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Cigarettes contain many harmful ingredients and toxins in them. When you smoke, you are breathing in everything that the cigarette contains. Smoke from cigarettes has tar in it, and that tar sticks to your lungs. The important part of the lungs that cleans out dirt are damaged, even if you're just getting second hand smoke.
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The chemicals in the cigarette such as nicotine and tar, starts to fill up your alveoli, because of these chemicals in your alveoli, they start to pop. The popping of your alveoli results in a shortage of oxygen for your body to function.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoYou could check lung capacities of smokers versus non-smokers.
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How does smoking affect your red blood cells?
because your lungs cant carry as much oxygen as a person who doesn't smoke
What organ gets affected by smoking?
The lungs and Heart get affected by smoking. Smoking also messes up the respiratory system . smoking damage's the luges so bad that some people end-up having lung cancer.
Which statement is false regarding ozone can affect the lungs and respiratory system?
Ozone can affect both lungs and respiratory system. It is because it acts as a pollutant over the surface.
Does smoking affect your toes?
Smoking tobacco lowers one's body temperature, especially in the extremeties, so ones fingers and toes may feel cold during or after a smoking session.
Does smoking help nerves?
Smoking does not help nerves, it just kills you. It kills your lungs, gives you bad breath, and turns your teeth yellow. Also, it could kill the people around you including the people you love the most.
What are the effects on smoking on respiration?
It will affect your lungs.
What is smoking and how does it affect human living?
it effects it in the lungs
Does smoking affect lung capacity?
Yes, no matter what you are smoking, you lungs will get r*ped.
Why does smoking affect young people?
because it burns your lungs
What is a risk factor for the respiratory system?
smoking that will affect the lungs
How does smoking affect humans looking?
It makes the insides of their lungs all white.
How can smoking affect obesity?
It affects your lungs and that way it will make it harder for you to excercise.
Which diseases or disorders affect your lungs?
lung clots,smoking can give you lung cancer
What system does smoking affect?
It affects your Respiratory System (breathing system). Especially it targets your lungs.
How does smoking affect air passages?
it starts to form a tar on the lungs and prevents them from working as effectively.
Does smoking affect your lungs?
You lungs will slowly clean themselves of tar, you breathing will improve and you may avoid getting smoking related diseases such as cancer.
How does cigar smoking affect the pharynx and larynx?
Smoking anything affects the larynx and pharynx, along with the lungs and nearly every other part of your body.
