SMOKING EFFECT

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             SMOKING                                                                                        

Smoking is very dangerous because there are a lot of ingredients in tobacco smoke that can be harmful to our bodies. The main health risks of smoking is lung cancer, heart disease and stroke. Smoking has caused nearly 90% of deaths from lung cancer, approximately 80% of deaths from COPD, and about 17% of deaths from heart disease.

HOW SMOKING DAMAGES THE BODY

 As well as nicotine, there are more than 4000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, of which many are poisons. At least 60 of these chemicals cause cancer.

Among some of the most dangerous component are:

TAR : When you breath in tobacco smoke, some tar are deposited in the lung. Your lung are lined with tiny hairs that help ‘sweep’ germ and other things out of your lungs. It is harder for these hairs to move if your lung are coated with tar. The tar in cigarette smoke contains chemicals called carcinogens, which encourage the development of cancer cells in the body.

CARBON MONOXIDE : Carbon monoxide binds itself to hemoglobin in the bloodstream and prevents it from carrying enough oxygen around the body. This means that someone who smokes is likely to get out of breath and get tired more easily.

Eventually, you can get a lung disease called chronic obstructive  pulmonary disease(COPD). If you  have this it get harder and harder to breathe.

OXIDANT GASES : Oxidant gases are gases that react with oxygen they make blood more likely to clot, increasing the risk of heart attack or stroke.

BENZENE : Exposure to benzene can causes cell damage at the genetic level, and has been linked to a range of different cancers, such as leukemia and kidney cancer. Benzene used to be added to petrol, but the practice was stopped because of health concern.

CANCER

One of the most harmful effects of smoking is a risk of the effects of increasing rates of lung cancer. Chemical substances contained in tobacco cause damage to cells in the lungs and cause cancer cells occurs. This is caused by cigarette smoke we inhale from the smokers, especially heavy smokers. the effect of changes in lung cancer patients can be seen in terms of time smoker smoking and how much they smoke.

BENEFITS OF QUITTING SMOKING

      Quitting smoking is good for health because indirectly we can save money from buying cigarettes absolutely no interest

      Staying smoke free for 12 month can save an ex-smoker around £1696.

      Our body free of chemicals contained in cigarettes.

   Improve fitness levels and have a healthy body

      have fresh breath and white teeth

 

Follow these guideline to quit smoking habit

ü  Ask yourself why you want to stop smoking.

ü  Write your answer on a piece of paper and carry it for you.

ü  Use it to remind yourself of why you want to stop, whenever, you feel like to smoking.

ü  Change your schedule to avoid circumstances in which you usually smoke.

ü  Walk around the block or chew gum when you would like smoking.

ü  Put up ‘no smoking’ sign in your house and work area, and even in your car.

 As we have seen, the enormous mass of pollutants generated by a single cigarette causes persons close to a smoker or living in the same house to be exposed to pollutant concentrations that are many times higher than those permitted outdoors under existing environment laws. 

Written by: Fariza Najwa Binti Jamaludin
Edit by: Lily Fazilin Binti Mohamad Faizul Tong