tobacco

Tobacco addiction
By: Matt Turner

How do Cigarrettes affect health?
Cigarettes contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances
When you inhale, a cigarette burns at 700°C at the tip and around 60°C in the core. This heat breaks down the tobacco to produce various toxins

Most damaging products…
tar, a carcinogen (substance that causes cancer)
nicotineis addictive and increases cholesterol levels in your body
carbon monoxide reduces oxygen in the body

Diseases caused by smoking
Cancer
(COPD) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ; is a collective term for a group of conditions that block airflow and make breathing more difficult.
Cardiovascular Disease- main cause of death due to smoking.

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by mwturner on Jan 24, 2010

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