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What Tobacco Does to Your Body
• The Facts about tobacco –
• 4,000 Chemicals in one Puff
• Almost all of them make the body unable to work the way it should
• 43 Chemicals in tobacco that are known to cause cancer
• Smoke harms health of non smoker
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What is in Tobacco
• Nicotine – An Addictive drug found in tobacco
• Makes the user crave more nicotine
• Tar – Thick dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns
• Covers the lining of the lungs, causing disease
What is in Tobacco
• Carbon Monoxide – colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced when tobacco burns
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Tobacco in many forms
• Cigarettes – Made from shredded tobacco leaves
• Some cigarettes contain spices to make them smell and taste sweet
Tobacco Plant
Smokeless Tobacco
• Two forms are placed in mouth instead of smoked:
• Ground Leaves- placed between the cheek and gum
• Snuff – finely ground placed between the lip and the gum
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Smokeless Tobacco
• This is not a safe alternative, it is just as harmful as smoking and increases the chance of mouth, esophagus, larynx, pancreas and lip cancer
Lip Cancer
Harmful Substances in Tobacco
• Formaldehyde – Used to disinfect and preserve bodies
• Nicotine – Speeds up heartbeat, raises blood pressure, increases craving for tobacco, causes dizziness and upset stomach
• Cyanide – deadly poison
Harmful Substances in Tobacco
• Carbon Monoxide – Prevents body from getting all the oxygen it needs
• Methanol – poisonous liquid alcohol, is known to cause blindness
• Tar – forms sticky coating on bronchial tubes and in the lungs
Pipes and Cigars
• Also use shredded tobacco leaves, some may be flavored.
• More likely to develop lip, mouth, tongue and throat cancer
Tobacco and Your Body
• Nervous system
• Respiratory system
• Circulatory system
• Digestive system
• Excretory system
• All On Page 274
Cost to Society
• High price for addiction to tobacco because of the high price
• Increased risk of lung cancer and other related illnesses
• Effects of smoking to babies of pregnant mothers