Smoking

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What 3 chemicals are in tobacco smoke?
Nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide.
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How does nicotine affect the body?
It will make smokers addicted to it and it also narrows the blood vessels and make the heart beat faster.
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How does tar affect the body?
The substance will collect in your lungs and make your air passages narrower.
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How does carbon monoxide affect the body?
It is a poisonous gas which takes oxygen away from heamoglobin in the red blood cells meaning that there is less oxygen travelling around the body.
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How does the disease branchitis affect the body?
It inflames your air passages meaning that your air passages will stop beating and fill up with mucus and dirt. This means that all the bacteria will stay in your lungs.
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How does emphysema affect the body?
It breaks down the walls of the avelio. This means that the lung tissue is damaged and you are unable to take in enough oxygen.
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How does heart disease affect the body?
The nicotine and carbon dioxide gases will clog up blood vessels meaning that it will reduce the supply of oxygen to the heart.
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What is thought to be the main cause of lung cancer?
Tar is thought to be the main cause of lung cancer.
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