Tobacco and Your Health

The straight facts about tobacco and your health. Tobacco use continues to be popular even though its effects on peoples health are well known facts. This powerfully addictive substance has a grip on many people who...

Nicotine Facts

One of the most popularly known of nicotine facts is that it is addictive. The second most popularly known of nicotine facts is that is can be hazardous to your health, which can lead to death....

Tobacco Ads Effect on Smoking

At one point in our history with tobacco ads for cigarettes were everywhere that you turned. Commercials billboards, magazine ads and sponsorship for cigarettes was abundant in society.  For may of us it was a prevalent...

Uses of the Tobacco Plant

The tobacco plant has been grown and cultivated for use since the beginning of civilization. Early indians that inhabited the Americas used tobacco for both medicinal and ceremonial purposes. Eventually, the use of tobacco...

The Make Up of a Cigarette

The list of ingredients in cigarettes is astronomically long. Scientists have identified over 4,000 chemicals in the modern cigarette, many of which are toxic to the human body. Around 43 different carcinogens have been identified in...

A History of Tobacco

When European settlers arrived and introduced the practice tobacco to Europe, the Native Americans had already used it for a long time. The history of tobacco extends almost as far back as agriculture, because at extremely...

The History of Tobacco Use

Tobacco use is very prevalent in the United States. People smoke in cigarettes, pipes, cigars and hookahs. Some people also chew tobacco. Tobacco companies make millions on the sale of their products each year even...

What Is Nicotine?

Nicotine is a powerful alkaloid found in the nightshade (the same family as *deadly* nightshade) family of plants. A powerful neurotoxin, nicotine is used in many commercial pesticides because of the devastating effect it...