Smoking Facts
Author: Krishan Bakhru
For the person who enjoys smoking life is filled with bliss and enjoyment. This feeling of bliss masks the effects that smoking causes to the body. When the various smoking facts are uncovered some people will find ways to quit smoking. Others will however pretend that nothing can go wrong. This includes the effects that are caused to your health.
You will find that smoking is portrayed as being as great way to enjoy life. This portrayal is one that does not do justice to the real smoking facts. These facts which need to be understood are merely glossed over by cigarette manufacturers who will just provide you with the barest of warnings about the myriad of ill effects which happen with smoking.
Now if you are truly interested in finding some smoking facts there are various avenues where you can get this information. You should read through the information carefully as it will be for the most part very technical in explanation. In these various documents you will see how smoking can affect pregnant women and their unborn babies.
Just as an unborn child can get HIV or dependent on drugs while they are in their mother’s womb there is just as much chance of the baby becoming addicted to tobacco products. To prevent this from occurring mother’s to be are encouraged not to have any tobacco products during their term of pregnancy and while they are also breastfeeding their newborn.
The other little known smoking fact is that some of the ingredients which are found in cigarettes and other tobacco products are carcinogens. This means basically that these substances can cause cancer and other health hazards which are not documented. One of the ingredients which you will find in cigarettes is that of arsenic. This is a known poison and yet it is found in cigarettes along with that of carbon monoxide.
In other cases you will find that heart attacks and strokes have also been documented as being smoking related health effects. The multitude of smoking facts that we do not know about are reasons why there are so many people who get hooked onto this detrimental health habit.
To learn more about these sometimes hidden smoking facts all you will need to do is to read various documents which will provide you with these facts. These smoking facts that you learn can help you to rediscover a way to a healthy life.
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what are the effects and facts of smoking and what help can you offer for smokers to stop.?
Also what organization can they seek for help.
Smoking promotes deposition of nicotine in ur lungs.
This reesults in the formation of tar like substance in ur lungs.
This decreases the diffusion process in the lungs between alveoli and capillaries.
It leads to very serious defects like lung disorders, liver dysfunction, heart problems, apnea at nights…..
I had tried a lot to make the smokers stop but it became impossible. If u stop it ill be glad.
I need facts for a presentation on the long term effects of pot smoking?
One website I would strongly recommend is Erowid.com
What are the side effects of CIGAR smoking?
My brother says smoking cigars once in a while is fine and I want some websites that offer cold hard facts about the effects of “once in a while cigar smoking”. Websites would be very nice, pictures very helpful because I’m putting together an essay to help scare him (and prove my point).
Contact the American Lung Association (if you are in America) and they can give you all the info you need.
What are the physical effects of smoking one cigarette per day?
Okay. I don’t want a speech. I know smoking is bad for you. I just want the facts. What are the physical effects of ONE cigarette per day? Just the effects and facts, please. I already know that smoking is bad. I already know that if you start out with one per day the chances that you will smoke more will increase. I know it’s not good for your body. But HOW? I want physical facts. Thanks.
Just do a search for “smoking risk calculator” and type in the numbers. You’ll find that the effects are minor for a young person in reasonably good health. The real risk is that you’ll let it creep up on you and end up smoking more and more, so make sure you set a strict limit and stick to it.
i need some facts on the effects on smoking and drinking on an unborn child?
thanks
Smoking during pregnancy will expose your baby to nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other harmful toxins that can stunt his growth — including brain growth. An expecting mom with a pack-a-day habit will reduce her baby’s birth weight by about half a pound, on average. (Remember, “average” means that some babies are far more affected than others.) This is significant because low birth weight is one of the main factors linked to newborn illness, disability, and death.
Cigarette smoking is also associated with increased risk for many pregnancy complications. These include premature labor, ectopic pregnancy (in which the fertilized egg implants outside the womb), miscarriage, placenta previa, placental abruption, vaginal bleeding, and premature delivery.
The long-term consequences of smoking during pregnancy can linger far after childbirth. Recent studies suggest that babies born to mothers who smoked are more likely to have learning problems, short attention spans, and hyperactivity disorders. They’re more vulnerable to breathing problems such as asthma. Smoking during pregnancy can also put your baby at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
When you drink, the alcohol quickly travels through your bloodstream, crosses the placenta, and reaches your baby. Your baby breaks down alcohol more slowly than you do, so she may end up with higher levels of blood alcohol than you have.
Drinking endangers your growing baby in a number of ways: It increases the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth. As little as one drink a day can raise the odds for low birth weight and raise your child’s risk for problems with learning, speech, attention span, language, and hyperactivity. And some research has shown that expectant moms who have as little as one drink a week are more likely than nondrinkers to have children who later exhibit aggressive and delinquent behavior.
“Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders” (FASD) is the term experts use to describe the range of problems related to alcohol exposure before birth. The most severe result of alcohol use is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), a lifelong condition characterized by poor growth (in the womb, after birth, or both), abnormal facial features, and damage to the central nervous system.
Babies with FAS may also have abnormally small heads and brains, as well as heart, spine, and other anatomical defects. The central nervous system damage may include mental retardation, delays in physical development, vision and hearing problems, and a variety of behavioral problems.
Frequent drinking (seven or more drinks per week, including mixed drinks, wine, and beer) or binge drinking (four or more drinks on any one occasion) greatly increases the risk that your baby will suffer from FAS. But babies whose moms drink less can also develop this syndrome. And babies exposed to alcohol before birth — even if they don’t have full-blown FAS — may still be born with some of these birth defects or later exhibit a number of mental, physical, or behavioral problems.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fetal exposure to alcohol is one of the main preventable causes of birth defects and developmental problems in this country. More than 10 percent of women in the United States drink during pregnancy, and as many as 1 in 30 pregnant women drinks frequently or binge drinks. The babies of all these women are at risk.