TOBACCO ADDICTION

& ITS EFFECTSBY,SANJAY KUMAR NAIK

Tobacco is an agricultural product & ‘Nicotine’ is a drug found in tobacco

which is highly addictive.

Tobacco can be consumed in the forms of smoking, chewing, dipping or sniffing.

Many people use smokeless tobacco products, such as snuff and chewing

tobacco in the form of Gutkha, Khaini, Mawa, Pan masala etc.

Cigarette smoking is the most popular method of using tobacco which contains

more than 4000 toxic chemicals & 60 carcinogens.

Smoking decreases the blood supply to your brain, constricts the blood vessels

and causes ‘atherosclerosis’.

Smoking & chewing tobacco are the main cause of cancers of the tongue, salivary gland, mouth, pharynx and for brown

teeth.

Smokers are ten times as likely to get lung cancer and emphysema as non-

smokers.

Nicotine causes the blood clots & development of plaque which leads to

Risk of heart attack.

Esophageal cancer in esophagus happens due to

smoking.

Tobacco smoking or chewing accelerate the process of Stomach cancer.

Kidney cancer is more common and aggressive among tobacco users.

Poor blood circulation damages the blood vessel lead to death of body tissue

which increases risk of ‘Gangrene’.

Tobacco smokers suffer more fractures due to higher rate ofOsteoporosis (Decreased bone

density).

Tobacco in some cases used as a pesticide and in the form of nicotine tart rate used in some medicine. But

directly tobacco consumption is dangerous. It kills.

So Quit Tobacco smoking as soon as possible