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By: Ryan Helms

Tobacco. By: Ryan Helms. What makes tobacco addictive?. Nicotine- is a nitrogen-containing chemical - an alkaloid. Nicotine is the addictive chemical in the cigarettes, nicotine is found in all tobacco. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240820.php. What does it do to your lungs?.

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By: Ryan Helms

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  1. Tobacco By: Ryan Helms

  2. What makes tobacco addictive? • Nicotine-is a nitrogen-containing chemical - an alkaloid. • Nicotine is the addictive chemical in the cigarettes, nicotine is found in all tobacco. • http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240820.php

  3. What does it do to your lungs? • Smokers have trouble breathing because smoking damages the lungs. • If you have asthma, you can have more frequent an more serious attacks. • Tobacco can cause emphysema (lung disease) and lung cancer. • http://www.girlshealth.gov/substance/smoking/tobaccotext.cfm

  4. What does tobacco do to your brain? • The nicotine goes quickly to the brain and makes you addicted to it. • It makes you feel good when you are smoking, but it can make you anxious, nervous, moody, and depressed after you smoke.

  5. What does it do to your mouth? • Nicotine ruins your teeth it stains them, and rots them away. • Nicotine also causes cancer of the mouth, it ruins your tonsils to.

  6. How does it effect your heart? • Nicotine effects the health of your heart. • The harder you work the higher your heart rate goes. • Much higher than before.

  7. What about your skin? • The nicotine stains your skin and turns it a yellow color. • The smell also sticks in your skin.

  8. Lastly your muscles. • Nicotine decreases the flow of oxygen through your muscles. • This will more than likely sub duct your muscle size.

  9. How it hurts you. • Nicotine not only hurts you physically. • It hurts your wallet cause over time it is expensive. • Nicotine decreases values of your houses and cars. • It also makes you loose your voice.

  10. Pictures of tobacco? • What tobacco looks like.

  11. Sources. • http://www.girlshealth.gov/substance/smoking/tobaccotext.cfm • http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240820.php

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