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Nicotine is a colorless, oily compound that is poisonous in concentrated amount. Nicotine affects the brain, lungs, heart, and blood vessels. Hales said, “Nicotine first stimulates the nervous system, then triggers release of tranquilizing morphine-like amino acids. Nicotine spread to nervous system of the brain within eight seconds.” The nicotine makes the heartbeat…

Banning Cigarettes My mother smoked cigarettes for over 30 years. I always told her she should quit before she gets lung cancer or worse, but she continued to smoke anyway. Four years ago, my mother finally quit smoking after she suffered a severe heart attack. The doctors had to perform emergency open heart surgery, which was risky since my mom was 69 at the time. My mother’s surgery was successful and she fully recovered a year later. My mother is considered lucky to win her battle with…

mouth, nose, throat, larynx, trachea and esophagus. 3. Smoking is toxic to your lungs. A. If you have asthma, smoking can trigger attacks or make your asthma more severe. B. Smoking increases your risk of getting pneumonia, an infection in your lungs. C . COPD includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema and can cause…

Mitosis and Cancerous Cells Introduction Mitosis is by definition, “A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.” Mitosis is a vital process to living organisms. Without mitosis, organisms could not grow, age, repair, or exist in general. Therefore, it is very important that the cell cycle is carefully controlled by the cell. This refers to is the limits set on cell division to…

the economy, aid in lowering our alarmingly high smoking rate, and because it has many health benefits. Kentucky has the highest smoking rate in the nation. Consequently, it also has the highest lung cancer rate. Cigarette smoking affects nearly every organ in your body and causes about 90% of all lung cancer deaths. Ten…

humungous number of chemicals which are extremely dangerous to the human body which when burned and smoked can be an outrageous risk to one’s health. Consequently, several of health diseases, such as lung cancer, heart disease, and a stroke are caused by smoking and most of them lead to death. In order to resolve this issue one should know about its dangerous effects, such as cancer, harsh skin conditions, gum disease, and teeth loss. Lung cancer is caused by smoking when one inhales the smoke…

negative since there is no known documented positive effect of smoking Smoking causes various types of cancers namely; tongue, bladder, ovary, lung, cervix, liver, stomach, esophagus, nose, nasal sinus, pancreas and kidney. Lung cancers is categorized as the most common of all the cancers caused by smoking since it accounts for more than 80% of all lung cancer fatalities worldwide. Tobacco smoke for instance contains over 4000 chemicals; these include carbon monoxide, tar, formaldehyde and…

blockages and narrowing in the arteries, which means less blood and oxygen flow to the heart (Smoking and Heart Diseases and Stroke). According to American Lung Association, when cigarette consumption in the United States decreased, so did the rates of heart disease. The third leading death is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which is an obstructive lung disease that makes it hard to breathe (What is COPD). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease causes serious longterm disability and early…

“Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States.” I started with this quote because I wanted to show the emphasis on how serious tobacco use is in today’s day and age, and also how preventable it is. Tobacco use is one of the most deadly drugs someone can be acquainted with, let alone nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs. It has been proven in today’s day and age that tobacco causes a long list of diseases among many other health issues and people…

that medical marijuana can cause lung cancer; However, if the medical marijuana ; isn't smoked and instead drinked like medicine or eaten like food it wouldn't cause lung cancer. Meaning, it won’t cause deaths. According to Centers for disease control alcohol causes at least 40,000 deaths annually while marijuana has never had one death. Negative assumptions are always being made when hearing about drugs, while we never stop too think if these drugs can help out a human being just like medical…