Identify at least three health-related concerns associated with e-cigarettes
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Answers will vary but should include two or more of the following:
• No reliable research evidence yet exists on the health effects of the chemicals present in the aerosolized vapors emitted from e-cigarettes.
• The FDA has found carcinogenic chemicals in samples of two brands of e-cigarettes, and has issued warnings about the potential health risks associated with these products.
• Many brands of e-cigarettes are manufactured in China and are not subjected to any quality control.
• Some public health researchers are concerned that e-cigarettes will act as a gateway to nicotine addiction.
• Many people, about half of them children under age 5, have suffered liquid nicotine poisoning due to e-cigarettes.
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a. Infants fed unfortified skim milk or mild substitute formulas. b. Malabsorption syndromes, for example, celiac disease, sprue, and cystic fibrosis c. As an antidote for Coumadin therapy d. Treatment for pernicious anemia
Increases in heart rate and blood pressure during exercise are regulated by
a. activation of group III afferent nerves b. decreased parasympathetic activation c. increased sympathetic activation d. all of the choices
The fatty acids in most foods and in the body occur in the form of
A) triglycerides. B) polyunsaturated fatty acids. C) monounsaturated fatty acids. D) trans fats.
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A. inverse; inverse B. direct; direct C. inverse; direct D. direct; inverse