1. Say NO to tobacco!
Group members: Max M
Ashley
Billy
Devon
3/7/13
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2.  The health effects of tobacco are the
circumstances, mechanisms, and factors
of tobacco consumption on human health.
Epidemiological research has been
focused primarily on cigarette tobacco
smoking, which has been studied more
extensively than any other form of
consumption.
Health effects of tobacco

3.  Tobacco is the single greatest cause of
preventable death globally. Tobacco use leads
most commonly to diseases affecting the
heart, liver and lungs, with smoking being a
major risk factor for heart
attacks, strokes, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) (including
emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and
cancer (particularly lung cancer, cancers of
the larynx and mouth, and pancreatic
cancer). It also causes peripheral vascular
disease and hypertension.
Health effects of tobacco cont

4.  Tobacco has a long history from its usages
in the early Americas. It became
increasingly popular with the arrival of the
Europeans by whom it was heavily traded.
Following the industrial revolution,
cigarettes became popularized, which
fostered yet another unparalleled increase
in growth. This remained so until the
scientific revelations in the mid-1900s.
History of tobacco