It is a well known fact that smoking is associated with a number of health hazards and serious illnesses which are life threatening. Cigarette consists of almost 4000 chemicals, hundreds of which are toxic. The chemicals present in cigarette badly affect the internal organs of the body i.e.
Cigarette smoking is highly damaging and affects human health badly!!
• Smoking may results in higher risk of cancer i.e. throat, esophagus, lung, stomach and kidney.
• Smoking affects the functioning of immune system and increases the chances of respiratory diseases and other infections
• Smoking results in chronic inflammation and other damaging process that may cause oxidative stress
• Non-smoker’s produces antioxidants in their body to repair damaged cells. However smokers has a lower level of antioxidants in their body
• During smoking, nicotine reaches every part of the body including brain (within 10 seconds) and even breast milk.
• Cigarette smoking can cause carbon monoxide to binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells. As a result affected cells can’t carry oxygen to different parts of body.
• Cigarette smoke consists of cancer causing agents called as carcinogens. Carcinogens damages vital genes of the body controlling growth of cells, resulting them to grow abnormally.
• One of the carcinogen benzo (a) pyrene binds to cells of major organs of the body.
The hazards of smoking are always destructive and widespread.
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