Tobacco: Science -6 PDF

TOBACCO Science -6  TOBACCO Tobacco is a plant grown for its leaves, which are dried and fermented before being put in tobacco products Tobacco contains nicotine, the ingredient that can lead to addiction. People can smoke, chew, or sniff tobacco Oviedo was the f...

TOBACCO Science -6  TOBACCO Tobacco is a plant grown for its leaves, which are dried and fermented before being put in tobacco products Tobacco contains nicotine, the ingredient that can lead to addiction. People can smoke, chew, or sniff tobacco Oviedo was the first to use the word tobacco correctly in print. Tobacco was the word for the instrument with which the natives of Hispaniola inhaled the smoke or powder of the herb.  Nicotine- the primary addictive substance found in tobacco products Tar-component of tobacco smoke that is responsible for many of its harmful effects, such as lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases Passive Smoking- process called when secondhand smoke from tobacco products is inhaled by non-smokers.  Different types of tobacco A cigar is a Tobacco product. It is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to be smoked. a cigar is wrapped in a tobacco leaf or a material containing tobacco Cigars tend to be unfiltered  Different types of tobacco A hookah or waterpipe is a single- or multi-stemmed instrument for heating or vaporizing and then smoking either tobacco, flavored tobacco, or sometimes cannabis, hashish and opium. The smoke is passed through a water basin—often glass-based—before inhalation Different types of tobacco A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder; the resulting smoke is orally inhaled via the opposite end. Cigarette smoking is the most common method of tobacco consumption.  Different types of tobacco Smokeless tobacco is also called: Chewing tobacco, scrap, plug, spit tobacco, dipping tobacco, dip, snuff, snus  Different types of tobacco E-cigarettes are also called: Electronic cigarettes, e-cigs, vapes, vaporizers, vape pens, hookah pens, e-hookah, electronic pipes, e-pipes E-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) are tobacco products that allow a user to inhale an aerosol containing nicotine and other substances. They are not FDA-approved quit-smoking devices.  The Risk of Smoking Lung Smoking causes: cancer, 1 Cancer 1 heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic 2 obstructive pulmonary disease 2 Heart (COPD), which includes Attack emphysema and chronic bronchitis. 3 Ulcers 3 Smoking also increases risk for tuberculosis, Atherosclerosis 4 4 certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis