Tobacco In Sports

Have you ever wondered what kind of effects tobacco has on the average high school student athlete? Tobacco can not only affect the player's athletic performance but can also lead to many harmful side-effects later on in their life. A recent study shows that in over a decade numbers of high school athletes that use smokeless tobacco has grown from 5-6% to 10-11% ( CDC, 2015). When used so early in a person's life, tobacco can cause smaller lungs, DNA damage that can later lead to cancer, and cardiovascular disease (Health). The majority of high school athletes that think that they are going to stop by the time they get out of high school, keep smoking well beyond their years of education. You can avoid most of these deadly diseases if the person