Harmful effects of chewing tobacco

Answer 1

The physical compents are what cause emotional components to your question. While the answer below is true, I would like to add that tobacco contains nicotine, which acts as both a stimulant and a depressant in the Central Nervous System. As a stimulant (which means it "stimulates" certain nervous functions), it can increase salivary secretions (mouth watering etc), enhanced memory function and alertness, can cause sweating, excitability, increases in blood pressure and heart rate, it elevates blood glucose levels and increases insulin production, and can cause nausea/vomiting. In high doses it can also cause tremors (shaking) and even convulsions.

So with the stimulatory responses, how would the body react emotionally? First off, any effect on the CNS will result in some sort of emotional response. I am not a tobacco user, but I would say it would result in a 'need' for the substance, or reliance upon it. If a stimulant has an excitatory action, my thought is that the emotional response would be euphoric or happiness...maybe laughter. But again, that would depend on the individual. Same thing with the other items, if my blood pressure went up, I might sit down and try to calm down, I might get crabby. I think the focus of an emotional response would be more at the addictive properties and maybe the depressant side of it.

Once your body experiences stimulation, such as when you get scared or excited, the parasympathetic nervous system kicks in to calm you down (which is what also causes you to feel exhausted after a good scare). It works the same way with nicotine -- once that stimulation passes, your body will go through a period of depression. It can result in relaxation due to depression of the muscles, and appetite supression. Emotional response to that -- being relaxed and calm.

Any time you mess with the nervous system, you risk behavioral changes, but I think that all the things listed above would definitely contribute to an emotional effect although they, themselves, are physical effects. Just like when a woman has PMS, her hormones are causing physical effects that contribute to her emotional status.

Finally, addictive aspects of nicotine definitely elicit an emotional effect on the body because it is both a mood and behavior altering substance.

As far as listing emotional responses to chewing tobacco, I would say the best answer would be found if you asked yourself (or the user) this: If you don't have tobacco, what behavior would you display? Would you seek it? Would you crave it? when you see tobacco, how do you feel? Do you work hard to obtain it? Those types of answers are emotional, but will result in a physical action.

More Information:

The main physical effects are the smell of your breath.

Emotional effects are mood swings, and addiction. Therefore, if your supply ends [for whatever reason] you may have a terrible mood swing.

Answer 2

What are its short-term effects?

When a person smokes a cigarette, the body responds immediately to the chemical nicotine in the smoke. Nicotine causes a short-term increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and the flow of blood from the heart. It also causes the arteries to narrow. Carbon monoxide reduces the amount of oxygen the blood can carry. This, combined with the effects produced by nicotine, creates an imbalance in the demand for oxygen by the cells and the amount of oxygen the blood is able to supply.

What are its long-term effects?

It is now well documented that smoking can cause chronic lung disease, coronary Heart disease, and stroke, as well as cancer of the lungs, larynx, esophagus, mouth, and bladder. In addition, smoking is known to contribute to cancer of the cervix, pancreas, and kidneys. Researchers have identified more than 40 chemicals in tobacco smoke that cause cancer in humans and animals. Smokeless tobacco and cigars also have deadly consequences, including lung, larynx, esophageal, and oral cancer. The harmful effects of smoking do not end with the smoker. Women who use tobacco during pregnancy are more likely to have adverse birth outcomes, including babies with low birth weight, which is linked with an increased risk of infant death and with a variety of infant health disorders. The health of nonsmokers is adversely affected by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Each year, exposure to ETS causes an estimated 3,000 non-smoking Americans to die of lung cancer and causes up to 300,000 children to suffer from lower respiratory-tract infections. Evidence also indicates that exposure to ETS increases the risk of coronary heart disease.

Answer 3

Chewing tobacco can cause all sorts of cancers, it turns your teeth yellow, and makes your breath smell bad. You get wrinkles earlier than normal. It can also cause breathing and upper respitory problems. There are over 200 known poisons in tobacco, thousands of people in the USA alone die of lung cancer each year.

Answer 4

Side effects of chewing tobacco are stained teeth, bad breath, sores on the gums and in the mouth that are stubborn to heal and other dental problems. Some of the effects on dental health are escalated by the sugar that is added to the tobacco during processing to improve the taste. The habit can also affect a person's ability to taste and smell. After prolonged use there is a risk of developing oral cancer which may become apparent through a sore that does not heal, a white patch, prolonged sore throat, difficulty chewing, or a feeling there is a lump in the throat. A person should stop chewing tobacco to reduce the side effects and health risks associated with it. Chewing or smokeless tobacco contains nicotine a very addictive substance. The nicotine gets into the bloodstream through absorption in the mouth and is slower acting than getting nicotine from smoking a cigarette. The most serious health risk associated with the smokeless habit is cancer.

Answer 5

Chewing tobacco contains the drug nicotine, which is proven to be very addicting. Other side effects include minor nuisances like bad breath, yellow teeth, frequent salivation, but can also lead to more serious conditions like gum disease and mouth/throat cancer.

Answer 6

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