Tobacco originated in the North and South American continents and became known by Europeans in the 15th and 16th century. Before that however, Native Americans used tobacco in religious and medicinal practices. The native crop later became a fashionable drug for colonists in America. The severe consequences of tobacco were unfortunately not uncovered until much later. Today even, 34.2 million adults in the U.S. smoke cigarretes and more than 16 million Americans live with a smoking-related disease.
One way that tobacco is so dangerous is that it can cause lung cancer due to carcinogens in the smoke. When one inhales these dangerous substances the cells located in lung tissue will immediately be damaged. At first your body will repair itself but if you keep smoking the cells will begin to act abnormally and cannot be automtically repaired. Eventually the damage causes cancer develop. This will most definitely put you at risk and lower your lifespan. It is also very dangerous to people who have asthma. It can cuase an asthma attack or make an attack worse.
Beau Brebner, p2 Tobacco also includes nicotine. Nicotine is extremely addictive. So addictive as a matter of fact, that it is considered to be on par with heroin and cocaine. If that’s still not enough, nicotine can cause many cardiovascular problems such as an increase in blood pressure and a higher risk of heart attack. Nicotine also affects your hormones which are key to wellness and growth especially during the teenage years.
Tobacco is not the only thing that has nicotine however. It is found in vapes, juuls, or juul pods. These are commonly used by teenagers, which is inconvinent because a person’s body is most affected during their teenage years. In fact their was 16.2 million vapes sold in the year of 2017. That was over a 600% increase from 2016 when 2.2 million vapes where sold.
Overall, tobacco can cause lung cancer and other lung diseases, worsen and cause asthma attacks, and contains nicototine. This especially affects teenagers who have their whole life ahead of them. Smoking is very dangerous, serves no purpose, and only causes harm.
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