary cause of indoor air pollution |
False |
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Smokers have a 70% higher death rate from heart disease than nonsmokers |
True |
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Worrying about an upcoming test would increase the alcohol absorption rate in the body. |
True |
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