Effect Of Smoking cigarette

Presented by; Ranjeet Shah Pharm D

Chitkara University

Smoking

Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream.

Cigarette

A cigarette is a small cylinder of finely cut tobacco leaves rolled in thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder

History

In 1865,a man named washington duke from North Carolina began to roll cigarettes and sell them to others for profit.

In 1883, James Bonsack invented that could roll cigarettes and produce thousands per day.

The history of smoking dates back to as early as 5000 BC in shamanistic rituals.Many ancient civilizations,such as the Babylonias, indians and chinese burnt incense in part of religious rituals, as did the later catholic and orthodox cristians churches.

History

The smoking of tobacco as well as various hallucinogenic drugs was used to trances and to come in contact with the spirit of world.

Cannabis smoking was common in sub-saharan Africa through Ethiopia and the east African coast in the middle east before the arrival of tobacco, and was early on a common social activity that centered around the type of water pipe called a hookah.

Cigarettes Contains

Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 different chemicals and compounds.

60 are known carcinogenic.Some of them are as follows.Nicotine TarCarbon monoxideAmmoniaFormaldehydeHydrogen cyanide

Reasons to Smoke

Some want to act cool or act like someone special or dangerous.

They want to get attention.They are curious about cigarettes.Peer pressureThey are stressed or nervous.

Effects Of Smoking

Every puff of cigarettes contains a mxture of nicotine and crbon monoxide and each time you smoke,it temporarily increases your

Heart rate and Blood pressure.It also injuries your heart and blood vessels.Loss of AppetiteYellowing of teethYellowing of facial hair

Effects Of Smoking

Halitosis (Bad Breath)Lung cancerMemory loss with passage of timePremature agingLow sperm countEmphyseaCOPDWrinkles

Let’s examine a few of these effects

Lung CancerLung cancer, also known

as carcinoma of the lung or pulmonary carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.

 Radon is the second-most common cause of lung cancer in the USA,causing about 21,000 deaths each year.

COPD

COPD: It stands for Chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

“The co- occurance of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, a pair of commonly co-existing diseases of the lungs in which the airways become narrowed. This leads to a limitation o the flow of air to and from the lungs, causing shortness o f breath.”

Simply put, COPD patients find it hard to breath.

Premature Aging

Smokers tend to age quickly even though they may not be advanced in years.their face say it all.Full of wrinkles and lacking in shine.this is bescause every puff of cigarette smoke you inhale diminshes the skin’s oxygen supply by reducing circulation.

Collagen, the fibrous protein responsible fpr producing new, healthy skin, is gretly reduced while the water content of the skin also drops significantly.

This I what leads to a smoker’s sagging and ugly skin.

Low Sperm Count

Men who smoke may have a lower sperm count than do those who don’t smoke.

Additionally , smokers tend to have lower sex drives and less frequent sex, according to the American Society for Reproductive medicine and the Canadian Fertility society.

Low Sperm Count

On the average, smokers had sex only half the times compared to non-smokers and sex was less gratifying.

The semen of non-smokers was superior to that of smokers both in terms of sperm viability and longevity a the toxins from nicotine as the toxins from nicotine weakens sperm count

Sperm motility reduces sperm life span, and may cause genetic changes that put the child at risk.

Second hand smoke may also affect male fertility

Heart Diseases

Smokers tend to suffer from heart diseases and strokes. This is because smoking causes fat deposits to constrict and block blood vessels which leads to heart attack.

Statistics have it that smoking causes around two in five deaths from heat diseases. In younger people two out of four deaths from heart disease are due to cigarette smoking.

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Effects of Smoking During PregnancySmoking during pregnancy can be likened to

putting a cigarette in your baby’s mouth. This is because e babies take in over 70% of what you take in, including what you breathe

Therefore ,cigarette smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of low birth weight, premature birth, spontaneous abortion, and parental mortality in humans, which has been referred to as the fetal tobacco syndrome. it has even been linked to learning disabilities in children whose parents smoked when they were in womb.

Way Out of Smoking

No matter what happens, just know that the effects of smoking far outweigh what you think could be getting from it and the wisest thing to do is to quit! You may think it’s hard to quit but I tell you it’s hard because you have not made up your mind to do it. Make up your mind this very minute because it’s within your power to do! Us recommended best stop smoking treatment and you will be glad you did!