tobacco

Examples of tobacco in the following topics:

• Effects of Smoking

  • 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.
  • Tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally.
  • Also, environmental tobacco smoke, or second hand smoke, has been shown to cause adverse health effects in people of all ages.
  • Recent studies have established a stronger relationship between tobacco smoke, including secondhand smoke, and cervical cancer in women.

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

  • Infants sleeping prone or exposed to tobacco smoke are at greater risk than infants sleeping supine or unexposed to tobacco smoke, respectively.

• Aging and the Digestive System

  • loss of taste, which can be caused by local damage and inflammation that interferes with the taste buds stemming from radiation therapy, tobacco use, and denture use.

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

  • COPD is caused by noxious particles or gas, most commonly from tobacco smoking, which triggers an abnormal inflammatory response in the lung.
  • The diagnosis of COPD should be considered in anyone who has dyspnea, chronic cough or sputum production, and/or a history of exposure to risk factors for the disease, such as regular tobacco smoking.

• Transdermal Drug Administration

  • The highest-selling transdermal patch in the United States is the nicotine patch, which releases nicotine in controlled doses to help with cessation of tobacco smoking.

• Trachea

  • The epithelium and the mucociliary ladder can be damaged by smoking tobacco and alcohol consumption, which can make pneumonia (an infection of the alveoli of the lungs) from bacteria in the upper respiratory tract more likely to occur due to the loss of barrier function.

• Taste and Smell at Birth and in Old Age

  • Local damage and inflammation that interferes with the taste buds or local nervous system such as that stemming from radiation therapy, glossitis, tobacco use, and denture use (which is associated with old age) also cause ageusia.

• Lung Cancer

  • The most common cause of lung cancer is long-term exposure to tobacco smoke.

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  • Environmental factors implicated include alcohol and tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy and environmental exposure to lead in very early life.

• Asthma

  • The most common triggers include allergens, smoke (tobacco and other), air pollution, non selective beta-blockers, and sulfite-containing foods.