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Health effects of smoking - Smokers Read This
Smoking is not unusual anymore today. In our daily life, in the workplace, family environment to the ordinary public roads go through. Smoking seems to be a culture of terbiasakan in public life. Apart from that, smoking is harmful to the health of both active and passive smokers are only exposed to smoke from these cigarettes.
Tobacco is harmful to health can not be separated from substances contained in it. The cause of various diseases that initiate other diseases.
Harmful Substances in Cigarettes.
Various substances contained in cigarettes adversely affect penghisapnya body. Have you ever imagined that the chemicals contained in cigarettes that were three thousand kinds. But only seven hundred kinds of substances are known. Here is such that you need to know:
acrolein; colorless liquid substance obtained by taking fluid from glyceryl or by drying. Basically these substances containing alcohol must be very detrimental to health.
Of carbon monoxide; odorless gas. This substance is produced from incomplete combustion of the element carbon substances. When carbon monoxide enters the body it will be carried by hemoglobin in the muscles of the body. One molecule of hemoglobin can carry four molecules of oxygen and hemoglobin with oxygen releasing bonds result in someone be deprived of oxygen.
Nicotine; colorless oily liquid. These substances can inhibit hunger. So it causes a person to feel hungry for a cigarette.
AMMONIA; colorless gas, consisting of nitrogen and hydrogen. Has a very sharp odor and stimulating. This substance is very rapidly enters the body's cells and if injected a small amount on the blood flow will create unconsciousness or coma.
FORMIC ACID; colorless liquid, pungent smell, can move freely and can create blisters.
HYDROGEN CYANIDE; gas is colorless, odorless and no taste. Cyanide contain harmful toxins and if it is inserted directly into the body will result in death.
Nitrous oxide; gas is colorless and if inhaled can cause loss of balance and relieve pain. This substance originally was for narcotic substances at the time of surgery.
FORMALDEHYDE; gas is colorless and pungent. This gas is a preservative and disinfectant.
PHENOL; This substance consists of a mixture of crystals produced from the distillation of organic substances such as wood and charcoal. Phenol can be bound in the protein and blocking the action of the enzyme.
Acetol; This substance is the result of heating aldehyde and evaporate the alcohol.
HYDROGEN SULFIDE; flammable gas and stink. This substance prevents oxidation enzyme (iron-containing pigment).
pyridine; colorless and pungent. This substance is able to change the alcohol as a solvent and weed killers.
Methyl Chloride: This substance is an organic compound that is highly toxic, and its vapor is equal to the tranquilizer.
METHANOL; lighter fluid volatile and burns. If drunk and smoked can result in blindness and death.
TAR; viscous liquid dark brown or black is obtained by destructive distillation of wood and charcoal are also of tar. These substances that cause lung cancer.
Diseases due to smoke
Smoking is not only triggers one or two deadly diseases. But cigarettes became the beginning of the emergence of diseases than just cough up the lungs, and no doubt cause death. At least 50% of active smokers in the world die from diseases caused by smoking habits.
Phthisis
Smoking can cause changes in the structure and function of airways and lung tissue. In large airways, mucous cells enlarge (hypertrophy) and increased mucus glands (hyperplasia). In the small airways, there is inflammation of mild to constriction caused by the increase of cells and mucus buildup and an increase in inflammatory cells in the lung tissue.
Cigarette smoke particles, such as benzopiren, dibenzopiren, and urethane, known as a carcinogen (a substance that causes cancer). Tar is also associated with risk of cancer. Compared with nonsmokers, the possibility arises of lung cancer in smokers reach 10-30 times more often.
Heart disease
Smoking is a major factor causing the heart blood vessel disease. Not just cause coronary heart disease, smoking is also bad for the brain and peripheral blood vessels. Smokers smoke exhaled smoke can be divided into primary (main stream smoke) and smoke the side (side stream smoke). The main smoke is tobacco smoke inhaled directly by the smoker, while the side smoke is tobacco smoke spread into the air, to be inhaled by others or passive smokers.
It has been found 4,000 types of chemicals in cigarettes, with 40 species of which are carcinogenic (can cause cancer), wherein the toxin is more widely found on the side smoke such as carbon monoxide (CO) 5 times more common in the side smoke than smoke primary, benzopiren 3 times, and ammonia 50 times. These materials can last up to several hours in the room after smoking stops.
Nicotine interfere with the sympathetic nervous system due to increased myocardial oxygen demand. In addition to causing addiction of smoking, nicotine also stimulates the release of adrenaline, increased heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen consumption of the heart, and cause heart rhythm disturbances. Nicotine can also affect the nerves, brain and many other body parts. Nicotine activates platelets with the consequent emergence of adhesion of platelets (clotting) to the vessel wall.
Carbon monoxide (CO) raises hemoglobin desaturation, lowering the direct supply of oxygen to tissues throughout the body, including the myocardium. CO replaces oxygen in hemoglobin, interfering with the release of oxygen, and accelerated atherosclerosis (calcification / thickening of blood vessel walls). Thus, CO lowered physical exercise capacity, increased blood viscosity, making it easier for blood clotting.
Nicotine, CO, and other ingredients in cigarette smoke proved damaging endothelial (blood vessel walls), and facilitate the emergence of blood clots. In addition, cigarette smoke affect the lipid profile. Compared with nonsmokers, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglyceride blood of smokers is higher, whereas HDL cholesterol was lower.
Another effect of smoking
Some other effects in addition to health
Facial wrinkles, smoking can reduce the flow of oxygen and nutrients needed by the skin cells constrict blood vessels around the face. So it will cause wrinkles.
Stained teeth and bad breath, Particles from cigarette smoke can give yellow to brown spots on your teeth, and they trap odor-producing bacteria in your mouth. Gum disease and tooth loss are also more common in smokers.
You and around to stink. Cigarette smoke has an unpleasant odor and stick to everything, from skin and hair to the clothes and stuff around you. And the smell is absolutely not an appetizing couples and friends.
A bad role model for children. Every day, 3,000 children in the US dliperkirakan who become addicted to cigarette smoking. If they keep smoking, 1,000 of them will die from smoking-related diseases.
Fire. if you're careless, when smoking clan throw cigarette butts are still burning to any place could cause a fire.
Impressed stupid if smokers defend their dependence, there is one truth that is indisputable: Like the slogan says, smoking kills. so, if there are those who continue the habit, the course will look stupid.
Gate Drug, Nicotine affects the brain's dopamine has the properties with the same process as the drugs. In order addictive properties of psychoactive substances, nicotine is more addictive than heroin, cocaine, alcohol, caffeine and marijuana.
How to Quit Smoking
Cigarettes are already closely related to lifestyle becomes very difficult to stop. As if you include an active smoker, below are a few ways to stop it:
Plan time to stop, Plan when you will quit smoking for good. The timing might be just the next few days or two weeks. By the day to quit smoking, you reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day.
Drugs, drugs help reduce the symptoms of quitting smoking until the worst effects exceeded. You have a good choice of drugs based on prescription or over-the-counter (without a prescription). Discuss these options with your doctor.
Help yourself, in plan and keep your desire to stop smoking, look for information about smoking and disease caused by various reliable sources.
Support groups, Seek support from people who are also trying to quit smoking.
Counseling, counseling is a meeting face to face with a trusted doctor, psychologist, nurse or counselor ..
Cold turkey, is a strategy to quit smoking immediately. If you choose cold turkey then you will experience withdrawal symptoms cigarettes, like all people who quit smoking as impatient (restlessness), increased appetite, irritability. It is recommended that you seek help when you quit smoking, whether it be support or treatment.
Sports, exercise will help you cope with stress and weight gain after you quit smoking.
Invite a friend / family you, Ask friends or family members who do not smoke to provide their time if you are having a difficult time.
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