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Tobacco contains
4000 different substances, many of which cause serious damage to your
health:
Carbon Monoxide: It is a poisonous gas, different
from Carbon dioxide normally present in your exhaled air. But Carbon
Monoxide occupies and blocks the oxygen distribution system in your
blood, forcing your heart to work harder to meet the oxygen requirements
of the body.
Nicotine: A powerful poison which increases blood
pressure and heart rate. It is the addictive part of tobacco enslaving
you to the habit.
Tars: They are poisonous chemical compounds, which
collect in the lungs to cause cancer.
Other chemicals include cyanide, arsenic and ammonia.
Just One cigarette: |
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Speeds up and then slows down
the activity of your brain and nervous system. |
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Causes dizziness. |
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Makes your eyes water. |
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Dulls your sensation of appetite,
taste and smell. |
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Makes you more susceptible
to coughs and colds. |
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Increase your heart and pulse rate. |
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Paralyses and reduces the action of cilia
(fine hairs) inside the bronchi which sweep up the dust in the bronchial
tubes. |
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Raises your blood pressure. |
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Increases your hand tremor. |
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Makes your muscles tense up. |
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a period of time: |
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Narrowing of blood vessels
to your heart and brain. |
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Shortness of breath, cough
and respiratory infections. |
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Cancer of the lungs. |
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Chronic bronchitis. |
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Emphysema with difficulties
in breathing. |
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Greater risk of heart attacks
and strokes. |
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Greater risk of cancer of
mouth, voice box, wind pipe, bladder, kidney, cervix, stomach and
colon. |
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Increases chances of peptic
ulcer. |
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Narrows blood vessels to penis
causing impotence. |
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Poor circulation with a risk
of gangrene. |
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Narrowing blood vessels to
skin causing premature aging.
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