What is Nicotine?
It is a poison
produced by tobacco plants for self defense, it helps keep insects from
eating away at it. Nicotine is toxic enough to be sold as a pesticide.
Do you really want to inhale
cyanide, formaldehyde, methanol, and ammonia?
Cigarette
smoking is made attractive even though every cigarette contains literally,
thousands of chemicals, most of them being very harmful. See this list of
599 chemicals added:
www.quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotineinhaler/a/cigingredients.htm
How can I tell if I should
see my dentist or doctor?
If you see one
or more of these signs, go right away:
-
A sore in the mouth that
does not heal
- A white or red patch
on the gums, tongue, tonsil, or lining of the mouth that will not go away
- A lump or thickening
anywhere in your mouth or neck
- A sore throat or a
feeling that something is caught in the throat
- Difficulty chewing,
swallowing, moving the tongue or jaw
- Numbness of the
tongue or other area of the mouth
- Swelling of the jaw
that causes teeth to feel uncomfortable or dentures to fit poorly
- Loosing of the teeth
or pain around the teeth or jaw
- Voice changes
2nd Hand Smoke
What if I do not smoke myself, but I
am surrounded by people who do smoke?
That is called
“second-hand smoke” and it is loaded with over 4,000 other chemicals,
including some which are deadly poisons, including
- There is no safe
amount of secondhand smoke. Breathing even a little secondhand smoke can
be dangerous.
- Breathing secondhand
smoke is a known cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Children
are also more likely to have lung problems, ear infections, and severe
asthma from being around smoke.
- Secondhand smoke
causes heart disease and lung cancer.
- Separate “no
smoking” sections DO NOT protect you from secondhand smoke. Neither does
filtering the air or opening windows.
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