Tobacco
Definition
Tobacco comes from the leaves of the Tobacco plant. The leaves are dried and processed. Tobacco is the main ingredient in cigarettes.
What makes it addictive Nicotine is a drug that is naturally found in Tobacco. Nicotine causes chemical or biological changes in the brain. Nicotine creates a feeling that makes a tobacco user to want more. When a tobacco user smokes, the effect wears of within minutes which makes them want to smoke again.
History of the drug Tobacco was discovered by the North and South Americans. Tobacco is believed to start growing in the Americas since 6000 BC. The American Indians used tobacco for religious and medicinal purposes and not recreational purposes as it is being used today. The Europeans
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• Each day, more than 3,200 people younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette.
• Worldwide, tobacco use causes nearly 6 million deaths per year, and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030.
• Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including nearly 42,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. This is about one in five deaths annually, or 1,300 deaths every day.
Side effects
Smoking can cause cancer and then block your body from fighting it.
Smoking is a leading cause of heart disease.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is mostly caused by smoking.
Laws in NJ
The New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act, requires smoke free environments in almost all indoor workplaces and places open to the public, with the exception of gaming floors in casinos.
NJ state laws bans the sales of tobacco (and some include electronic smoking devices) to persons under age 19.
Smoking is prohibited in any area of any building of, or on the grounds of, any public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, regardless of whether the area is an indoor public place or is