Tobacco kills around 20,000 Australian’s a year. That’s more than drugs, alcohol, car accidents, suicides, homicides, and AIDS deaths combined. Tobacco smoke contains over 4000 chemicals, 43 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer all over various parts of the human body, the main target being the lungs.
Within tobacco there is an addictive drug called nicotine. Within each cigarette a person may smoke the mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide temporarily increases the heart rate and blood pressure which then causes strain on the heart and blood vessels. This can cause heart attacks and stroke. The drug also slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to the feet and hands. In severe cas