Quitting Smoking Isn't Easy Quiz

(1 out of 1) Correct! One of the reasons that it is so terribly hard to quit is the nicotine half-life, or how long nicotine stays in your system at full strength. Here's a short example of the half-lives of drugs; IV cocaine lasts about 1 hour before beginning to break down and send you towards withdrawal. IV Heroin lasts about 4 hours and according to Stanford University, caffeine hangs around in your Central Nervous System for 3 to 7hours, so it takes 15 to 35 hours for 95 percent of it to be metabolized. Here's the kicker: Nicotine lasts about 15 seconds before you go into withdrawal. About 85-90 percent is metabolized very quickly in the liver and excreted through your kidneys and your blood levels begin to drop immediately. If you think about it, 15 seconds is probably about the length of time between puffs, right? It's harder to quit because, before you finish the first drag on that cigarette or cigar, you are heading towards withdrawal.   Continue Quiz >

(0 out of 1) Incorrect! One of the reasons that it is so terribly hard to quit is the nicotine half-life, or how long nicotine stays in your system at full strength. Here's a short example of the half-lives of drugs; IV cocaine lasts about 1 hour before beginning to break down and send you towards withdrawal. IV Heroin lasts about 4 hours and according to Stanford University, caffeine hangs around in your Central Nervous System for 3 to 7hours, so it takes 15 to 35 hours for 95 percent of it to be metabolized. Here's the kicker: Nicotine lasts about 15 seconds before you go into withdrawal. About 85-90 percent is metabolized very quickly in the liver and excreted through your kidneys and your blood levels begin to drop immediately. If you think about it, 15 seconds is probably about the length of time between puffs, right? It's harder to quit because, before you finish the first drag on that cigarette or cigar, you are heading towards withdrawal.   Continue Quiz >

(0 out of 1) Incorrect! One of the reasons that it is so terribly hard to quit is the nicotine half-life, or how long nicotine stays in your system at full strength. Here's a short example of the half-lives of drugs; IV cocaine lasts about 1 hour before beginning to break down and send you towards withdrawal. IV Heroin lasts about 4 hours and according to Stanford University, caffeine hangs around in your Central Nervous System for 3 to 7hours, so it takes 15 to 35 hours for 95 percent of it to be metabolized. Here's the kicker: Nicotine lasts about 15 seconds before you go into withdrawal. About 85-90 percent is metabolized very quickly in the liver and excreted through your kidneys and your blood levels begin to drop immediately. If you think about it, 15 seconds is probably about the length of time between puffs, right? It's harder to quit because, before you finish the first drag on that cigarette or cigar, you are heading towards withdrawal.   Continue Quiz >

(0 out of 1) Incorrect! One of the reasons that it is so terribly hard to quit is the nicotine half-life, or how long nicotine stays in your system at full strength. Here's a short example of the half-lives of drugs; IV cocaine lasts about 1 hour before beginning to break down and send you towards withdrawal. IV Heroin lasts about 4 hours and according to Stanford University, caffeine hangs around in your Central Nervous System for 3 to 7hours, so it takes 15 to 35 hours for 95 percent of it to be metabolized. Here's the kicker: Nicotine lasts about 15 seconds before you go into withdrawal. About 85-90 percent is metabolized very quickly in the liver and excreted through your kidneys and your blood levels begin to drop immediately. If you think about it, 15 seconds is probably about the length of time between puffs, right? It's harder to quit because, before you finish the first drag on that cigarette or cigar, you are heading towards withdrawal.   Continue Quiz >