Commercial Tobacco

Commercial Tobacco

• Very high risk of cancer if you use chew, snuff, or smoke cigarettes.
• Gives you an unpleasant odor and bad breath.
• Chewing leads to gum disease, tooth decay and cancer of the mouth and throat.
• Commercial tobacco contains harmful chemicals such as arsenic (poison), acetone (nail polish remover), methanol (anti-freeze), nicotine (insecticide), ammonia (window cleaner), carbon monoxide (car exhaust), cyanide (rat poison), dimethyl benzyl (toilet bowl cleaner), formaldehyde (preserves dead tissue).
• When used daily it is easy to forget its harmful effects.
• It is highly addictive.
• Cigarettes discolor your teeth, cause lung cancer and heart disease.
• Smoking can permanently damage your eyes, throat, bones, joints and skin-even if you later quit.
• Source: http://www.keepitsacred.org