Bad Effects Of Smoking

Question: What are the Bad Effects Of Smoking? Explain. Answer: Smoking is tremendously harmful for the health. There is actually no way to smoke safely. A cigarette contains near about 600 ingredients and when they burnt they actually generate a huge quantum of chemicals. Maximum of the ingredients are poisonous for human and animal health. It has several bad effects on human body as mentioned under: Effect on central nervous system: Mood swing drugs are present in the tobacco which affects the central nervous system in the human body. The substance called nicotine is behind all of this (H. E Jones, al. 1999) Effect on respiratory system: At the time of inhaling smoke, a human being consumes poisonous chemicals which directly affects the lungs and damage it. Smoke can increase the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and in long run it can turns into the lungs cancer. Cardio logical effect: Smoking damages a humans whole cardiovascular organism. When nicotine strikes in the human body, it boosts up the human blood sugar level. In a little while, youre left feeling tired and craving more (Egass, 1997). Effect on digestive system: The person who smokes has a great risk to develop oral problems and tooth problems which also create problem in digestive system. It can cause mouth cancer also. Effect on skin and hair: Smoking causes damage to human skin and hair. Tobacco substances change the original structure of skin. It discoloured the skin and creates yellowish mark on the finger. Effect on sexuality and the system of reproduction: problem in actual blood flow create problem in erection. It highly disturbs the process of orgasm. Smoking is a great cause of infertility also. References: Jones, H. E., Garrett, B. E., Griffiths, R. R. (1999). Subjective and physiological effects of intravenous nicotine and cocaine in cigarette smoking cocaine abusers.Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics,288(1), 188-197. Kubzansky, L. D., Kawachi, I., Spiro, A., Weiss, S. T., Vokonas, P. S., Sparrow, D. (1997). Is worrying bad for your heart? A prospective study of worry and coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study.Circulation,95(4), 818-824.