Smokeless Tobacco

Tobacco has remained to be the most used drug all over the world. People who consume tobacco have no idea of what goes into their body or what health problems they might have in the future. The most common health problem is cancer.

Tobacco is an American plant which is a member of the nightshade family. Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana . It has remained an important crop in the American south and the manufacture of tobacco continued to be an important industry. The first European to discover tobacco was Christopher Columbus. Second hand smoking is as harmful as first hand
smoking. When smoking a cigarette it’s just not nicotine going to your body it’s like 4000 other chemicals going to your body.
People can chew, smoke, or even sniff tobacco. Tobacco contains nicotine, an ingredient that leads to addiction, which is why so many people who use tobacco have a lot of trouble quitting. Most people chew or suck dip the tobacco in their mouth and spit out the tobacco juices that build up, although spitless smokeless tobacco has also been developed. Nicotine in the tobacco is absorbed through the lining of the mouth. There are two main types of smokeless tobacco which are. Chewing tobacco, which is available as loose leaves, plugs or bricks, or
twists of rope. A piece of tobacco is placed between the cheek and lower lip, typically toward the back of the mouth. It is either chewed or held in place. Saliva is spit or swallowed. And snuff, which is finely cut or powdered tobacco. It may be sold in different scents and flavors. It is packaged moist or dry; most American snuff is moist. It is available loose, in dissolvable lozenges or strips, or in small pouches similar to tea bags. The user places a pinch or pouch of moist snuff between the cheek and gums or behind the upper or lower lip. Another name for moist snuff is snus pronounced snoose. Some people inhale dry snuff into the nose.

Smoking harms every organ in the body causing many diseases.
Low tar cigarettes and smokeless tobacco cigarettes can make you have health problems. A one pack of cigarettes is putting one quart of tobacco into your lungs. Tobacco can lead to many harmful effects in both inside and outside of the human body. People who smoke believe that it helps them ease stress. A short term effect of tobacco is rise in blood pressure and heart rate. If you consume tobacco you have a high risk of blindness. Males have a higher percentage than females on consuming tobacco. Tobacco makes your teeth yellow and consuming tobacco while pregnant you are putting the unborn child at risk. It is really easy to get addicted to tobacco and people have trouble to stop consuming tobacco. Many people have to see a therapist so they can get help and stop consuming tobacco. People who have friends that consume tobacco are most likely going to try tobacco and it will be hard for them to
quit.

Tobacco use is so deadly that it kills more people each year then all deaths from HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, suicides, and murders combined. Common reasons for death related to smoking include over eight forms of cancer, respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases. One third of all cancer deaths worldwide are by tobacco use . People who consume tobacco die ten years earlier than non-tobacco users. The symptoms of people that consume tobacco are a lot but the common ones are coughs and catching a cold. The most obvious symptom when using tobacco is tooth decaying . Tooth decaying leads to bad breath and gum disease.