Tobacco and its effects

TOBACCO AND ITS EFFECTS

Nicotine: It is addictive. Nicotine can reach the brain in just 10 seconds

Tar: Causes lung lesions

Carbon monoxide: It is a poisonous gas. This gas mixes with the hemoglobin in the blood and makes it difficult for the body to transport. The transport in the blood is reduced by 15%.

Tobacco use is the leading cause of disease, disability and death in the world. Every year more than 5 million people die in the world.

The main causes of death from tobacco use are:
• heart disease,
• cancer and
• respiratory diseases

Women can cause problems in the reproductive system

TOBACCO AND CANCER

Smokers also have a higher risk of cancer of the mouth, lips, tongue, larynx and pharynx, cancer of the stomach. Tobacco use is the main risk for lung cancer. Of every 10 people with lung cancer, 9 were smokers. In women, one in ten tumors corresponds to a lung cancer., esophagus, pancreas, bladder, kidney, cervix, colon and rectum, liver, breast, nasal cavity, ovarian and rarely leukemia.

TOBACCO AND OSTEOARTICULAR SYSTEM

Young smokers have the risk of fractures and ankle sprains than non-smokers.

In female smokers, osteoporosis is frequent, increasing the risk of hip fracture by 17% at 60 years and by 41% at 70 years. These effects are reversed if the woman stops smoking before menopause.

Smokers who have osteoarthritis of the knee tend to have more pain and more loss of cartilage in the joints.

TOBACCO AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Women who smoke have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease than men.

For every 10 cigarettes smoked per day, the risk of death from heart disease is 18% in men and 31% in womenThe effects of tobacco consumption on the cardiovascular system include:

Coronary heart disease
Cerebrovascular accident
Peripheral vascular disease
Abdominal aortic aneurysm