Alternate Tobacco Products

1. By: Logan MacPherson Alternate Tobacco Products

2. Bidis • Bidis are a basically a cigarette without a filter. • Bidis can be flavored or unflavored. • Bidis have 3 to 5 times more nicotine than a regular cigarette. • Bidis increase the risk of oral cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer, and esophageal cancer. • They increase the risk of a heart attack and bronchitis. • Unlike a cigarette a bidi has to be puffed frequently to be kept lit.

3. Dissolvable Tobacco • Three forms of dissolvable tobacco are orbs, sticks, and strips. • Dissolvable tobacco increase the risk of mouth, tongue, gum, and throat cancer. • Strips are used by placing a dissolvable strip onto their tongue 2-3 minutes it will be gone. • Orbs you suck on till they dissolve. • Sticks look like a tooth pick and you chew on it till there is no more nicotine on it.

4. E-cigarettes • Has a battery, cartridge, and atomizer. A cartridge lasts the equivalent of a pack of cigarettes. • The E-cigarettes can cause mouth and lung cancer. It can also cause digestive problems. • When you inhale an E-cigarette you blow out a vapor and the whole product is based on water vapor.

5. Hookahs • A hookah is a water pipe with a smoke chamber, pipe, hose, and a bowl. • Specially made tobacco is heated smoke is drawn through water and through a mouth piece. • Hookah smokers inhale more smoke than a cigarette smoker in a session that may last as long as a hour. • Hookah smokers are at risk of more carbon monoxide than a cigarette and they have a greater risk of oral and lung cancers and heart disease and other serious illnesses.