EFFECTS OF SMOKING AND TOBACCO
Within 10 seconds of your first puff, the toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke reach your brain, heart, and other organs. Smoking harms almost every part of your body and increases your risk of many diseases. Smoking also affects how you look and feel your finances, and the people close to you.
HOW TOBACCO DAMAGES YOUR BODY
Tobacco contains over 100 dangerous chemicals. These chemicals can damage your body in many ways. For example
- Nicotine narrows your veins and arteries. This can
- damage your heart by forcing it to work faster and harder
- slow your blood and reduce oxygen to your feet and hands.
- Carbon monoxide deprives your heart of the oxygen it needs to pump blood around your body. Over time, your airways swell up and let less air into your lungs.
- Tar is a sticky substance that coats your lungs like soot in a chimney. This damages your lungs and is known to cause lung disease, which can make it harder to breathe.
- Phenols paralyze and kill the hair-like cells in your airways. This means the cells cannot sweep clean the lining of your airways and protect you against infections.
- Tiny particles in tobacco smoke irritate your throat and lungs and cause a ‘smoker’s cough’. This makes you produce more mucus and damages lung tissue.
- Ammonia and formaldehyde irritate your eyes, nose, and throat.
- Cancer-causing chemicals make your cells grow too fast or abnormally- which can result in cancer cells. Smoking is known to cause at least 16 types of cancer.
OTHER EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE BODY
Other effects of tobacco smoke on the body include:
- irritation and inflammation of the stomach and intestines
- increased risk of painful ulcers along the digestive tract
- reduced ability to smell and taste
- premature wrinkling of the skin
- higher risk of blindness
- gum disease (periodontitis
CIGRTTE AND SMOKING CAUSSES
- Cancer
- Heart disease and stroke
- Lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Harmful reproductive health effects
- Other diseases, including certain eye diseases and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.
Is tobacco worse than cigarettes?
While it’s true smokeless tobacco presents slightly fewer health risks than smoking cigarettes it’s far from safe. Smokeless tobacco is known to cause cancer and other health conditions, including Bad breath and stained teeth. Bone loss around the teeth. This makes you produce more mucus and damages lung tissue. Ammonia and formaldehyde irritate your eyes, nose, and throat. Cancer-causing chemicals make your cells grow too fast or abnormally- which can result in cancer cells
When it comes to cancer prevention, the damaging effects of smoking can’t be reversed by exercise or a healthy diet- especially when it comes to cancer prevention.
WHAT IS THE BEST EXERCISE FOR SMOKES?
For smokers, especially those concerned about smoking and COPD, it’s advisable to start with low-impact exercises. Activities like walking, yoga, or swimming are excellent for improving lung capacity without putting too much strain on your body. They help enhance oxygen flow and lung efficiency
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REFERENCE: WIKIPEDIA