Tobacco & Nicotine
https://www.alohadetox.com/tobacco-nicotine/ An estimated 46.5 million adults in the United States smoke cigarettes even though this single behavior will result in death or disability for half of all regular users. Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 400,000 deaths each year, or one in every five deaths. Additionally, if current patterns of smoking persist, over 5 million people currently younger than 18 will die prematurely from a tobacco-related disease. Source: CDC Nicotine found in cigarettes and chewing tobacco is absorbed through the skin and mucosal lining of the mouth and nose or by inhalation into the lungs. Cigarette smoking, for example, results in rapid distribution of nicotine throughout the body, reaching the brain within 10 seconds of inhalation. Smokeless tobacco, cigar and pipe smokers, on the other hand, typically do not inhale the smoke, so nicotine is absorbed more slowly through the membranes of the mouth. A typical smoker will take 10 puffs on a ci...