Nicotine Addiction
Tobacco
Smokeless Tobacco
Chewed Tobacco
3-40 mg of nicotine
Dry Snuff
11-25 mg of nicotine
Moist snuff
4-25 mg of nicotine
Cigars
Have 100-200 mg of nicotine
Cigarettes
Have 8-10 mg of nicotine and delivers about 2-4 mg
Ethical
Native Americans used pipes for various religious ceremonies
Hookah was invented in India and was majorly abused in Near East and India
Religious
Christianity equals it with the drunkness and sloppiness.
Islam does not specify, bur Quran says "Don't throw yourself into danger by your owm hands"
Global scale
1.3 billion users worldwide
Causes
Easily accessible
Peer Pressure
Parents's and/or friends influence
Stress and reliev
Misinformation about the addiction
Prevention
Education
Higher taxes
Higher insurance rates
Anti smoking mass media campaigns
Tobacco use prevention pregrams
Vaping
also, the power of the device used to
vape also depends, f.e.: device set on 50 W of
current delivers 10 mg in one inhale
nicotine juices have from 40-100 mg
or even more varying on the juice
Effect(Consequences)
Cancer(lung cancer)
Lung Disease(COPD)
Coronary Heart Disease
Stroke
Why it is hard to quit?
Withdrawal symptoms
Dizziness
Depression
Feeling of impatience, frustration and anger
Anxiety
Irritability
Insomnia
Trouble concentrating
Headaches and Tiredness
Increased appetite and weight gain
Slower heart rate
Chest tightness