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What Tobacco Does to Your Body The Facts about tobacco – 4,000 Chemicals in one Puff Almost all of them make the body unable to work the way it should.

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1 What Tobacco Does to Your Body The Facts about tobacco – 4,000 Chemicals in one Puff Almost all of them make the body unable to work the way it should 43 Chemicals in tobacco that are known to cause cancer Smoke harms health of non smoker

2 Yummy!!

3 What is in Tobacco Nicotine – An Addictive drug found in tobacco Makes the user crave more nicotine Tar – Thick dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns Covers the lining of the lungs, causing disease

4 What is in Tobacco Carbon Monoxide – colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced when tobacco burns

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6 Tobacco in many forms Cigarettes – Made from shredded tobacco leaves Some cigarettes contain spices to make them smell and taste sweet

7 Tobacco Plant

8 Smokeless Tobacco Two forms are placed in mouth instead of smoked: Ground Leaves- placed between the cheek and gum Snuff – finely ground placed between the lip and the gum

9 Leaf - Snuff -

10 Smokeless Tobacco This is not a safe alternative, it is just as harmful as smoking and increases the chance of mouth, esophagus, larynx, pancreas and lip cancer

11 Lip Cancer

12 Harmful Substances in Tobacco Formaldehyde – Used to disinfect and preserve bodies Nicotine – Speeds up heartbeat, raises blood pressure, increases craving for tobacco, causes dizziness and upset stomach Cyanide – deadly poison

13 Harmful Substances in Tobacco Carbon Monoxide – Prevents body from getting all the oxygen it needs Methanol – poisonous liquid alcohol, is known to cause blindness Tar – forms sticky coating on bronchial tubes and in the lungs

14 Pipes and Cigars Also use shredded tobacco leaves, some may be flavored. More likely to develop lip, mouth, tongue and throat cancer

15 Tobacco and Your Body Nervous system Respiratory system Circulatory system Digestive system Excretory system All On Page 274

16 Cost to Society High price for addiction to tobacco because of the high price Increased risk of lung cancer and other related illnesses Effects of smoking to babies of pregnant mothers


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