2. Tobacco Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States! Between 1964 and 2004, cigarette smoking caused an estimated 12 million deaths, including 4.1 million deaths from cancer, and 5.5 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases. Street Terms Butts, chew, dip, coffin nails, cancer sticks
3. Smokeless Tobacco Smokeless tobacco has been directly linked to oral, pharyngeal and laryngeal cancer as well as cancer of the esophagus, gum disease and tooth loss. Smokeless Tobacco use has increased in America’s youth today very significantly. Current law requires smokeless tobacco to carry warning labels and bans all smokeless tobacco advertising on radio and television. The new warning labels, to be rotated quarterly, are required for packages and advertisements.
4. Alcohol Alcohol addiction is simply defined as a compulsive need for an intoxicating liquid that is obtained from fermented grain or fruit. These liquids include beer, wine, and other hard liquors. Too much alcohol can destroy brain cells, possibly leading to brain damage. Alcohol also can harm vision, damage sexual function, slow circulation, be the grounds for malnutrition, and water retention.
