Cigarettes
Cigars
Pipe tobacco
Hand rolling tobacco

METHOD OF USE

Smoked
Chewed

THE LAW

CLASS:  Legal
 
Possession:
Legal

Supply:
Legal to those aged 18 or over

EFFECTS/SIGNS OF USE

• Users can feel relaxed
• Senses of taste & smell deteriorate
• Muscle tone weakens
• Blood pressure & heart rate are raised
• Increased chance of heart & lung disease
• Breath and clothes smell of tobacco smoke
• Yellow/brown stains on fingers

DANGERS/RISKS

• 1 in 2 smokers die from a smoking related illness
• 330 people a day die in UK from a smoking related disease
• Nicotine is a physically and mentally addictive drug
• Many fires are accidentally started by discarded cigarettes