Tobacco

1. Tobacco Andrea Ritter

2. Tobacco • Tobacco is a green leafy plant, grown in warm climates, and comes from the plant Nicotianatabacum of the Solanaceae family • The tobacco seed is very small, and it takes about 300,000 seeds to make 1 oz of tobacco

3. History of Tobacco • dates back as early as 1 BCE • Ancient American Indians used it for religious and medicinal purposes. They believed tobacco was the cure to most health problems • They also believed that the smoke of tobacco was a way of revealing their mighty god, so it was adopted into their religious customs

4. 1492, Christopher Columbus was offered dried tobacco leaves as a gift from the American Indians that he encountered. • sailors brought tobacco back to Europe, and the plant was being grown all over Europe • As popularity grew, so did its worth. • Tobacco was considered as good as gold! • helped finance the revolutionary war by serving as collateral for loans the Americans borrowed from France!

5. CIGARETTES ∙ There are 4,000 chemicals found in a cigarette. ∙ 40 of the other chemicals found in tobacco are considered carcinogenic. Carcinogenic are cancer causing chemicals ∙ Carbon monoxide, which can be found in car exhaust, nicotine found in bug sprays, tar, rat poison, nail polish remover, ammonia, sulfuric acid, and pesticides are only a few of the dangerous chemicals found in a cigarette and there is 1–2 mg of nicotine per cigarette. One drop of nicotine at once can kill 1 person

6. How tobacco works on the brain? • When tobacco enters the body, the drug stimulates the adrenal gland, leading to a discharge of epinephrine/adrenaline. This stimulates the body and causes an increase in breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate. • For smokeless tobacco, nicotine is absorbed through the mucosal membranes and reaches peak blood levels and the brain more slowly. Increased use of tobacco can lead to addiction. • The primary effect of nicotine is to stimulate CNS receptors that are sensitive to acetylcholine. Activating these receptors releases adrenaline

7. Impact on the body oHair loss oDamaged gums and teeth • Smoking affects every organ in your body including your skin. • Aging appears at a young age • Cigarettes affect the elasticity of the skin causing loose skin and wrinkles • The skin under the eye starts to become saggy • Lines around the lips are formed

8. Age Apots Saggy eyes, lines around lips

9. Long Term Affects • cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia, lung diseases, bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, increases the risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke • As a result, Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States

10. Death Rates • 443,000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke) • 49,400 deaths per year from secondhand smoke exposure • 269,655 deaths annually among men • 173,940 deaths annually among women

11. Quitting • Quitting smoking can improve your overall appearance despite the damage that it has already done to the body. • There are more than 35 million people try to quit each year, 85% of these people will relapse

12. Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms • Irritability • Craving • Depression • Anxiety • Cognitive and attention deficits • Sleep disturbances • Increased appetite These symptoms may begin within the a few hours after the last cigarette

13. Health improvements of quitting • 8 hrs- levels of carbon monoxide and oxygen return to normal • 24 hrs- risk of heart attack has decreased • 48 hrs- sense in taste and smell improve • 2 weeks- coughing less- phlegm production decreased • 1 yr- coronary heart disease decreased in half • 5 yrs- risk of stroke has decreased • 10 yrs- risk of lung cancer has decreased in half • 15 yrs- your health is back to normal as that of a non-smoker

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