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Tobacco
• Nicotine
–The addictive chemical in tobacco
products
–Is a stimulant
• Stimulant- drugs that increase the
activity of the nervous system
Types of Tobacco that is
Smoked
• Cigarettes
–Decreases a person’s life
expectancy by 10-12 years
• Cigars and Pipes
–Contain more nicotine than
cigarette tobacco
Smokeless Tobacco: tobacco that is
chewed, place between the lower lip
and teeth, or sniffed through the nose
Even though it does
not harm the lungs
like smoked tobacco,
it is still not safe!!!
Smokeless Tobacco can Cause
Leukoplakia: Oral lesions that can turn into oral cancer
Gum Disease, Gum Recession, Tooth
Decay, Yellowing of Teeth, and Cancer
Dipping 8 to 10 times
a day can bring as
much nicotine into
the body as smoking
30-40 cigarettes
Fact or Fiction?
• Low-tar and low-nicotine cigarettes are safer
than regular cigarettes
• Fiction: Although the amount of tar and nicotine
in these cigarettes may be reduced, carbon
monoxide levels are not. Also, smokers tend to
smoke more of these cigarettes and inhale more
deeply in order to feel the same effects as they
felt from regular cigarettes.
Other Dangerous Chemicals
• There are over 4,000 chemicals in tobacco
smoke
• Tar:
– The dark, sticky substance that forms when tobacco
burns
• Chemical that increases risk of lung cancer
• Carbon Monoxide:
– Odorless, poisonous gas produced when tobacco is
burned
• Causes breathing and heart rate to increase
Secondhand Smoke: Smoke give
off by a burning cigarette
• Mainstream smoke:
–what the smoker inhales and
exhales
• Sidestream smoke:
– Smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar, or
pipe
• 20-100 times mores toxic because its not filtered by smokers
lungs