A carcinogen is any substance, Radionuclide, or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer. This may be due to the ability to damage the genome or the disruption of cellular metabolic processes. The cigarette contains 43 known carcinogenic compounds.

Hundreds of chemicals are capable of inducing cancer in humans or animals after prolonged or excessive exposure. There are many well-known examples of chemicals that can cause cancer in humans. The fumes of the metals cadmium, nickel, and chromium are known to cause lung cancer. Vinyl chloride causes liver sarcomas. Exposure to arsenic increases the risk of skin and lung cancer. Leukemia can result from chemically induced changes in bone marrow from exposure to benzene and cyclophosphamide, among other toxicants. Other chemicals, including benzo[a]pyrene and ethylene dibromide, are considered by authoritative scientific organizations to be probably carcinogenic in humans because they are potent carcinogens in animals. Chemically-induced cancer generally develops many years after exposure to a toxic agent. A latency period of as much as thirty years has been observed between exposure to asbestos, for example, and incidence of lung cancer.

MYTH AND FACTS ABOUT TOBACCO

 

A myth is that smoking is not a drug problem, but we know that’s not true. In tobacco you can find nicotine that is very addictive. Nicotine addiction has been compared To cocaine and heroin addiction. Also it may cause withdrawal symptoms such as irritability, insomnia, and nervousness.

 

Another myth is that only adults smoke cigarettes, but that is definitely not true. 13 is the average age a person may begin smoking. Smokeless/ spit tobacco users usually begin around 12-25. most new tobacco users are not adults, but they are adolescents.

 

one myth states that once you get addicted to tobacco, there is no use in trying to quit using, the damage is done. but, the body starts repairing itself immediately after the user quits.

 

this myth says “smoking helps my body to relax.” Which, is also not true at all. there is a stimulant  called nicotine. No other drug keeps a user as busy as smoking does.

“smoking will help me lose weight, or I will gain weight if i quit smoking.” but, about 1/3 gain weight, about 1/3 lose weight, but it also is much healthier to properly lose/gain weight.

 

Tobacco is 90% started at age 12, and that is a fact.

 

There are more than 4,000 chemicals found in the smoke of tobacco products. Of these, tobacco facts show nicotine, first identified in the early 1800s, is the primary reinforcing component of tobacco that acts on the brain. This is the key to becoming addicted to cigarettes.

Cigarette smoking is the most popular method of using tobacco; however, there has also been a recent increase in the sale and consumption of smokeless tobacco products, such as snuff and chewing tobacco. These smokeless products also contain nicotine, as well as many toxic chemicals.

One of the well-known tobacco facts is that immediately after exposure to nicotine, there is a “kick” caused in part by the drug’s stimulation of the adrenal glands and resulting discharge of epinephrine (adrenaline). The rush of adrenaline stimulates the body and causes a sudden release of glucose, as well as an increase in blood pressure, respiration, and heart rate.