DANGERS OF SMOKING

The dangers of smoking are far too many to list here, partially because this list includes more diseases and harmful effects on the body that most would believe. We have provided some links to the most useful pages of information we have found, and encourage you to look to these pages for a more thorough examination of all of the dangers of smoking, no matter what the product is.

Please keep in mind that all of these links and studies refer to tobacco smoking, and not herbal bud or herbal blend smoking. These studies were one of the exact reasons Sweet Smoke Herbs was started; to offer an alterative to the life-threatening effects that smoking or chewing tobacco present to the human body. None of our products contain nicotine, and our products may also contain far less levels of tar and resin than smoking cigarettes, reducing the chance of heart disease. But remember that no matter what kind of smoke you introduce into your body, there will still be tar in the smoke which can damage your lungs.

Something that is rarely discussed as well, is that tobacco companies are legally allowed to introduce more than 600 additives to tobacco products. Many seem harmless and only for adding flavor, but they have more sinister effects. For example, cocoa when burned in a cigarette produces bromine gas that dilates the airways of the lung, and increases the body's ability to absorb nicotine. Menthol numbs the throat, making it easier to inhale more smoke, and to smoke more.

Researchers also have provided evidence that other additives have been developed by tobacco companies to manipulate and maximize the delivery of nicotine with extreme precision. Addition of ammonia compounds increases the danger of smoking by speeding the delivery of nicotine to smokers. These additives also distort the measurement of tar in cigarettes, giving lower readings than would actually be inhaled by the smoker. And this, we are sad to report, is just the beginning.