fifteen questions about smoking

1. How many toxic substances are contained in tobacco smoke? Ans. about 200
2. What is the main toxic substance of cigarettes? Ans. nicotine, tar or carbon monoxide
3. What is passive smoking? Ans. the inhalation of smoke by people other than the intended
   “active” smoker, second-hand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke
4. What language the word “tobacco” is originally from? Ans. Portuguese
5. What kind of disease will smokers have? Ans. cancer
6. When was tobacco introduced to Japan? Ans. during the Edo era
7. What is tobacco made from? Ans. the leaves of tobacco (tobacco is also used to make pesticide.)
8. What influence does carbon monoxide have to human bodies? Ans. to hinder blood
   from carrying oxygen
9. How many people die because of tobacco every year? Ans. about 5.4 million
10. What percentage of smokers will die because of tobacco? Ans. about 50 percent
11. What percentage of smokers can stop smoking completely? Ans. about 30 percent at the
    most and about 10 percent at the least
12. What is the temperature of tobacco when it is lit. Ans. about 700~800 degrees Celsius
13. In Japan, how high the tobacco tax is? Ans. About 60 percent
14. Which is more harmful, active smoking or passive smoking? Ans. passive smoking
15. Imagine that you smoke a pack of cigarettes a day, which cost you 400 yen. Then, how much money you will pay for tobacco in a year. Ans. 144000 yen