Sean Drug Abuse Essay

Sean, I have heard about your decisions outside of track. Not anything to do with your grades, but your choices to chew tobacco. This is terrible for your health in so many different ways. Tobacco can cause many different types of cancer, tooth decay or gum recession, and ultimately death. I’m not writing to tell you to quit. I’m writing to show you the side effects of chewing tobacco. If you continue to chew tobacco your chances of getting cancer are doubled. Cancers like Oral Cancer, Esophagus Cancer, Throat Cancer and many, many more types of cancer. These cancers are started in most cases by a little white patch that is where you put the tobacco. This white patch is a condition called leukoplakia. It will start in your mouth but then it will spread throughout your whole body until you’re diagnosed with one of the many types of cancer. Secondly, the dangers that it can cause in your mouth. The tobacco acid that you chew on while you have a snuff in is very dangerous for you as well. Sure you may spit it out, but it is still getting to your teeth and gums. The acid can decay your teeth until you don’t have any teeth left. The other option that “snuff” acid can do to you is burn your gums away. Ultimately, until you don’t have gums to hold your teeth in place. Then as you can guess they will fall out. So that smile that is cherished by so many females will be non-existent. Last but not least, the worst thing that can happen to you if you continue to chew tobacco. Death by the substance of tobacco. You can get so many different types of cancer from chewing tobacco that it is outrageous that it’s even a choice for you. You may say “at least I’m not smoking”. The toll chewing tobacco is astronomical compared to smoking tobacco. You can get many more cancers. The nicotine is in direct contact with your skin. Tobacco cuts your gums open and inserts nicotine through the cut. Tell me if that sounds healthy or pleasant in any type of way.
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