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14% (34 million) - How many people smoke cigarettes in the US in 2021?
8 million - How many people die per year from direct tobacco use?
1.2 million - How many people die per year from indirect tobacco use?
No - Is there any safe form or level of tobacco?
Cigarette smoke
Smokeless tobacco
Cigars
Pipe
Bidis
Roll-your-own tobacco - What are the forms of tobacco?
11% of non-Hispanic white
8.2% of non-Hispanic black - By race, what youth use the most tobacco in the US?
8.2% of Hispanic adults (those born in US less likely to smoke)
Hispanics are largest population in hospitality workforce - secondhand smoke
14% smoking rate in Alaska, American Indians/Alaska natives - By ethnicity, what
population uses the most tobacco in the US?
Lower educational levels have higher rates of cigarette smoking - By socioeconomic
status, what population uses the most tobacco?
Highest in midwest and south, lowest in northwest and west
Highest in rural and urban, lowest in metropolitan areas - By geographic region, what
populations use the most tobacco?
10, pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, cancers - Tobacco users live
approximately ______ years less than non-users with most deaths being attributed to
___________________, __________________ or _____________
Dopaminergic receptors in ventral tegmental area - feeling of calmness and reward -
What does nicotine act on?
Rewarding experience, learnt experience to respond to situational and emotional
triggers, increased tolerance and dependance leading to withdrawal - Why do people
get addicted to nicotine?
Behavioral intervention - counselling and motivation