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Alternative Tobacco Products . By: Connor Havrisko and Charlie Sergeant. E-Cigarette. e -cigarettes simulate the feeling of real cigarettes by using heat, and nicotine It reduces the amount of cigarettes you have per day and it saves money. It is legal to smoke in most public places.
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Alternative Tobacco Products By: Connor Havrisko and Charlie Sergeant
E-Cigarette • e-cigarettes simulate the feeling of real cigarettes by using heat, and nicotine • It reduces the amount of cigarettes you have per day and it saves money. • It is legal to smoke in most public places. • It is a battery operated cigarette that is a healthier to smoking traditional cigarettes. It looks like a cigarette and you used like a cigarette. It doesn't contain the same toxins or harmful chemicals in the real cigarettes. You inhale vaporized nicotine but do not inhale the tar in traditional cigarettes • E cigarettes does not cause bad breath and does not have any second hand smoke so you wont upset non smokers • Savings are incredible 6.50 per pack of 20 traditional cigarettes each e cigarette is equal to 6 to 8 traditional cigarettes • 25 cigarettes last about a month instead of a day • Helps people quit smoking • Electronic Cigarettes have an anti-freeze component known as Diethylene Glycol. It is toxic and can cause health worries on inhalation. E-cigarettes also contain cancer-causing chemicals like nitrosamines. If the cigarette accidentally breaks, humans may be exposed to harmful chemicals. Many electronic cigarette brands have various flavors like mint, orange and chocolate. This can make smokers as well as non-smokers want the different flavors. This actually promotes smoking rather than stopping it.
Hookah • A hookah is a water pipe with a smoke chamber, a bowl, a pipe and a hose. Special tobacco made for hookahs is heated at the top of the hookah, and the smoke passes through water and is then drawn through a rubber hose to a mouthpiece the water in the hookah does not filter out the toxic ingredients in the tobacco smoke. So it is still like smoking a cigarette and inhale more smoke than cigarette smokers because of the large volume of smoke they inhale in one smoking session which can last as long as 60 minutes. • Hookah Facts • Hookah smoke contains high levels of toxic compounds, including tar, carbon monoxide, heavy metals and cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens). In fact, hookah smokers are exposed to more carbon monoxide and smoke than are cigarette smokers. • As with cigarette smoking, hookah smoking is linked to lung and oral cancers, heart disease and other serious illnesses. • Hookah smoking delivers about the same amount of nicotine as cigarette smoking does. • Hookah smoke can have secondhand smoke. • Hookah smoking by pregnant women can result in low birth weight babies. • Hookah pipes used in hookah bars and cafes may not be cleaned properly, risking the spread of other infectious diseases.
Bidis • Bidis have higher amounts of nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide than regular cigarettes sold in the US. • Bidis smoking is associated with emphysema. There is a increasing risk of bronchitis. • Bidis consists of tobacco wrapped in Tendu or temburni leaf. Typically tied on one end or both ends with string, Bidis can come in a variety of flavors including chocolate, mango, vanilla, lemon-lime, mint, pineapple, and cherry. • Bidis is a filter-less cigarette that is imported from India.
Dissolvable Tobacco • Dissolvable tobacco comes in three types strips, orbs, and sticks. • The sticks are chewed on and nicotine is released this way. • Strips are placed in the mouth and enter the body through the tongue and linen of the mouth. • Orbs are swallowed and dissolve in the body. • Young children mistaken the package that the dissolvable tobacco comes in for candy.
