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• SMOKING STINKS

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Prehistory: In 2010, tobacco was found that dates to the Pleistocene Era 2.5 million years ago. Paleontologists from the Meyer-Honninger Paleontology Museum discovered the small block of fossilized tobacco in the Maranon river basin in northeastern Peru.

1493: Ramon Pane, a monk who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage, gave lengthy descriptions about the custom of taking snuff. He also described how the Indians inhaled smoke through a Y-shaped tube. Pane is usually credited with being the first man to introduce tobacco to Europe.

1620: ENGLAND: King James proclaims rules of tobacco growing and import. The rules: --ban tobacco growing in Britain; --limit tobacco sales to 100 weight of tobacco per man; --restrict imports to Virginia colony, and --establish stamps or seals.

1789-1799: FRENCH REVOLUTION French masses begin to take to the cigarito, as the form of tobacco use least like the aristocratic snuff.

1949: CONSUMPTION: 44-47% of all adult Americans smoke; over 50% of men, and about 33% of women.

•Tobacco is administered into the body through smoking through the mouth.•Smokeless tobacco is administered into the mouth where most people get cancer of the mouth.

STREET NAMES:

•Cigs•Butts•Chew•Dip•Snuff•Stan

Physical: A person will look older than they actually are with many health problems internally.

Mental/emotional: A person will be depressed and be constantly addicted to the need for their next smoke.

Social: A person will withdraw from many relationships.

Legal consequences: Anyone under the age of 18 is not allowed to smoke or else they get a citation.

Nervous System: Smoking has been observed to effect the

sensory functions to an extremely depleting degree. This makes the smoker appear nervous and irritable.

Cardiovascular System: Tobacco gives many people

heart problems like heart disease, stroke, and heart murmurs that can eventually lead to a person’s demise.

Digestive System: Due to the chemicals that are in tobacco

cigarettes, the lining of the stomach deteriorates which leads to chime climbing back up the esophagus causing heart burn, and

also in some cases, throat and stomach cancer.

Respiratory System: There is a chemical called tar in

cigarettes, and overtime the tar builds up in the lungs. This build up hardens the lungs and makes the surface area of the lungs decrease making breathing a hard process.

Even though tobacco has many toxic chemicals, some actually have some positive effects.

Nicotine is a very addictive chemical that makes smoking so hard to quit, but it actually has some positives as it helps with therapeutic treatments.

Nicotine also has been helping to normalize some of the psychophysiological deficiencies with some patients with schizophrenia.

People can smoke tobacco or use smokeless tobacco with also drinking alcohol without it doing any other harmful effects besides the ones they do individually.

Family can be effected by smokers with second and thirdhand smoke.

Society can also be effected by smokers with second and thirdhand smoke.

http://archive.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History20-1.html

http://www.capmgm.com/StreetNames.htmhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1524209/

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