Whats in a Cigarette?

Most people will know that cigarettes contain nicotine and that this what makes them addictive and so hard to give up. Within seven seconds of inhaling, it is absorbed in to the blood stream and this gives you the desired “hit" but at the same time it is pushing up your heart rate and blood pressure.

But as you take each inhalation what else is entering your body and how dangerous can it be? After all they are on sale openly with minimal restriction. Yes, they do carry a health warning but if they were truly dangerous surely they would be banned?

Read on.

Did you know that each cigarette smoked contains on average 4,000 chemicals and at least 60 of them are known to cause cancer?

Benzene is better known as an industrial solvent and causes leukaemia. Formaldehyde is a poisonous liquid used primarily to preserve dead bodies and other organic material - it is also carcinogenic and causes skin, respiratory and gastrointestinal problems.

Governments and pressure groups have worked hard to reduce lead poisoning from traffic pollution but those that smoke inhale lead with every cigarette leaving us (and them) at risk of brain, kidney, red blood cell and nervous system damage. This risk is even higher in unborn babies and small children leaving them at risk of birth defects and learning difficulties from this passive smoking.

A highly toxic metal used in batteries is Cadmium. It is also found in cigarettes and causes liver, brain and kidney damage. It is highly dangerous if swallowed but much more so if breathed in.

Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that sticks to the red blood cells and interferes with their ability to carry oxygen, increasing heart rate and causing shortness of breath and even death.

Ammonia is used in fertilisers and dry cleaning but is added to cigarettes to enhance the flavour and to possibly make the nicotine more addictive.

These are but a few of the more recognisable chemicals found in cigarettes and they are assisted in getting directly in to your body by tar, that is deposited into your lungs from the cigarette smoke. On average a person who smokes one pack a day will, in one year, deposit a full cup of tar into their lungs. Tar blocks the air sacs in your lungs, clogs your arteries and causes clots that can lead to respiratory disease, strokes or heart attacks.

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Effects On Children!

Today, children are at great health risk and danger from cigarette and tobacco smoke aside from the young teenagers and adults who are active as well as passive smokers. Children belong to a high risk group as they get exposed to passive smoke, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or better known as the second hand smoke. Cigarette smoking effect on children is very dangerous because at a very young age, they are still in the developing age and also their breathing rate is faster than the adults.

Children’s breathing rate is much faster than the adults. An adolescent or young adult breathes around 16 times in a minute while a child breathes way more than this rate. A normal 5 year old can breath more than 20 times a minute which can sometimes increase to 60 times every minute. As the breathing of children is more, the cigarette smoking effect on children becomes more intense as they take in more air that is filled with cigarette smoke. Because of this, the children’s lungs will receive a higher percentage of toxins and poisons than that of the young adults.

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The different cigarette smoking effects on the children and there children are numerous. In detrimental effect is that babies who are born to mothers who smoke during her pregnancy are much more prone to be born below the normal weight than those who are born to mothers who do not smoke. Cigarette smoking significantly affects a baby’s weight because of developing a less resistant body. Another cigarette smoking effect on children is high percentage of occurrence of sudden infant death syndrome to be suffered by babies whose mothers are smokers. Likewise, babies win smoking mothers are at greater risk of suffering from learning disabilities and cerebral palsy.

In the case of young children, one cigarette smoking effect on children is the development of the condition of respiratory difficulties and illnesses such as asthma. If children are already asthmatic, it can get worse by second hand smoke. Second hand smoke is one of the leading causes of new asthma cases and other respiratory complications every year. Another very serious cigarettes smoking effect on children is the development of pneumonia or pulmonary bronchitis. In the United States alone, many pneumonia sufferers caused by cigarette smoking are children.

Other cigarette smoking effects of smoking on children are as follows:

Children have increased water or fluid in the middle ear, developing in a hearing and even speech problems.

Children’s lungs function less efficiently. Likewise, their immune system becomes less strong and protective than that of young adults.

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Another cigarette smoking effect on children is the inability of the child’s body to develop fully; his height and weight development is adversely affected. The child exposed to cigarette smoking has a great tendency to not fully achieve his over-all physical and intellectual development. Babies whose mothers smoke during their pregnancy are born with a deficiency in height and weight.

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The Effects On You!

As a result of research, smoking facts related to health are well established, whilst in our grandparents' day, many facts about smoking were unknown. In fact, previous generations were completely unaware of the links between smoking and ill health. Unfortunately, many people subsequently became addicted to nicotine. Once the truth came out and began to hit the headlines, it was difficult for professionals, cigarette manufacturers and smokers to accept and a great deal of misinformation became available.

Now, however, we do know the facts about smoking. Despite this, a surprising number of people still take up the habit and the percentage of young smokers is quite alarming. Interestingly, the first concerns about the dangers of smoking were voiced as far back as 1858, when fears about its effect on health were raised in the Lancet. However, it wasn't until 1950 that the connection with cancer was first made and, as we know, some considerable time before that claim was accepted as the truth.

A couple of pics for ya!

Here is a nice shot of what can happen to your lungs if you keep smoking.

Here is a nice shot of what your throat could look like!

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Now lets get on to the part that should wake you up. Here are some alarming but true facts about smoking.

1) In the US, it is estimated that 25.6 million men (25.2%) and 22.6 million women (20.7%) are smokers. These smokers face a higher risk of heart attack and stroke. Here are the latest estimates for smokers’ aged 18 and above:

2) Studies reveal that smoking popularity is significantly higher among people with 9-11 years of education (35.4%) compared with those with more than 16 years of education (11.6%).

3) There appears to be a correlation between a country's standard of living, level of education, and income and the number of people who have quit smoking. The more and better-informed people are, the more likely they are to quit smoking.

4) People living below the poverty level (33.3%) are much more likely to start smoking.

5) Among whites, 25.1% of men and 21.7% of women smoke.

6) Among black or African Americans, 27.6% of men and 18% of women smoke.

7) Among Asians, 21.3% of men and 6.9% of women smoke.

8) Among Hispanics/Latinos, 23.2% of men and 12.5% of women smoke.

9) Among American Indians/Alaska Natives, 32% of men and 36.9% of women smoke.

10) A shocking…1 out of every 5 five deaths is caused by tobacco

12) It is estimated that Tobacco is responsible for 400,000 deaths in the US every single year.

13) Cigarettes are responsible for about 25% of deaths from residential fires, causing nearly 1,000 fire-related deaths and 3,300 injuries each year.

14) Tobacco is blamed for many serious cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases

15) Nicotine and tobacco are some of the most potent carcinogens and are responsible for the majority of all cancers of the lung, larynx, trachea, esophagus and bronchus.

16) Smoking tobacco is known to produce cancer in the pancreas, kidney, bladder, and the cervix

17) Because tobacco reduces blood flow, nicotine addiction has been proven to cause impotency.

18) If you smoke, the risk of respiratory illnesses is high. This could lead to pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia, which are responsible for some 85,000 every year.

19) Children and adolescents who are active smokers will have increasingly severe respiratory illness, as they grow older

20) Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage and fetal growth retardation. It also causes about 5-6% of prenatal deaths, 17-26% of low-birth-weight births, and 7-10% of pre-term deliveries.

If you don't want to quit smoking after reading these shocking figures, you really need to get your head examined. You know in your heart, what's the right thing to do. Make a firm decision to quit today, and stick to it!

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