Contents Series Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Guide to Health Literacy xvii Common Misconceptions about Smoking xxv Questions and Answers General Information 3 1. What is tobacco? 3 2. What is nicotine? 5 3. What forms of smoking exist? 7 4. What is vaping? 10 5. Are there harmful ingredients in cigarettes besides tobacco and nicotine? 16 6. How common is smoking in the United States? 18 7. How common is smoking worldwide? 21 8. Why do people begin smoking? 22 9. How does tobacco get into the body? 25 10. What is secondhand smoke? 27
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