Smoking and the risk of disease
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- Created on: 07-06-17 19:04
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- Smoking
- NICTOTINE
- Nicotine is the addictive and relatively harmless drug found in tobacco
- It produces a sensation of calm, well-being and being able to cope which is why people like smoking
- Makes the heart rate increase
- Nicotine is the addictive and relatively harmless drug found in tobacco
- CARBON MONOXIDE
- A poisonous gas found in tobacco smoke
- It takes up some of the oxygen-carrying capacity of your blood. After you smoke up to 10% of the blood will be carrying carbon monoxide rather than Oxygen
- It can lead to a shortage of oxygen, one reason why many smokers get more breathless when they exercise than non smokers
- A poisonous gas found in tobacco smoke
- THE HEART
- The chemicals in tobacco smoke affect the heart and blood vessels
- Scientists data has shown that smokers are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular problems than non-smokers
- BLOOD VESSELS
- Smoking narrows the blood vessels in your skin, ageing it
- Chemicals damage the lining of the arteries
- This makes coronary heart disease more likely , and it increase the risk of clot formations
- Chemicals in cigarette smoke can also lead to an increase of blood pressure.
- Chemicals in cigarette smoke can also lead to an increase of blood pressure.
- Strokes and heart attacks
- CARCINOGENS
- Cilia in the trachea and bronchi that move dirt away from the lungs are anaesthetised by some some of the chemicals in tobacco smoke.
- This stops them working from time to time , allowing pathogens into the lungs causing coughing and a high risk of infections
- Tar is a sticky black chemical that accumulates in the lungs turning them from pink to grey
- Makes smokers more likely to develop bronchitis
- Build up in delicate lung tissue can lead to the breakdown in the structure of alveoli causing COPD.
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Reduces the surface to volume ratio of the lungs leading to severe breathlessness and eventually death
- Cilia in the trachea and bronchi that move dirt away from the lungs are anaesthetised by some some of the chemicals in tobacco smoke.
- PREGNANCY
- Oxygen shortage is a particular problems in pregnant women who smoke
- During a pregnancy a women is carrying oxygen for her developing baby as well as herself
- If a mothers blood carries to much carbon monoxide the fetus may not get enough oxygen to grow properly
- This can lead to premature births, low weight babies and still births
- If a mothers blood carries to much carbon monoxide the fetus may not get enough oxygen to grow properly
- It can lead to a shortage of oxygen, one reason why many smokers get more breathless when they exercise than non smokers
- During a pregnancy a women is carrying oxygen for her developing baby as well as herself
- CARBON MONOXIDE
- A poisonous gas found in tobacco smoke
- It takes up some of the oxygen-carrying capacity of your blood. After you smoke up to 10% of the blood will be carrying carbon monoxide rather than Oxygen
- A poisonous gas found in tobacco smoke
- Oxygen shortage is a particular problems in pregnant women who smoke
- NICTOTINE
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