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Tobac co

Tobac co. Tobacco . What is tobacco? a preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing Nicotine is addictive sustance which leads the body to become physically dependant upon it. Forms of Tobacco.

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  1. Tobacco

  2. Tobacco • What is tobacco? • a preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing • Nicotine is addictive sustance which leads the body to become physically dependant upon it

  3. Forms of Tobacco • Cigarettes • Chewing Tobacco • Snuff (dip) • Pipe Tobacco • Cigars • Herbal Cigarettes • Vapes or Vapor Cigarrettes • Hookah

  4. Nicotine • Addictive drug found in tobacco • Carcinogens • Chemicals or agents that cause cancer • Tar • Sticky, black substance in tobacco smoke that coats the inside of the airways sd • Cyanide- poisonous gas • Formaldehyde- used to preserve laboratory animals • Lead- dangerous metals • Vinyl chloride- flammable gas • Carbon Monoxide- gas that blocks oxygen getting into bloodstream

  5. Dangers of Tobacco • Cigarette smoke kills more that 400,000 people in the US each year!

  6. Short Term Effects • Stimulates the brain reward system • Increases heart rate and blood pressure • Inscreases breathing rate • Increases blood sugar levels • Stimulates the vomit reflex • Makes your breath, clothes stink as well as specks of black debris in your teeth

  7. Long Term Effects • Emphysema • Respiratory disease in which air cannot move in and out of the lungs because the alveoli becomes blocked or loose their elasticity • People who have emphysema cannot breathe normally • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) • Combination of chronic bronchitis and obstructive emphysema

  8. Effects of Smoke on Nonsmokers • Sidestream Smoke • Smoke that escapes from the cigarette, cigar or pipe • Mainstream Smoke • Smoke that is inhaled through a tobacco product and exhaled by a tobacco smoker • 2nd Hand Smoke • Combination of exhaled mainstream smoke and side stream smoke

  9. Dangers of 2nd Hand Smoke • Lung cancer from 2nd hand smoke kills 3000 nonsmokers in US each year • 2nd hand smoke causes illness (headaches, nausea and dizziness) • Children of 2nd hand smoke suffer from more lower respiratory infections, more asthma, ear infections

  10. Dangers of Tobacco and Pregnancy • Smoking while pregnant can lead to: • Miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight • SIDS • Sudden infant death syndrome is higher in homes where someone smokes • Development difficulties • Fetus’ brain is affected and children can be dependent upon nicotine when they are born • 2nd Hand Smoke • 150,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia in babies each year

  11. Why do people use Tobacco? • Social- family and friends do • Curiosity- curious about Tobacco • Rebellion- ‘fightin the man’ • Advertising- effective marketing

  12. Tobacco’s Effect on Family and Society • Cost to Family • Over $1500 per year for tobacco products • Lost wages due to illness • Medical bills • Funeral costs • Costs to Society • $138 billion per year in financial costs to smoking • Tobacco and the Law • Companies pay high fines if caught selling tobacco to minors

  13. Assignment*compare the concepts/ideas behind smoking today vs. smoking in the past • MLA Format • Header/ Works Cited Pages • 2 FULL PAGES • 3rd Person Style (no use of I, us, we, our, you, me…etc) • 12 point font • Times New Roman • Double spacing (no adjusted margins) • 3 Professional/Peer Reviewed Sources

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