Tobacco Facts

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Tobacco Facts

• A single puff has more than 4000 harmful
  chemicals.
• At least 43 of these chemicals are cancer causing
  agents.
• 400,000 people die each year from smoke related
  illness.

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What Is In Tobacco

• Nicotine-the addictive drug found in tobacco.
• Makes user crave more.
• Tar-thick dark liquid that forms when tobacco
  burns.
• Coats the lining of the lungs.
• Causes diseases

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What Is In Tobacco

• Carbon monoxide-colorless, odorless, poisonous
  gas produced when tobacco burns.
• Prevents the body from getting oxygen.
• Methanol-a poisonous liquid known to cause
  blindness.
• Cyanide-a deadly poison.
• Formaldehyde-an acidic gas

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Forms Of Tobacco

• Cigarettes-made from shredded tobacco leaves.
• Filters may reduce the amount of tar and nicotine
  but not the harmful chemicals.
• Flavored cigarettes may taste and smell sweet,
  but produce more nicotine, tar and carbon
  monoxide.

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Forms Of Tobacco

• Cigars and pipes
• Cigars contain 25 times more carbon monoxide and
  up to 400 times the nicotine than cigarette
  smoke.
• Cigar and pipe smokers are more likely to develop
  cancer of the lip, mouth and tongue than
  nonsmokers.

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Forms Of Tobacco

• Smokeless tobacco
• Placed in mouth
• Just as addictive as smoking.
• Higher risk of cancer of the mouth, esophagus,
  larynx and pancreas.
• Leads to development of gum disease and stomach
  ulcers.

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Tobaccos Effect On The Body

• Respiratory System
• Damages the alveoli, fragile, elastic air sacs in
  the lungs where CO2 and O2 is exchanged.
• Emphysema-disease that destroys the alveoli.
• Lung cancer-smokers are 12-22 times more likely
  to develop lung cancer.

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Tobaccos Effect On The Body

• Digestive System
• Use of tobacco increases risk of cavities and gum
  disease.
• Dulls the taste buds.
• Causes stomach ulcers.
• Linked to cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus,
  stomach and pancreas.

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Tobaccos Effect On The Body

• Nervous System
• Reduces flow of oxygen to the brain leading to a
  stroke.
• Excretory System
• Smokers are twice as likely to develop bladder
  cancer.
• Circulatory System
• Linked to heart disease by causing arteries to
  narrow.