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Tobacco
* 'dirtier' drug in many ways than narcotics or cannabis.
* All tobacco can cause cancer
  - contains nicotine-which is very addictive
* Most tobacco causes cancer
  - lung cancer
* Most tobacco consumed in Indonesia is in the form of cigarettes
  - is in the form of manufactured cigarettes
  - grown in NC is used to make domestic cigarettes
  - produces smoke
* Much tobacco is consumed in the country of production.
* Some tobacco comes across state lines in cars or trucks.
* Use in the United States.
* accounts for nearly one third of the country's total foreign currency income.
* acts both as a stimulant and a depressant.
* addicts millions and causes hundred of thousands of premature deaths each year.
* affects all members' retirement benefits.
* already has a small amount of naturally occurring lysozymes.
* also affects nonsmokers adversely
  - burdens our health systems
* also causes excess morbidity
  - oral cancer
  - premature aging, especially in women
* also contains nicotine - the drug that makes smoking addictive
  - poisonous substances, including arsenic
* also contributes to higher rates of low birthweight and infant deaths
  - the development of bladder cancer
  - damages blood vessels, promoting strokes, blindness and gangrene of the legs
  - has an economic significance to many tribal communities because of smoke shops
  - increases the risk to young people
* also is linked to heart problems, respiratory disease and urinary problems
  - overwintered occasionally in greenhouses further north
  - kills four million people a year in the world
  - presents the same underage-sales problem as alcohol
  - stimulates acid production and weakens the stomach lining
* assaults the body with literally hundreds of toxic substances.
* begins being commercially grown.
* burns upward naturally.
* can act as both a stimulant and a depressant
  - actually stain the skin and nails, as well as the teeth
* can also become cross pollinated by wind although at a much lesser degree than by insects
  - impact nonsmokers
  - be lethal to a child
  - cause cancer and heart disease, and tobacco smoke factor in lung disease
  - contribute to circulatory problems, and alcohol to neuropathy
  - lead to physical and psychological dependence
  - transmit a lethal virus to tomatoes
  - trigger changes to cells
* carries a particularly heavy burden of taxation.
* cash cow for both the federal and the state governments.
* cause of many types on cancer, including lung, mouth, and esophageal cancer
  - including lung, mouth, colon, and esophageal cancer
* causes a desire to spit
  - by far the largest number of preventable deaths in the United States
  - even more deaths by diseases other than cancer
  - illness and death
  - increasingly stiff and narrow arteries that precipitate a heart attack
* causes more cancer than all other known carcinogens combined
  - deaths than all other forms of substance abuse combined
* causes one fifth of all deaths due to cardiovascular diseases
  - in three cancers deaths world-wide
  - of every five deaths in the U.S. and is the leading cause of death
  - six per cent of all deaths in the world and the toll is increasing rapidly
  - spontaneous abortion, prematurity and low birth weight
  - the small and large blood vessels to constrict which adds stress to the heart
* classic mind-altering drug impacting behavior.
* comes from a plant and contains the stimulant drug, nicotine.
* communicable disease.
* communicated disease communicated through marketing.
* constricts blood vessels, reducing the blood supply to the eye.
* contains a drug called nicotine
  - highly addictive drug called nicotine
  - poison called nicotine
  - an addictive drug, nicotine
* contains harmful substances such as nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar
  - that cause cancer and other health effects
  - many carcinogens that promote cell mutation and growth
* contains nicotine and other alkaloids
  - which is both a stimulant and a sedative to the central nervous system
  - nicotine, a drug that is addictive
* contains nicotine, an addictive drug
  - substance that makes smoking difficult to give up
* contains nicotine, which is an addictive drug
  - habit forming
* contains the drug nicotine, which central nervous system stimulant
  - stimulant drug nicotine, which increases pulse rate and blood pressure
* continues to be an important industry for the country
  - ritual plant in many places
  - marketed aggressively to children, particularly in developing countries
  - sentence more kids to premature death than either cars or guns
* contributes to cancers of the pancreas, cervix and bladder.
* curing experiments include computerized monitoring and control of humidity and temperature.
* currently kills four million people per year.
* damages the heart muscles.
* deadens the sense of taste.
* decreases absorption
  - the absorption of folic acid
* delivery device for nicotine.
* does seem to facilitate the performance of monotonous or otherwise disagreeable tasks.
* fast-growing crop that needs surprisingly little moisture to thrive.
* gateway drug because it usually precedes marijuana
  - drug, leading to use of marijuana, cocaine and other dangerous substances
* gets moist before a rain.
* gives rise to cancer.
* global problem by virtue of global marketing and cultural development.
* god given plant, with many uses.
* has disadvantage.
* health risk to unborn babies of mothers who smoke.
* high labor crop, it has to be cut by hand and dried.
* highly addictive substance in any form.
* holds sway over the soul as much as it does the body.
* hurts an athlete s strength, endurance and ability.
* includes cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and more.
* increases acid production and damages the lining of the stomach
  - concentration, inhibits appetite and provides a stimulant effect
  - the risk of chilblain, as it constricts the blood vessels
* is California's number one cause of death
  - Virginia's leading cash crop
  - Zimbabwe's biggest agricultural export, and tourism was a growing industry
  - accredited with an addiction propensity comparable to high grade narcotics
  - actually more deadly than alcohol
* is addictive and produces marked physical and mental effects
  - physiologically and psychologically and is reinforced socially
  - advertised in sports events, in discos, at pop concerts
* is also a gateway drug for teenagers
  - member of the nightshade family that can aggravate arthritis
* is also an effective antihelmintic
  - intoxicant
  - unnecessary and expensive drain on the world's financial resources
  - dependent on the weather
  - extremely addictive
  - responsible for the death of many people from cigarette related fires each year
  - vastly important to the indigenous population of the Americas
* is an active cause of stomach diseases
  - addicting drug
* is an addictive drug - as addictive as heroin
  - enormous problem across the world
  - extremely hardy plant
  - important cause of deforestation
* is an important crop for Georgia
  - in some places
  - worldwide
  - indigenous American plant
  - another Native American contribution to agriculture, though it isn t a food source
* is associated with at least eight different cancer sites from mouth to bladder
  - birth abnormalities
* is both a health and an economic problem
  - toxic and addictive
* is by far the biggest killer among all the psychoactives
  - deadliest drug that humans have ever voluntarily consumed
  - cheap to produce and process
  - considered a controlled substance for minors
* is considered a sacred herb by many tribes
  - part of many American Indian religious ceremonies
  - cultivated in England
  - cured and marketed, and corn is harvested
  - dangerous in all forms
  - especially sensitive to chlorine as it reduces the burning quality of the leaf
  - established as the major industry in North America
  - even a health risk to unborn babies of mothers who smoke
  - felt to be responsible for up to a third of all cancers
  - fired using hardwood planks and sawdust
  - first and foremost a social problem, and a problem of how society views tobacco
  - graded by leaf type and quality
* is grown for cigarette factories
  - from seeds in beds and greenhouses
  - in southern Indiana
* is grown in the Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea Regions
  - lowland regions, with the surplus being exported
  - mostly in Italy, Greece and Spain, often in poor, underdeveloped regions
  - harmful only when smoked
  - heavily fertilized and, of course, the hog wastes are a rich source of nutrients
  - herbs
* is highly addictive, with addictive behaviors that are very hard to change
  - important to the economy in terms of growth and development
* is in great demand in England where many people believe smoking it promotes good health
  - the same family as the tomato
  - introduced as a new cash crop and as a result, labor and land become exploitative
  - just one world health problem that requires a world health solution
  - known as the herb of peace as it banishes boredom and aggressiveness from the mind
* is linked to numerous cancers as well
  - serious health concerns such as heart disease, stroke, lung disease and cancer
* is made from the dried leaves of the tobacco plant
  - into cigars by hand
  - native to the Americas
* is now a leading killer of America and European women
  - the common denominator for virtually every social investment fund
  - often a stepping stone to heavier drugs in such people with 'addictive personalities'
* is often the first drug used by kids who use alcohol and illegal drugs like marijuana
  - by teens who go on to use alcohol, marijuana, or harder drugs
  - by young people who use alcohol and illegal drugs
  - by young people who use alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs
  - place where it starts
  - one of our largest, agricultural cash crops
* is one of the biggest killer drugs in human history
  - drugs found in the drug education playing and trading cards
  - healthiest substances for the body
* is one of the leading causes of prenatal problems
  - preventable causes of death in the United States
* is one of the main crops grown on our farms
  - reasons that small farmers are able to stay in business
  - most addictive substances known to man
* is one of the most heavily advertised products in America
  - subsidized products
  - labor intensive crops grown in the state
  - taxed products in the history of mankind
  - traditional crops which flourishes in the Macedonian climate
  - worst and hardest to quit
* is only a dope and increases the work of the heart
  - an issue for affluent people and affluent countries
* is part of cigarettes
  - the United States' commerce
  - pervasive
  - planted in early spring and harvested in summer just before it begins to flower
  - poisonous when eaten
* is responsible for nearly one in every five deaths in the United States
  - the whole ball of wax in the North
  - seen as a healing agent as well
  - semi-dried slowly, allowing for chemical changes, and is never dried to a crisp
* is smoked in one of the three basic ways
  - pipes or in cigarettes or bidis
* is still a major crop, and dairy farms are plentiful
* is still legal and it causes thousands of deaths each year
  - stressed by hot, dry conditions
  - subject to infestation by many different bugs and diseases
* is the biggest cash crop in the rural areas
  - cause of more health problems and early deaths than all illegal drugs
  - chief cause of lung cancer and many oral cancers
  - country's key export commodity
  - crop that been provided such preferential treatment by the government
  - deadliest drug in the world
  - dried and cured leaves of the tobacco plant
  - drug that kids are most likely to use
  - easiest plant to genetically engineer
  - fourth largest income producing row crop in Georgia
  - gateway drug for most Iowa teens
* is the largest export crop followed by cotton
  - preventable cause of adult deaths in the world today
* is the leading cause of death in Alaska
  - preventable death in the United States
  - preventable cause of heart disease
  - risk factor in heart disease
* is the main agricultural product in Adams County
  - major crop harvested in Southern Maryland
  - middle-class disease
* is the most addictive substance known to humankind
  - common and hazardous substance used in adolescence
* is the most heavily advertised product in the world
  - subsidised crop per hectare
* is the most important article of export
  - global cause of cancer and is preventable
  - prevalent carcinogen in Western countries
* is the most preventable cause of death and disease in New Jersey
  - subsidised crop in Europe
* is the number one crop, with soybeans, corn and cattle following as major farm products
  - leading cause of preventable deaths
  - preventable cause of death in the United States
  - risk factor for preventable death and disease in Canada
* is the only greater preventable cause of death and hospitalisation
  - legal product that causes death and disability when used as intended
* is the only legal substance that can become addictive when taken as designed, as well
  - that, when used as intended, kills
  - other factor that causes more preventable deaths
  - palnt that contains nicotine, a powerful psychoactive drug
  - product sold in America that kills when used as directed by the manufacturer
  - primary cause of oral cancers
  - single largest preventable cause of premature death and disability in the world
* is the single most appropriate source of revenue for health care reform
  - preventable cause of illness and death in the United States
* is the top cash crop, used mainly in snuffs
  - revenue earner for the government
  - well known drug used in cigarettes, cigars and pipes
* is their major crop, but tea, fruits, and vegetables are also grown
  - fruits, and vegetables are also important
* is tobacco, after all
  - whether smoked or chewed
  - used as a natural insecticide
* is used for lung cancer
  - prayer, protection, respect and healings
  - in various forms in India
  - vital to the economy
* kills four million people a year, one death every eight seconds
  - annually
* kills more people every year than guns, suicide, alcohol and illegal drugs combined
  - than half a million women per year worldwide
* leading cause of death and disease in the United States
  - many types of cancer
  - contributor of oral cancer
* leftover prop from the gay community's self-hating days.
* loads new, expensive and totally avoidable burdens on the health sector.
* major cause of death of New Jersey citizens
  - crop of Arab farmers
  - health hazard to adolescents, children and infants
  - killer worldwide and is one of the main causes of premature death
  - part of the economy
  - preventable cause of stroke
  - risk factor for cancer
* member of the genus Nicotiana.
* menace to society.
* natural product.
* now kills three million people each year world-wide.
* obviously provides economic benefits to producers.
* page of links relating to the health and political aspects of tobacco.
* plant grown from the ground, and paper comes from trees that grow from the ground.
* plant that can be smoked in cigarettes, pipes, or cigars or chewed in dip or snuff
  - comes in two varieties, nicotiana tabacum and nicotiana rustica
  - grows in a wide range of soil and climate conditions
  - which grows in a wide range of soil and climate conditions
* poisonous drug.
* poses a major health risk to American college students.
* potent human carcinogen.
* provides an example in the area of health.
* public health hazard that needs to be controlled.
* quickly stains teeth yellow and brown.
* reduces the amount of ritonavir in the body.
* remains the leading cause of preventable cancers.
* remains the primary cash crop of the state's multibillion dollar farm industry
  - cause of disease and death in Canada
  - today a vital agricultural crop
* represents the plant kingdom and our reverence for all living things.
* requires a lot of nitrogen and potash which is supplied by wood ashes
  - warm climate and rich, well-drained soil
* secretes a protein when the plant is chopped or shredded.
* slow, insidious, but most malignant poison.
* stains more than just the fingers and teeth.
* still causes family destruction via mass disease, suffering, and death.
* stimulant that makes the heart race and blood pressure rise.
* substance of abuse.
* takes a tremendous toll on the workforce.
* teaches smoking skills.
* unique product that kills up to half of the people who continue to use it regularly.
* use The use of tobacco imposes a serious and unnecessary burden upon the health of the user
  - Tobacco use is recognised as a major preventable cause of disease, disability and death
* use accelerates osteoporosis, the normal bone loss with aging
  - ovarian aging and can lead to an earlier menopause
  - accounts for nearly one third of all cancer deaths
* use adversely affects oral health
  - the health of New Jersey's residents
  - cessation reduces tobacco-related illnesses and deaths
  - extracts a huge human toll of suffering and death each year
  - impairs bone remodeling and ovulatory function
  - kills millions of persons each year
  - leads to an increased risk of pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis, and emphysema
* very heavily taxed product in most of the Member States.
* yields millions of seeds, grows quickly and is easy to harvest.
+ Cuba, Geography: Spanish-speaking countries
  * Sugar is the most important crop of Cuba, and they may get it from the sugar cane. Sugar cane is the largest cash crop grown in Cuba, and it brings in most of the money. After that, the second is tobacco. Tobacco is made into cigars by hand. A hand-made cigar is considered by many people to be the finest in the world. Other important crops are rice, coffee, and fruit. Cuba also has many minerals. Cobalt, nickel, iron, copper, and manganese are all on the island. Salt, petroleum, and natural gas are there too.