Like alcohol, tobacco is a "legal drug", but is nevertheless the cause of a high number of death per year.

Presentation

• Cigarettes,
• Roll-your-own, chewing or snuff tobacco.

Administration

Desired effects

• Conviviality,
• Euphoria, relaxation.

Unwelcome effects

• Psychological depedency,
• Cough, dyspnea, bronchitis,
• Cancer of the lung, larynx, pharynx, oesophagus, urinary bladder, kidney or urinary tract.
• Hypertension, risk of cardiac diseases, heart attack.

Association with alcohol enhances the cardiovascular and cancer risks.