What is side effect of tobacco?

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What is side effect of tobacco?

Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking also increases risk for tuberculosis, certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.

What are 10 health effects of smoking tobacco?

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  • Lung damage.
  • Heart disease.
  • Fertility problems.
  • Risk of pregnancy complications.
  • Risk of type 2 diabetes.
  • Weakened immune system.
  • Vision problems.
  • Poor oral hygiene.

What are 10 short term effects of tobacco?

The short-term effects of smoking include:

  • Bad breath.
  • Fatigue and a decrease in energy.
  • Reduction in the senses of taste and smell.
  • Coughing.
  • Shortness of breath.

What are 5 long-term effects of tobacco?

Long-term effects of smoking

  • increased risk of stroke and brain damage.
  • eye cataracts, macular degeneration, yellowing of whites of eyes.
  • loss of sense of smell and taste.
  • yellow teeth, tooth decay and bad breath.
  • cancer of the nose, lip, tongue and mouth.
  • possible hearing loss.
  • laryngeal and pharyngeal cancers.

What is tobacco used for?

Dried tobacco leaves are mainly used for smoking in cigarettes and cigars, as well as pipes and shishas. They can also be consumed as snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco and snus. Tobacco contains the highly addictive stimulant alkaloid nicotine as well as harmala alkaloids.

How much smoking is safe?

Those who consistently averaged less than one cigarette per day over their lifetime had nine times the risk of dying from lung cancer than never smokers. Among people who smoked between one and 10 cigarettes per day, the risk of dying from lung cancer was nearly 12 times higher than that of never smokers.

How can I stop smoking tobacco?

Here are 10 ways to help you resist the urge to smoke or use tobacco when a tobacco craving strikes.

  1. Try nicotine replacement therapy. Ask your doctor about nicotine replacement therapy.
  2. Avoid triggers.
  3. Delay.
  4. Chew on it.
  5. Don’t have ‘just one’
  6. Get physical.
  7. Practice relaxation techniques.
  8. Call for reinforcements.

What is another name for tobacco?

synonyms for tobacco

  • cigarette.
  • crop.
  • smoking.
  • cigar.
  • leaf.
  • plant.
  • shag.
  • snuff.