Research Paper On Tobacco
Tobacco Use A global health risk of epidemic proportion is tobacco use. Tobacco is most commonly used to make cigarettes and is an agricultural crop that is grown all over the world. It is a nervous system stimulant that triggers complex biochemical and neurotransmitter disruptions. Tobacco use can diminish your ability to taste and smell, elevate heart rate and blood vessels, irritates lung tissue, and constricts blood vessels. Nicotine is the primary component that acts on the brain and is only one of more than 4,000 chemicals found in the smoke from tobacco products. Nicotine is both a sedative and a stimulant. Repeated exposure of nicotine can result in the development of tolerance. Since it is highly addictive, the ingestion of it can
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Cigars have a tobacco wrapper and contain primarily a single type of tobacco. In the United States, there are three types of cigar sizes sold. They are large cigars, cigarillos, and little cigars. Large cigars usually contain anywhere between five and twenty grams of tobacco and can measure more than seven inches in length. Cigarillos contain about three grams of tobacco and are a little bigger than a cigarette. The last type is little cigars. Little cigars usually contain about one gram of tobacco and are the same size as cigarettes. Some of them even have filters and are designed to be smoked as if they were cigarettes. The last major type of tobacco is chewing tobacco also known as snuff or loose leaf tobacco. Unlike cigars and cigarettes chewing tobacco is smokeless. Chewing tobacco can have negative effects after so long because it injects nicotine directly into the bloodstream through the mouth. Chewing tobacco contains much more nicotine than tobacco cigarettes. While it may seem cool to use tobacco there are many effects of it. Some of them could even cause …show more content…
When you quit then your blood pressure, pulse rate, and blood carbon monoxide levels drop, and your blood oxygen levels begin to increase to a normal level. When quitting tobacco then you will have more energy and certain things will begin to improve such as your nasal congestion, coughing, fatigue, and shortness of breath. You will finally be able to do everyday activities without having shortness of breath. Quitting can also help with having fewer asthma attacks, colds, and illnesses since your immune system is able to rebuild itself without having something affect it. Some other benefits of quitting the use of tobacco are lower chance of blood clots that may travel to the lungs and fewer problems during pregnancy. Even those around you can benefit from you when you choose to put tobacco down especially infants and children. It can be easier to control their asthma if they have it, you will have fewer visits to the hospital, reduced risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and fewer colds, ear infections, and
Cigars have a tobacco wrapper and contain primarily a single type of tobacco. In the United States, there are three types of cigar sizes sold. They are large cigars, cigarillos, and little cigars. Large cigars usually contain anywhere between five and twenty grams of tobacco and can measure more than seven inches in length. Cigarillos contain about three grams of tobacco and are a little bigger than a cigarette. The last type is little cigars. Little cigars usually contain about one gram of tobacco and are the same size as cigarettes. Some of them even have filters and are designed to be smoked as if they were cigarettes. The last major type of tobacco is chewing tobacco also known as snuff or loose leaf tobacco. Unlike cigars and cigarettes chewing tobacco is smokeless. Chewing tobacco can have negative effects after so long because it injects nicotine directly into the bloodstream through the mouth. Chewing tobacco contains much more nicotine than tobacco cigarettes. While it may seem cool to use tobacco there are many effects of it. Some of them could even cause …show more content…
When you quit then your blood pressure, pulse rate, and blood carbon monoxide levels drop, and your blood oxygen levels begin to increase to a normal level. When quitting tobacco then you will have more energy and certain things will begin to improve such as your nasal congestion, coughing, fatigue, and shortness of breath. You will finally be able to do everyday activities without having shortness of breath. Quitting can also help with having fewer asthma attacks, colds, and illnesses since your immune system is able to rebuild itself without having something affect it. Some other benefits of quitting the use of tobacco are lower chance of blood clots that may travel to the lungs and fewer problems during pregnancy. Even those around you can benefit from you when you choose to put tobacco down especially infants and children. It can be easier to control their asthma if they have it, you will have fewer visits to the hospital, reduced risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and fewer colds, ear infections, and