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Ras Baal back Official Secondary School
Nour El-hoda Hassan Bazzal
Informatics
Tobacco
Saturday, March 26, 2022

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obacco, plant grown commercially for its leaves and stems, which are
rolled into cigars, shredded for use in cigarettes and pipes, processed for
chewing, or ground into snuff, a fine powder that is inhaled through the
nose. Tobacco is the source of nicotine, an addictive drug that is also the
basis for many insecticides.
Tobacco is a member of the nightshade family . There are more than 70 species of
tobacco, of which 45 are native to the Americas. The two cultivated species,
common tobacco and wild tobacco, are annualsthey live only one growing season.
Common tobacco is 1 to 3 m (3 to 10 ft) tall and has a thick, woody stem with few
side branches. One plant typically produces 10 to 20 broad leaves that branch
alternately from the central stalk. The leaf size depends on the strain. The narrow,
trumpet-shaped flowers are dark pink to almost white. Wild tobacco is about 0.6 m
(2 ft) tall and has a stem that is more slender and less woody than common tobacco.
The leaves have a short stalk that attaches to the stem. The flowers are pale yellow .
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LET US AVOID TOBACCO TO BE SAFE FROB LUNG DISEASES Ras Baal back Official Secondary School Nour El-hoda Hassan Bazzal Informatics Tobacco Saturday, March 26, 2022 1 LET US AVOID TOBACCO TO BE SAFE FROB LUNG DISEASES T obacco, plant grown commercially for its leaves and stems, which are rolled into cigars, shredded for use in cigarettes and pipes, processed for chewing, or ground into snuff, a fine powder that is inhaled through the nose. Tobacco is the source of nicotine, an addictive drug that is also the basis for many insecticides. Tobacco is a member of the nightshade family . There are more than 70 species of tobacco, of which 45 are native to the Americas. The two cultivated species, common tobacco and wild tobacco, are annuals—they live only one growing season. Common tobacco is 1 to 3 m (3 to 10 ft) tall and has a thick, woody stem with few side branches. One plant typically produces 10 to 20 broad leaves that branch alternately from the central stalk. The leaf size depends on the strain. The narrow, trumpet-shaped flowers are dark pink to almost white. Wild tobacco is about 0.6 m (2 ft) tall and has a stem that is more slender and less woody than common tobacco. The leaves have a short stalk that attaches to the stem. The flowers are pale yellow . 2 LET US AVOID TOBACCO TO BE SAFE FROB LUNG DISEASES Tobacco grows in tropical and temperate regions, and it can be grown as far north as Canada and Norway. It thrives best in areas with a frost-free growing sea ...
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