Informative Speech On Tobacco

Hello my name is Kierra. I will tell you some things about D.A.R.E so this is what I haved learned in D.A.R.E. I telling you about health effects of tobacco and alcohol.
THis is about tobacco. Nicotine in cigarettes and chewing tobacco reduces the amount of blood that flows to the brain. This interferes with the way your brain works. Smoking causes heart diseases. Smokers have more colds and upper respiratory problems. Smoking can also causes lung cancer. Chewing tobacco can cause mouth cancer, tooth loss, and other health problems. Smoking can yellow up your teeth and cause bad breath and dry your skin and cause wrinkles. Now I am going to tell you some facts about tobacco use. In the United states, it is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 ( 19 in some states). There are more than 200 known harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke. Cigarettes contain nicotine, a powerfully addictive substance. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in this country. More than 400,00 Americans die from tobacco related causes each year. Almost 50,000 deaths per year can be attributed to secondhand smoke. When you get addicted to drugs you will sell everything you have for money. Yellowing your fingertips.
Alcohol can slow down the brain and body. Effects may includes loss of coordination, poor judgement, memory loss, loss of self-control and slow reflexes. Alcohol weakens your heart muscles, reduces the amount of blood pumped to and from the heart. Alcohol goes directly into the bloodstream and can damage every organ in your body. Too much alcohol can slow down the body and lead to coma deaths. Alcohol can affect your vision. Alcohol is illegal for anyone under 21. There are 75,000 alcohol related deaths each year in the U.S. Most teens don't drink alcohol. Mixing alcohol with medicine is dangerous. Teen bodies are still growing; therefore, alcohol affects them more severely than adults. It also makes you