Down and Dirty is all about living in freedom and not lettin’ anything control us. So it makes no sense to use tobacco, because being addicted to something ain’t freedom.

Check out the facts below and always live tobacco-free.

• Nicotine, the addictive chemical in tobacco, can reach your brain in 10 seconds.¹
• Nicotine can change the way your brain works, causing you to crave more and more nicotine²
• Smokeless tobacco can be just as addictive and controlling as cigarettes.³
• Addiction means you’re hooked. It keeps you craving a substance, like heroin, nicotine, or alcohol.⁴
• Even though someone knows something is bad for their health, like tobacco, they still use it because they are addicted.⁵

References

• ₁National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2021, March 25). Nicotine Addiction. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/tobacco-nicotine-e-cigarettes/nicotine-addictive.
  
  CDC. (2014, January) Your Guide to the 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health
  
• ₂NIDA. (2019, November 21). Tobacco, Nicotine, and E-Cigarettes. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/tobacco-nicotine-e-cigarettes on 2019, December 3
  
  Goriounova, N. A., & Mansvelder, H. D. (2012). Short-and long-term consequences of nicotine exposure during adolescence for prefrontal cortex neuronal network function. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2(12), a012120.
  
  NIDA. (2019, November 21). Tobacco, Nicotine, and E-Cigarettes. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/tobacco-nicotine-e-cigarettes on 2019, December 3
• ₃ Cullen, J. W., Blot, W., Henningfield, J., Boyd, G., Mecklenburg, R., & Massey, M. M. (1986). Health consequences of using smokeless tobacco: summary of the Advisory Committee's report to the Surgeon General. Public health reports, 101(4), 355.
• ₄ NIH. (2016). The National Institute on Drug Abuse Media Guide: How to Find What You Need to Know about Drug Abuse and Addiction, 1–30
• ₅ Baumeister, R. F. (2017). Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will?. Addictive behaviors reports, 5, 67-84.