Alcohol and Tobacco

Gliederung

• Alcohol
• What is alcohol?
• The alcoholic content of various drinks
• Why do people drink alcohol?
• How alcohol affects the human body
• The nervous system
• The heart
• The liver
• The stomach
• The skin
• What is being drunk?
• Dizzy and Delightful
• Drunk and Disorderly
• Dead drunk
• Dead
• The alcohol industry is a big business
• Drinking and driving
• The tobacco habit
• The history of tobacco
• Why do people smoke?
• Pleasure
• Relaxion
• Habit
• Why do young people smoke?
• What happens when you smoke?
• Nicotine
• Tar
• Carbon monoxide
• Irritant dusts
• Tobacco and the human body
• The teeth
• The lungs
• The heart
• The stomach
• The risks of smoking
• The choice is yours
• If you smoke
• If you drink

Alcohol

What is alcohol?

Alcohol is a chemical; obtained by the fermentation of cereals or by distillation. Alcohol is a colourless liquid with a slightly sweet smell and a burned taste.

The alcoholic content of various drinks

• Fortified wine (port, sherry vermouth,...) 15-22 %vol.
• Ordinary wine 10-12 %vol.
• Beer and cider 4-7 %vol.
• Spirits and liqueurs (whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, vodka,...) 40-50 %vol.

Why do people drink alcohol?

All over the world people drink alcohol in a variety or different forms.

• To celebrate
• To relax
• To be sociable
• To feel adult and manly

Many people have their first alcoholic drink at about the age of 12. Well some people would say: "I drink when I'm bored" or "I enjoy the feeling I get from drink" or "I like

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