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Why tobacco is bad for you
What is tobacco? Tobacco is a green plant that is grown in warmer climates. After its has been picked it will get dried and ground up and might be used in different ways. It can be smoked in a cigarette, pipe, or cigar. It can be chewed  (chewing tobacco) or sniffed through the nose (called snuff). Baseball players most oftenly use chewing tobacco. Nicotine is one of the 4 000 chemicals found in cigarettes. It is the chemical that makes tobacco addictive or habit forming. Once we smoke, chew, or sniff tobacco, nicotine gets into our bloodstream, and our body craves more. The nicotine in tobacco makes it a drug. This means that when we use tobacco, it changes our bodies in may different ways. Because nicotine is an addictive drug, it makes the nervous system speed up, so we feel like we have alot more energy. It also makes the heart race faster and raises your blood pressure. Therefore increases ones chances of having a stroke or heart attack. How are the different forms of tobacco unique? There are two different forms of tobacco use, chewing or smoking. Chewing and smoking tobacco are very different because when you smoke tobacco, its the same as consuming a small dose of bug spray, which clogs your airways causing breathing difficulties. Yet chewing tobacco  is no better because it increases ones chances of developing oral cancer. Chewing tobacco can also create many other issues such as tooth decay, oral sores and jaw mobility. Either form of tobacco has proven to be very destructive to a humans health.

What are the differences between smokeless and smoking tobacco? Smoke and smokeless are both bad for you but chewing tobacco is like smoking three packs of cigarettes. The side effects can be disasterous something like oral cancer or tooth decay. Oral cancer can cause you to get your jaw removed and others. Smoke tobacco consists of cigarettes, pipes and cigars.

What is tobacco made of? What addictive chemicals does it contain?

Tobacco's main ingredient is Nicotine which causes it to be highly addictive. Nicotine is one of the 4 000 chemicals that goes into your body when smoking a cigarette. Rat posion and bug spray are harmful toxins that are found in cigarettes these chemicals destroy a person's immune system and make them more vulnerable to getting sick. Smoking will energize for a short period of time afterwards you will be extra lethargic. Cyanide, lead, cadmium, nicotine, carbon dioxide and tar are some of the many toxic chemicals that enter your body when you smoke. It's diguisting to think that people smoke and those chemicals are eating your lungs and throat out. Cyanide is found in the ground water in california. it is a toxic chemical that has killed animals such as dogs, squirells and others for hundreds of years. Cadmium is found in battries so if you think leaking batteries are bad when you smoke you inhale it.

What are the affects or dangers of using tobacco? Cancer: Smoking can lead to cancer because of the chemicals inside of tobacco. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons also known as (PAHs), are found in the cigarettes. Wrinkles and Skin Damage: Smoking leads to wrinkles and changes in skin texture and color. Smoking can lead to early aging of the skin. The experts explain that nicotine destructs the blood flow to the layers of the skin on your face. Heart Disease: Because nicotine narrows blood vessels, smoking increases the risk of heart disease. Narrow blood vessels leads to high blood pressure so it could cause a stroke. A lack of oxygen from lung disease, brought about by tobacco abuse, puts a strain on the heart which makes you feel exsasperated. Lung Infection: Cigarette smoking makes us more vulnerable to lung infection. Cilia, small string structures that are in the lungs and clear mucous, becomes damaged and stop when you smoke. As time passes, the damage can become uncontrollable and then uncurable. What are some interasting facts about tobacco? On October 15, 1492 Christopher Columbus was offered dried tobacco leaves as a gift from the American Indians that made cigars. In the early 16th century, the poor of Seville, Spain collected cigar butts from rubbish and rolling the remaining tobacco in pieces of discarded paper. In 1914 smoking began to be the newest rage because the government gave the soldiers free cigarettes. The soldiers became so addicted for when they got back from war it was high in demand. In the early 1920's the women started smoking then it was like a virus. It spread worldwide.In the 1960's people would smoke at their work,home, and practicly anywhere.In the late 70's and early 80's tobacco was confirmed a health concern. If you smoke a pack of cigarettes every day for a year a quarter of tar will get stuck in your lungs for about 2 years for every quarter of tar. Smoking was first questioned as a health hazard in the 1960's but the cigarette companies denied it.