Tobacco
There are many myths about tobacco. There are also many facts about tobacco. One myth about smoking is that smoking is not a drug problem. When it is proven true that smoking is addicting just like drugs. There are differences between the two. When quitting drugs you get a lot of withdrawal symptoms. Not small ones either. They are big and very noticeable. While quitting smoking does not give you as great of withdrawal symptoms as you would have if quitting drugs. All tobacco products contain nicotine, a very addicting substance. A few drinks will increase a craving for tobacco. Also, tobacco users can suffer from nicotine poisoning. The three signs of having nicotine poisoning are dizziness, nausea, and diarrhea. Another myth about tobacco is that only adults smoke cigarettes. Most of us know that this is not true. We have all seen someone, a teenager, smoking. A teenager is not an adult. It is proven to be true that most smokers start when they are around the age of thirteen. Before adulthood. There happens to be more smokers that start when they are kids rather than adults. Another myth is that once you addicted to tobacco you should not even try to quit. There is no point. The damage is done. None of that is true. With a little hard work and dedication it should not be that difficult to quit. Blood pressure and pulse rates go right back to normal after 20 minutes with no smoking. Your lung function will start to improve after one week with no smoking. Risks of all tobacco related diseases are reduced by a lot after ten to fifteen years with no smoking. Most people try about 5 times to stop smoking before they are successful with quitting. Smoking helping your body relax is another myth. The nicotine in tobacco is a stimulate. Stimulates speed your body up not slow it down. There are many other ways to relax your body rather than smoking. Another thing to remember is that smoking may or may not help you lose weight. Smoking works differently on everybody’s body. There are a lot of other safer ways to lose weight rather than smoking.
Carcinogens
A carcinogen is any substance that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer. Carcinogens are not toxic right away. Their effect can be insidious. There are many natural carcinogens. Several radioactive substances are considered to be carcinogenics. Carcinogenics can arise in both natural and synthetic substances. As dangerous as carcinogens are, most of them are common in our everyday life. Most carcinogens require long term use to cause cancer to show up in the body. Some examples of carcinogens are alcohol, tobacco and cigarette smoke. Tobacco smoke, in 1992, was classified as a Group A carcinogen. Group A being the most dangerous class. Smokeless tobacco contains nicotine along with 28 other carcinogens. All of them are absorbed into the blood throughout the mucous membranes and the digestive tract. Most carcinogens are very addictive, and once you start you can not stop. Carcinogens cause cancer by producing changes in the genetic materials, or DNA, of a cell. Once the cells are filled with this, they result in uncontrolled cell decision. The DNA can be changed directly or it can react with other chemicals throughout the body to make substances that cause gene mutation. It is pretty common for cancer to appear 20 to 25 years after you start using a carcinogen.