Tobacco Use

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Effects of Tobacco Use
In the current century, tobacco pandemic has been on the rise, and this has been attributed to the weakening of social, political, and cultural constraints that have given multinational companies leeway in investing hugely in tobacco manufacturing (Jha and Peto 60). The substance is consumed in many ways, though intake of manufactured cigarettes is the most predominant form of its consumption. However, tobacco smoking has been condemned by a large number of people due to the numerous adverse effects it has towards an individual’s health.
First, tobacco smoking leads to diseases such as cancer of lips, lung, mouth, and trachea. Also, it leads to a large number of heart diseases, hypertension, and asthma among other numerous health effects (Jha and Peto 61). Additionally, there is a multitude of oral impacts that have been prevalent due to the usage of tobacco. Tobacco smoking cause teeth discoloration. This is caused mainly by nicotine which is predominant in tobacco (Jha and Peto 62).
Similarly, tobacco smoking causes oral cancer. Oral cancer presents itself in a variety of ways such as through white as well as red patches that lead to non-healing ulcers or even exophytic growths. Notably, most of the early signs are asymptomatic. During the late stages, the diseases spread to the adjacent parts and notably around the lymph nodes (Jha and Peto 65). This effect is severe as it can lead to teeth loss as well as pathological fractures of the mandibular.

During this stage, there is a lot of pain, paranesthesia as well as numbness.
Therefore, the adverse effects of tobacco smoking are all known either in part or in whole, and there is a lot of evidence that tobacco smoking leads to some health and oral effects. It is prudent for dentists to pursue a more detailed training in the cessation of tobacco counseling that would play an integral role in their job as a way of offering advice to individuals (Jha and Peto 68).
Work Cited
Jha, Prabhat, and Richard Peto. “Global effects of smoking, of quitting, and
of taxing tobacco.” New England Journal of Medicine 370.1 (2014): 60-68.