Question

Which of the following is a TRUE statement? Group of answer choices A. Tobacco is known to cause about 20 diseases. B. Twenty-five percent of all regular smokers die of smoking-related diseases. C. Tobacco is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States. D. More deaths are due to illegal drug use than are due to tobacco use.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter B.

Explanation: Cigarette smoke is inhaled into the lungs, spreading to the circulatory system causing nicotine to reach the brain within seconds. In addition, pulmonary capillary blood flow is rapid, and the entire volume of blood in the body travels through the lungs in one minute.