2. WHAT IS TOBACOO?
A plant with leaves that have high levels of the
addictive chemical nicotine. After harvesting,
tobacco leaves are cured, aged, and processed in
various ways.
The resulting products may be smoked (in
cigarettes, cigars, and pipes), applied to the gums
(as dipping and chewing tobacco), or inhaled (as
snuff).
3. Different forms of tobacco
Cigarettes:
A cigarette is a narrow cylinder
containing a combustible material,
typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper
for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end,
causing it to smolder; the resulting smoke is
orally inhaled via the opposite end. Cigarette
smoking is the most common method of tobacco
consumption. The term cigarette, as commonly
used, refers to a tobacco cigarette
4.
5. Chewing tobacco:
Chewing tobacco is a type of smokeless tobacco product that is placed between the
cheek and lower gum to draw out its flavor. Some users chew it, others do not.
Smokeless tobacco is made from different dried parts of the tobacco plant.
The different types of smokeless tobacco include:
• Chewing tobacco
• Snuff or snus.
• Dissolvable tobacco
To use chewing tobacco, you typically place it between your cheek and
gums or teeth. You can spit or swallow the juices. Some forms of dip tobacco
are spitless.
When you put chewing tobacco in your mouth, the tissues in your oral cavity
absorb the nicotine. Your blood’s nicotine concentration slowly increases.
Nicotine tends to make its way to and concentrate in certain organs like the
liver, spleen, and kidneys. It also makes its way to the brain.
6. 31 May is World No Tobacco Day
This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using
tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what WHO
is doing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the
world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to
protect future generations.
The Member States of the World Health Organization created World
No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco
epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. In 1987,
the World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40.38, calling
for 7 April 1988 to be a "a world no-smoking day." In 1988,
Resolution WHA42.19 was passed, calling for the celebration of
World No Tobacco Day, every year on 31 May.