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The Cigarette Smoking Effects

Francis Garced

American InterContinental University

Abstract

Explain the main components in cigarettes that affect the respiratory system and their effects on specific organs, cells and/or processes in the respiratory system. There are alternate mechanisms of transporting carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) in the blood. Explain how smoking might lead to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the blood. Smokings affect other organ systems of the body. Give specific examples and briefly explain .How can you correlate cellular respiration with the respiratory system? Does smokeless tobacco present a reduced risk for lung cancer and other smoking associated diseases? Provide evidence for your answer.

The Cigarette Smoking Effects

In the United States, cigarette smoking is responsible for almost 500,000 premature deaths per year. And with diseases that are triggered and complicated by smoking that annually kill 3.5 million people word wide. Cigarette smoke contain carcinogenic, capable of causing changes in the genetic material of cells that can lead to cancer.

Cigarette smoke contains nicotine,   a colorless liquid that comes from the tobacco plant, is it primary element in cigarette and addictive chemical. In addition, smoking produces carbon monoxide, which has the effect of decreasing the amount of oxygen in the blood. When cigarette smoke is inhaled, the chemicals contained in it are quickly absorbed by the lungs and released into the bloodstream. From the blood, these chemicals pass into the brain, heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, muscle, and fat tissue thru the whole body.

The effects of smoking on human health are very serious and in most cases, deadly. Smoking firstly affects respiratory organs — poisonous chemicals damage the lungs, which inevitably leads to the bronchitis, emphysema or lung cancer. Smoking effects on the human body occur when toxic ingredients travel throughout the body,...