The Effects of Using Tobacco
In America alone, 16 million people have some type of disease from smoking or other tobacco related uses (CDC). Tobacco has been around for hundreds of years has been and is used in many different ways like smokeless tobacco, smoking cigarettes, hookah, and cigars. Tobacco dates back to 1000 BC used by mexicans and native americans. All of these contain nicotine and affect the body in the same way. They have also been linked to a variety of cancers especially in America. Since tobacco is still produced and sold to consumers today, future americans still need to be aware and informed of the detrimental effects that can occur from the use of tobacco, like tooth decay or tooth loss.
Effects of Smokeless Tobacco Use …show more content…
Smokeless tobacco is used in daily lives all over the world, but no one takes notice to what can happen because of the use of smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco contains nicotine that has harmful effects on the body. In the book Smokeless Tobacco or Health: An International Perspective the authors write that nicotine increases the levels of catecholamines and free fatty acids, which increase cholesterol and decrease lipoprotein. Lipoprotein is a type of cholesterol that is found in people who smoke cigarettes (Benowitz, Clarke, and Jarvis). This is one of the effects that smokeless tobacco or chewing tobacco has on people who use
In America alone, 16 million people have some type of disease from smoking or other tobacco related uses (CDC). Tobacco has been around for hundreds of years has been and is used in many different ways like smokeless tobacco, smoking cigarettes, hookah, and cigars. Tobacco dates back to 1000 BC used by mexicans and native americans. All of these contain nicotine and affect the body in the same way. They have also been linked to a variety of cancers especially in America. Since tobacco is still produced and sold to consumers today, future americans still need to be aware and informed of the detrimental effects that can occur from the use of tobacco, like tooth decay or tooth loss.
Effects of Smokeless Tobacco Use …show more content…
Smokeless tobacco is used in daily lives all over the world, but no one takes notice to what can happen because of the use of smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco contains nicotine that has harmful effects on the body. In the book Smokeless Tobacco or Health: An International Perspective the authors write that nicotine increases the levels of catecholamines and free fatty acids, which increase cholesterol and decrease lipoprotein. Lipoprotein is a type of cholesterol that is found in people who smoke cigarettes (Benowitz, Clarke, and Jarvis). This is one of the effects that smokeless tobacco or chewing tobacco has on people who use