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Health Issues- Tobacco

Health Issues- Tobacco. By: Jihoon Kim. Tobacco Facts.

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Health Issues- Tobacco

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  1. Health Issues- Tobacco By: Jihoon Kim

  2. Tobacco Facts • Nearly 9% of high school students (15% of male and 2% of female students) used smokeless tobacco (e.g., chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip), on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey.3 Adolescents who use smokeless tobacco are more likely than nonusers to become cigarette smokers.4 • The nicotine found in cigarettes and in smokeless tobacco is a powerful, addictive drug that acts on several parts of the body. Once addicted, it becomes difficult, but not impossible, to quit using smokeless tobacco or to stop smoking. • The use of tobacco products is not only addicting, but is directly related to a number of health problems and diseases. A few of the oral health problems smokers or smokeless tobacco users can develop are — bad breath brown, stained teeth ground-down teeth, black hairy tongue gum disease and loss of teeth receding gums, cancers of the cheek, esophagus, lip, palate and tongue.

  3. More Tobacco Facts • Nicotine is the main drug in all forms of tobacco. Nicotine acts as both a stimulant and a sedative. It is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the U.S. • Whether smoked or chewed, nicotine is one of the most highly addictive drugs used in today's society. And once you're hooked, it's extremely hard to overcome this addiction.65 Surveys have shown that most adult smokers first tried cigarettes during their teen years, and there is a direct relationship between early smoking and adult addiction. Even after 30 years of warnings on packages, tobacco continues to impact our health. In 2010, more than 220,000 new cases of lung cancer were reported, and more than 150,000 Americans died as a direct result of the disease.68

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  5. Statistics • Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States. It causes many different cancers as well as chronic lung diseases, such as emphysema and bronchitis, and heart disease.[1] • An estimated 9 percent of high school students use smokeless tobacco.[7] • http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/tobacco/smoking

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