A short message about the dangers of smoking. History of smoking

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Smoking is one of the worst habits.

Researchevidence that smoking is harmful to health. Tobacco smoke contains more than 30 toxic substances: nicotine, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocyanic acid, ammonia, resinous substances, organic acids and others.

1-2 packs of cigarettes contain lethal dose of nicotine. The smoker is saved by the fact that this dose is introduced into the body not immediately, but fractionally. The statistics speak : compared to non-smokers, long-term smokers13 times more likely to develop angina pectoris,12 once -myocardial infarction, 10 times - Istomach ulcer. Smokers make up96 – 100% all patients with lung cancer. Every seventh person who smokes for a long time suffers from obliterating endarteritis - a serious disease of the blood vessels.

Tobacco products are made from driedtobacco leaves that contain proteins, carbohydrates, mineral salts, fiber, enzymes, fatty acids and others. Among them, it is important to note two groups of substances dangerous to humans - nicotine and isoprenoids.

According to the quantitative content in tobacco leaves and the strength of the effect on various human organs and systemsnicotinezanitakes first place. He penetratesinto the body along with tobacco smoke, which contains, except fornicotine, irritating substancesIA, including carcinogenic Benzpyren and dibenzpyren,thenthere are cancer-causing tumorsol, a lot of carbon dioxide - 9.5% (in atmospheric air - O. O46 %) and carbon monoxide -5% (inatmosphericthere is no air).

Nicotinerefers tonerve poisons. In animal experiments and human observationsestablished, whatnicotinestimulates in small doses nerve cells, promotes increased respiration and heart rate, violation of the rhythm of heart contractions,toshnote andvomiting. In high dosesslows down and then paralyzes the activity of CNS cells, including autonomic. A disorder of the nervous system is manifested by a decrease in working capacity, trembling of the hands, and a weakening of memory.

Smoking is especially harmful to children and teenagers. The nervous and circulatory systems, which are not yet strong, react painfully to tobacco.

Exceptnicotine, have a negative effect and other constituents of tobacco smoke. When carbon monoxide enters the body, oxygen starvation develops, due to Togo,whatcarbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin more easily than oxygen and is delivered with blood to alltissuesand human organs.

In experimentestablished, that 70% of mice that inhaled tobacco smoke developed malignant lung tumors. Cancer in smokers occurs 20 times more often than in non-smokers. The longer a person smokes, the more likely he is to die from this serious disease.

Very often, smoking leads to the development of chronic bronchitis, accompanied by a constant cough and bad breath. As a result of chronic inflammation, the bronchi expand, bronchiectasis is formed with severe consequences - pneumosclerosis, emphysema, with the so-called cor pulmonale, leading to circulatory failure.This isand defines appearance of a heavy smoker: hoarse voice, puffy face, shortness of breath.

The role of smoking in the occurrence of tuberculosis is also great. Thus, 35 out of South Ossetia people suffering from it were smoking by the time the disease began.

Often smokers experience pain in the heart. This is due to a spasm of the coronary vessels that feed the heart muscle with the development of angina pectoris (coronary heart failure). Myocardial infarction in smokers occurs in 3 times more common than non-smokers.

Smokingmaybecause nicotinic amblyopia. In a sick suffererthis ailment, partial or complete blindness occurs. This is a very formidable disease in which even vigorous treatment is not always successful.

Smokers endanger not only themselves, but also those around them. In medicine, even the term "passive smoking" has appeared. In the body of non-smokers after staying in a smoky and unventilated room, a significant concentration is determined nicotine.

Love for the growingencourages the generation of our countryus to warn boys and girls from smoking!

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The words "cigarette" and "health" are incompatible with each other, and the consequences can be the most irreversible, and a person at any age should know about the dangers of smoking. Nicotine is a powerful toxin that gradually destroys the cells of the bronchopulmonary system, and then the whole body. Therefore, realizing the colossal harm of smoking, it is important to finally get rid of this destructive addiction, to take a number of preventive measures for the final removal of toxic substances.

What is smoking

This bad habit is a global problem of our time, because every year it is rapidly “getting younger”. The number of smoking men is constantly growing, and the female body is often characterized by such a deadly addiction. Tobacco smoking is equated with alcohol addiction, since in both cases a person can die from deadly diseases. In recent years, many people have realized this problem and quit smoking, but the younger generation is still eager to "try everything".

How many harmful substances are in a cigarette

Useful information to note for heavy smokers: one cigarette contains about 4,000 chemical compounds, 40 of which are poisons that are hazardous to health. These are carbon dioxide, arsenic, nicotine, cyanide, benzapyrene, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, hydrocyanic acid. After arbitrary inhalation of tobacco smoke (this applies to the health of passive smokers), pathological processes also predominate in the body, which provoke such radioactive substances as polonium, lead, bismuth. This chemical composition just provides the harm of tobacco.

What is harmful smoking

The chemicals contained in cigarettes can be lethal to humans if they enter the body for a long time. Thousands of people die every year from destructive addiction at a relatively young age, and even more are prone to chronic cough, bronchitis, obstructive pulmonary disease and other diseases with unforeseen clinical outcomes. Therefore, it is important to treat tobacco dependence and the consequences of its prevalence in a person's life in a timely manner.

The harm of smoking on the human body

During a period of prolonged exposure to nicotine, all internal organs and systems suffer, since the blood of smokers is enriched not with oxygen, but with toxic substances. This pathological condition favors atherosclerosis, becoming the main cause of most cardiovascular diseases. However, health problems do not end there, the presence of addictions contribute to a decrease in intellectual abilities and not only.

For men

The first step is to note that nicotine can adversely affect the potency of the stronger sex. Men who smoke for a long time do everything to face erectile dysfunction before the age of 40. For a full life and an active representative of the stronger sex, this is a tragedy, so you should not bring your own body to the appearance of these pathologies. In addition to heart disease, health problems can include:

• Chronical bronchitis;
• pneumonia;
• BPH;
• oxygen starvation of tissues (hypoxia);
• tuberculosis;
• progressive retinal dystrophy;
• decreased visual acuity, hearing;
• deterioration in the appearance and structure of the skin;
• exacerbation of nervous diseases;
• chronic cough;
• gradual yellowing, destruction of tooth enamel;
• malignant tumors.

For women

These pathologies are partially characteristic of the female body, if the fairer sex smokes. Nicotine in high concentration causes a chronic form of bronchitis, emphysema, does not exclude the presence of diagnosed infertility. Smoking kills gradually, but at first it turns a woman into an invalid. If we talk about diseases of the respiratory tract, nicotine is not limited to such a pathological process. Cigarettes harm the body on a large scale, and here are the clinical pictures that take place:

• nicotine contributes to miscarriage in early pregnancy;
• the presence of a lingering cough of a smoker becomes the norm of everyday life;
• smoking increases the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke of cerebral vessels;
• negative effects extend to the skin, contribute to its aging;
• there is a change in the timbre of the voice, constantly worried about dry cough;
• smoking can result in lung cancer;
• nicotine can cause deep depression;
• smoking causes mental disorders prone to relapse;
• the vessels of the stomach under the influence of nicotine pathologically narrow, peristalsis is disturbed;
• Cigarettes cause serious damage to the structure of nails, hair, teeth.

For the child's body

Teenagers also "dabble in cigarettes", not understanding how they may suffer from the negative effects of nicotine in the future. Smoking increases the risk of developing chronic diseases, and the consequences for health can be the most irreparable - death from lung cancer at a relatively young age. Drinking alcohol and smoking causes the following pathologies in adolescents:

• a cigarette reduces intellectual abilities, significantly inhibits psychomotor functions;
• the consequences of cigarette smoking for a student are accompanied by a risk of diseases of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems;
• the harm of cigarettes becomes the main cause of cancer, the formation of tumors not only in the bronchopulmonary system;
• if a teenager gets addicted to such a drug, the consequences affect the physical and mental state;
• bad habits disrupt metabolism, increase body weight, contribute to the development of obesity.

Diseases from smoking

Realizing how smoking affects the human body, it is important to know all the existing diagnoses that a smoker may face personally at a young age. Less, but also noticeable harm from smoking hookah. If a person constantly smokes, he must understand that the following chronic diseases with the most unexpected clinical outcome can overtake him:

• Chronical bronchitis;
• emphysema of the lung;
• malignant tumor of the lung;
• vascular atherosclerosis;
• myocardial infarction;
• obliterating endarteritis;
• impotence and frigidity;
• pulmonary thromboembolism;
• congenital deformities of the child;
• extensive pathologies of the digestive tract;
• diagnosed infertility;
• pneumonia.

Cancer

Smoking is harmful to health, and colossal. Nicotine with prolonged exposure provokes cell mutation, promotes the formation of malignant neoplasms. The problem is exacerbated by the genetic predisposition to such pathologies. Oncology ends in death, and a person can die at a young age. The disease brings physical torment and mental suffering, and the pathological process cannot always be stopped. Therefore, it is important to explain to the child at an early age why smoking is harmful.

The harm of smoking to others

Giving up bad habits is not only good for your health, but also good for others. The harm from smoking cigarettes is felt by bystanders and close relatives who have to regularly contact with a heavy smoker. Nicotine in tobacco smoke causes an increase in heart rate, heart rhythm disturbances, coughing, and even severe asthma attacks. When faced with passive smoking, here are some things to be especially wary of:

• risk of spontaneous miscarriage (for smoking pregnant women);
• reduced fertility;
• depressive state;
• redness, eye irritation;
• dry throat, perspiration;
• bouts of coughing, suffocation;
• decline in performance.

Cyanide, arsenic, formaldehyde, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocyanic acid, etc. Cigarette smoke contains radioactive substances: polonium, lead, bismuth. Nicotine in its toxicity is equal to hydrocyanic acid.

Harm of smoking

A pack of cigarettes a day is about 500 x-rays of exposure per year! The temperature of a smoldering cigarette is 700-900 degrees! The lungs of an experienced smoker are a black, rotting mass. After a puff, nicotine enters the brain after 7 seconds. Nicotine causes vasospasm, hence the violation of oxygen supply to tissues. Spasm of small vessels makes the skin aging. Harm of smoking also in the fact that there is an unpleasant smell from the mouth, the teeth turn yellow, the throat becomes inflamed, the eyes turn red from the constant irritation of the smoke. All over the world, nicotine is a legal drug, addiction develops from it, just like from heroin and other hard drugs, but its insidiousness is that this happens imperceptibly and for a relatively long time. Our smoking citizens annually smoke 265 billion cigarettes a year, which is about 1800 cigarettes per capita, and this figure continues to grow every year.
The harm of smoking is that it causes three main diseases: lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, coronary disease. It has long been proven that tobacco is the cause of death from lung cancer in 90% of all cases, from bronchitis and emphysema in 75% and from heart disease in about 25% of all cases. Approximately 25% of regular cigarette smokers will die prematurely due to smoking. Many of that number could live 10, 20 or 30 years longer. Those who die due to smoking on average lose 15 years of their lives.
Smoking causes terrible harm Thus, smokers are 13 times more likely to develop angina pectoris, 12 times more likely to have myocardial infarction, 10 times more likely to have stomach ulcers, and 30 times more likely to have lung cancer.
There is no such organ that would not be affected by tobacco: kidneys and bladder, gonads and blood vessels, brain and liver.
The lethal dose for an adult is contained in one pack of cigarettes if smoked immediately, and for teenagers - half a pack.
Smoking hurts the heart, so the heart rate of a smoker is 15,000 beats per day more than that of a non-smoker, and oxygen delivery to tissues and especially the brain is significantly reduced, since the vessels are constricted, plus carbon monoxide, which “clings” to hemoglobin better and does not give red blood cells carry oxygen. This explains why schoolchildren who smoke significantly lag behind non-smokers.
Harm of smoking Here's another thing: in recent years, scientists have paid close attention to substances that cause cancer. These primarily include benzopyrene and the radioactive isotope polonium-210. If a smoker takes smoke into his mouth and then exhales it through a handkerchief, then a brown stain will remain on the white fabric. This is tobacco tar. It is especially high in cancer-causing substances. If the ear of a rabbit is smeared several times with tobacco tar, then a cancerous tumor forms in the animal.

Harm of smoking for women

Smoking is especially harmful for women. , so at the first puff, it tickles in the throat, the heart rate increases, a nasty aftertaste appears in the mouth, coughing, dizziness, nausea and vomiting appear. All this is a manifestation of the protective reactions of the body. But a smoker who follows the "new fashion" actively suppresses the protective functions of the body and continues to take puffs. With each new puff, the body gives up and gets poisoned, the protective reactions fade away and the smoker does not feel discomfort. With each new pack, the smoker becomes more addicted to nicotine. A young girl cannot help noticing that she develops a cough (especially in the morning), a hoarse voice appears, bad breath, her skin becomes flabby, her teeth turn yellow, and in general the girl looks older than her peers, nevertheless she continues to smoke, although she tries reduce the harm of smoking , switching to light and "female" (thin) cigarettes. But nicotine addiction has already been formed, and the body begins to demand its own dose of nicotine, and the girl has to smoke 2 “female” packs instead of one regular pack in order to get her dose of nicotine. Tobacco companies have known this for a long time, which is why they took such a step and released imaginary harmless cigarettes, although the harm turns out to be even greater and the income from the sale too. Smart advertising campaigns make smokers believe that it is less harmful, although this is all a hoax! Many girls also notice that a cigarette reduces stress, this makes them even more addicted to cigarettes, smokers do not know how to deal with stress otherwise.
Due to the harm of smoking in women, the frequency of inflammatory diseases increases, which leads to infertility. The German gynecologist Bernhard, having examined about 6 thousand women, found that infertility was observed in smokers in 42%, and in non-smokers - only 4%. Tobacco gives 96% of miscarriages, 1/3 of premature babies.
Tobacco destroys those who smoke, and those who are born from smokers, and those who are close to smokers.
Women who smoke, as a rule, age early, they have premature puberty.

The harm of smoking and the human psyche

Studies have confirmed the fact that people with mental disorders are prone to smoking. It turned out that people with mental disorders smoke 40% more than those without mental disorders. Doctors are sure that smoking and mental disorders mutually reinforce each other.

The harm of smoking to others

About the dangers of smoking for others there is more and more data. As a result of passive smoking, 3 thousand people die every year from lung cancer, up to 62 thousand 2.7 thousand children die from heart disease for the same reason as a result of the so-called sudden infant death syndrome. Significantly increases the risk of getting sick not only with lung cancer, but also with some other types of this terrible disease.
The risk of spontaneous miscarriage increases. If expectant mothers are exposed to tobacco smoke, they more often give birth to children with various defects, primarily neuropsychic, as well as underweight (9.7-18.6 thousand such newborns per year).
It has been established that more than 50 components of tobacco smoke are carcinogenic, 6 adversely affect the ability to bear children and the overall development of the child. In general, inhalation of tobacco smoke is much more dangerous for children. Thus, passive smoking annually causes asthma in 8-26 thousand children, bronchitis - in 150-300 thousand, and from 7.5 to 15.6 thousand children are hospitalized, and from 136 to 212 of them die.
A survey of more than 32 thousand passive "smokers" of women, which was conducted by experts at Harvard University, showed that the fair sex, regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home and at work, 1.91 times more likely to suffer from heart disease than those who do not inhale it.
If a woman smokes passively only occasionally, the incidence rate decreases.
up to 1.58.
According to data compiled by the American Heart Association, smoking in the home is extremely harmful to children who have high blood cholesterol levels. Cigarette smoke reduces their content of the so-called healthy cholesterol, which protects against heart disease.

Smoking is a habit that is repulsive to the eye, unbearable to the sense of smell, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs.

"For them, for the Slavs - no hygiene, only vodka and tobacco" A. Hitler

Even if Hitler knew and well understood the harm of smoking and imposed it on the Slavs, today the Slavs drink, smoke, use drugs exclusively themselves, after watching ads or falling under the influence of others.

The dangers of smoking are obvious, and smokers themselves understand this, but maybe it's time to quit?

A light legal drug is cigarettes. The real composition of the product that kills millions. History and modernity.

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Tobacco smoking(or simply smoking) - inhalation of smoke from smoldering dried or processed tobacco leaves, most often in the form of cigarette smoking. People smoke for pleasure, because of a bad habit, or for social reasons (to socialize, for “company”, “because everyone smokes”, etc.). In some societies, tobacco smoking is a ritual.

According to the WHO (World Health Organization), about one third of the adult male population of the world smoke tobacco. Tobacco smoking was brought to Spain by Columbus after the discovery of America and then spread to Europe and the rest of the world through trade.

Tobacco smoke contains psychoactive substances - nicotine and harmine alkaloids, which in combination are an addictive stimulant of the central nervous system, and also cause mild euphoria. The effects of nicotine exposure include the temporary relief of fatigue, drowsiness, lethargy, increased performance and memory.

Medical studies point to a clear link between tobacco smoking and diseases such as lung cancer and emphysema, diseases of the heart system, and other health problems. According to WHO, over the entire 20th century, tobacco smoking caused the death of 100 million people worldwide and in the 21st century this figure will increase to a billion.

Composition of cigarettes

pyrene- dissolves well in the blood, causes convulsions and spasm of the respiratory system, which reduces the level of hemoglobin, inhibits liver function. Of course, all this is in large doses, in small (cigarette) doses it just stretches over time and does not act so noticeably.

Anthracite- if you constantly breathe dust or vapors of this rubbish, swelling of the nasopharynx, eye sockets develops, fibromia diseases develop. Also a shitty thing, also not so noticeable.

Ethylphenol- lowers blood pressure, depresses the nervous system, disrupts motor activity. Well, kind of relaxing.

And finally our favorites - NITROBENZENE and NITROMETHANE.

If you inhale concentrated vapors of nitrobenzene - loss of consciousness and death. In small doses causes irreversible changes in the vascular system.

Nitromethane causes an accelerated pulse and weakening of attention (scattering), and in high concentrations - a narcotic state and irreversible pathological changes in the brain.

These are the lovely substances found in the average cigarette. Of course, there is also hydrocyanic acid (about 0.012 g, forty times less than the lethal dose), ammonia, pyridine bases, and a large number of substances with a total number of about four thousand items.

Harmful substances

Many smokers are comfortable with their bad habit. They are convinced that smoking does not cause much harm to the body, they are unaware of the harmful effects of smoking, or they try not to pay attention to it. As a rule, they do not know anything or have a very vague idea about the real consequences of smoking.

The serious harm that smoking causes to the human body is undeniable. Tobacco smoke contains more than 3,000 harmful substances. It is impossible to remember all of them. But you need to know the three main groups of toxins:

resins. They contain strong carcinogens and substances that irritate the tissues of the bronchi and lungs. Lung cancer in 85% of all cases is caused by smoking. Cancer of the oral cavity and larynx also mostly occurs in smokers. Tars are the cause of smokers' coughs and chronic bronchitis.

Nicotine. Nicotine is a stimulant drug. Like any drug, it is addictive, addictive and addictive. Increases heart rate and blood pressure. Following brain stimulation, there is a significant decline up to depression, which causes a desire to increase the dose of nicotine. A similar two-phase mechanism is inherent in all narcotic stimulants: first excite, then deplete. Complete smoking cessation may be accompanied by a withdrawal syndrome lasting more often up to 2-3 weeks. The most common symptoms of nicotine withdrawal are irritability, sleep disturbance, anxiety, decreased tone. All these symptoms do not pose a threat to health, they fade and disappear completely by themselves. Re-introduction of nicotine into the body after a long break quickly restores dependence (just like a new portion of alcohol causes a relapse of the disease in former alcoholics).

Toxic gases (carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, nitric oxide, etc.) Carbon monoxide or carbon monoxide is the main toxic component of tobacco smoke gases. It damages hemoglobin, after which hemoglobin loses its ability to carry oxygen. Therefore, smokers suffer from chronic oxygen starvation, which is clearly manifested during physical exertion. For example, when climbing stairs or while jogging, smokers quickly develop shortness of breath. Carbon monoxide is colorless and odorless, therefore it is especially dangerous and often leads to fatal poisoning. Tobacco smoke contains 384,000 MPC of toxic substances, which is four times more than in the exhaust of a car. In other words, smoking a cigarette for one minute is about the same as breathing direct exhaust gases for four minutes. Hydrogen cyanide and nitric oxide also affect the lungs, exacerbating hypoxia (oxygen starvation) of the body.

Smoking contributes to atherosclerosis of blood vessels. The consequences of atherosclerosis are myocardial infarctions, strokes, premature aging. Immunity and endocrine system suffer. Many men earn impotence. Women become infertile or give birth to sick children. Due to narrowed sclerosed vessels, blood circulation is disturbed not only in the internal organs, but also in the arms and legs. In smokers, obliterating atherosclerosis of the lower extremities threatens with gangrene. At autopsy in malignant smokers, blood clots are often detected in various vessels.

You can get rid of a bad habit on your own or with medical help (for those who are already completely weak-willed).

If a person really wants to quit smoking, he may well do without medical help. All kinds of drugs, chewing gum, procedures, physiotherapy, reflexology, hypnosis, etc. by themselves are ineffective. Moreover, they can even interfere in some sense, especially if you place unreasonably high hopes on treatment and relieve yourself of responsibility for the result.

With a sharp cessation of smoking in some smokers, a temporary deterioration in well-being is possible. Transitional malaise is more common among those who remain ambivalent about smoking. And those who have made the final choice for themselves easily give up the bad habit, even if they have poisoned themselves with nicotine for decades before.

Advice to those who do not believe in themselves (who believe too) - start doing regular runs at least 3-4 times a week and at an even slow pace. Saturate your poisoned organism with oxygen and you will find that you can no longer stuff tobacco smoke into yourself, you will have an aversion to it. Those in need of psychological support will be helped by courses on getting rid of bad habits, of which there are quite a few in Moscow.

Nicotine

Surprisingly, why do millions of people smoke, despite the obvious damage to health? Once many of us start smoking, they are unable to stop. Why? Tobacco contains nicotine, a narcotic medicinal substance that makes you return to it again and again. Nicotine recruits us into its supporters quickly and reliably.

It is not nicotine that causes the main harm to health when smoking, but other 4,000 chemicals contained in tobacco smoke. They are the cause of many diseases that we associate with smoking.

Scientists have been studying nicotine for decades and are finding more and more interesting properties in it. Apparently, nicotine really increases concentration, improves memory and helps control weight. On the other hand, nicotine has a very negative effect on fetal development during pregnancy and, in addition, a link has been established between nicotine and sudden death of infants during sleep.

Perhaps in the future, we can expect pharmaceutical companies to separate the positive and negative properties of nicotine and develop new drugs based on nicotine for the treatment of a wide range of diseases - from Alzheimer's disease to obesity.

Along with caffeine and strychnine, nicotine belongs to a group of chemical compounds called alkaloids. These are bitter-tasting and often poisonous substances produced by plants to prevent animals from eating them. Humans, being biologically somewhat perverted creatures, not only ignore this warning signal - a bitter taste, but even enjoy such taste sensations.

Most of the nicotine we get today comes from the Nicotiana tabacum plant, but there are 66 more plant species that contain nicotine. 19 of them grow in Australia. Apparently, the Australian Aborigines were the first people to use nicotine. They mixed crushed nicotine-containing plant leaves with ashes and chewed them. During long journeys through the desert, the natives used nicotine as both a stimulant and a remedy for hunger.

Nicotine owes its name to the French Ambassador to Portugal, Jean Nicot, who was one of the ardent supporters of nicotine as a drug. Tobacco was brought to Europe by the Spaniards and was first used for medicinal purposes. They were treated for wounds, rheumatism, asthma and toothache. In 1561, Jean Nicot sent tobacco seeds to the royal court in France. This plant was named Nicotiana in his honor. Subsequently, the alkaloid found in the 19th century in this plant was also called nicotine.

The popularity of tobacco grew very rapidly in both Europe and Asia, despite the fact that in China, Japan, Russia and Muslim countries severe penalties were provided for its use, up to cutting off the lips. The Roman Catholic Church did not ban tobacco, but excommunicated those who smoked in church. The clergy learned to circumvent this prohibition by inhaling tobacco ground into a powder - snuff. By the end of the 17th century, this method of taking nicotine had become very common among the aristocrats of Europe.

Nicotine has a very short life in our body, which is why smokers smoke so much. With a puff of cigarettes, nicotine enters the lungs, then into the bloodstream and into the brain, where it is captured by receptors on nerve cells. But after about 40 minutes, the amount of nicotine is halved, and the smoker feels the need for a new portion. Therefore, in a cigarette pack of 20 cigarettes, this is a day divided into 40-minute periods of nicotine intake.

If a smoker is engaged in training, a cigarette after physical exertion gives him special pleasure. Why? Because exercise speeds up the metabolism of nicotine and the level of nicotine in the brain drops faster than usual. This also explains the tradition of "cigarettes after sex", romance has nothing to do with it.

One cigarette can contain up to 1.2 milligrams of nicotine. If you enter this nicotine intravenously, then this amount is enough to kill seven adult men. However, when you smoke, you get a very dilute dose. Most of the nicotine in a cigarette disappears with the smoke. The tiny fraction that enters the lungs is diluted again in the bloodstream. As a result, the blood contains about 100 nanograms of nicotine per milliliter, which is 1 billionth of the nicotine content written on a cigarette pack. And by the time nicotine reaches the brain, its concentration drops to 40 nanograms. However, this is quite enough to satisfy most smokers.

Is the health risk reduced by smoking low nicotine cigarettes? At first glance it seems that yes. However, if a smoker smokes a "light" cigarette, he unconsciously takes deeper puffs to get the usual dose of nicotine. This is called compensatory smoking. As a result, he will probably smoke more cigarettes than usual, which means he will inhale more carbon monoxide, tar and other products of tobacco combustion. So it's entirely possible that "light" cigarettes are even more harmful than regular cigarettes.

Smoking pipes.

When we see a person smoking a pipe, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Personally, I mean that this is a wealthy person who has achieved almost everything he wanted in his life. People automatically classify such people as the elite. This is due to the fact that pipe smoking is not a cheap pleasure, and not everyone can afford it. A lot of people think that smoking a pipe is not the same as smoking a cigarette. Maybe I don't argue. So all the same, pipe smoking is just as dangerous as cigarette smoking, or is it just the speculation of supporters of a healthy lifestyle.

Pipe smoking has become a fashionable habit in our time, although it has been around for more than three thousand years. Now a little history.

Archaeologists and historians involved in the study of the Mayan civilizations and the Indians of Central America claim that the entire history of the pipe came from there. Here, tobacco was used both for medicinal purposes and in religious rituals (for example, inhaling tobacco smoke helps to communicate with the gods). In Europe, pipes appeared after the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

At first, in Russia, smoking a pipe in public was very severely punished. So the pipe makers were flogged, their nostrils pulled out and sent to Siberia, and those who were caught smoking again were cut off their heads. Impressive, right? But all the same, pipe smokers did not become less, but even vice versa. And the rulers had to make concessions. Pipes were made from various materials: stone, clay (in Europe - from clay and with small cups, because tobacco was too expensive), porcelain, beech, wild cherry, elm, walnut, ivory, marble and much more .

The first briar pipes, now the most famous and popular material for their manufacture, appeared in the first half of the 19th century in the south of France.

There are many types of pipes: bent and straight, long with a small cup and short nose warmers, with different shapes of cups (round (prince), oval (lovet), cylindrical (stand-up poker)), faceted, etc.

Now let's talk about the harm that pipe smoking brings. There is an opinion that a cigarette cannot be compared with a pipe because:

1. a person no longer receives such pleasure;

Smoking a pipe causes less harm to health than cigarettes.

According to the results of research by American scientists from the National Institute of Oncology, it became known that the consequences of smoking for pipe lovers are practically no different from those for lovers of more “simple” types of tobacco products. The "tubifex" also often developed malignant tumors (esophagus, larynx, lungs), diseases of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. These data were obtained after a survey of 138,000 smokers, of whom 15,265 people smoked pipes, not cigarettes.

For a comparison between exclusive pipe smoking and malignancies of the upper digestive tract, scientists in Italy used case-control data from 1984 to 1999. This method took into account age, education, body weight and alcohol consumption. As a result, they came to the following conclusions: compared with never smokers, those who smoked only a pipe are more likely to get sick were 8.7 times higher for all malignant neoplasms of the upper digestive tract. Pipe smokers are 12.6 times more likely to develop oral and pharyngeal cancer, and 7.2 times more likely to develop esophageal cancer. It has also been observed that those pipe smokers who consume a lot of alcohol have this risk increased up to 38.8 times. Thus, pipe smoking and excessive alcohol consumption multiply each other's harmful effects.

Pipe smoking was also found to be associated with a risk of death from 6 of 9 cancers: larynx, esophagus, nasopharynx, pancreas, lung, colon and rectum.

Now, before you light a pipe - think about it, do you need all this?

hookah smoking

The influence of tobacco smoke on the body of a smoker has been repeatedly considered from many positions. However, there have been no studies on the effects of smoke passing through a water filter, as in a hookah. This phenomenon has also been little studied from a sociological point of view. Indeed, from this point of view, we have to admit that for more than four centuries, every day, hookah has been coloring life and subordinating tens of millions of people to its rhythm, in public institutions or at home. The practice of hookah smoking has become a real mass phenomenon and continues to develop actively today.

Shisha tobacco comes mainly in three forms: The first is "tumbak", a regular tobacco (Nicotiana Rustica) containing a lot of nicotine, most used today in Iran. The smoker moistens it with water, squeezes it out and puts it tightly in the bowl of the hookah. The second type is "mu essel", tobacco soaked in molasses and flavored with various fruit shavings. The third form, "jurak", can be considered intermediate.

In a hookah, the smoke is cooled by passing through the water, cooling is accompanied by filtration. Smoke from a hookah, devoid of substances such as acrolein and aldehydes, unlike cigarette smoke, does not irritate the mucous membranes of the throat or nose of smokers and non-smokers who are close to the hookah. This fact partly explains the public fascination and widespread use of hookah tobacco smoking. The passage of smoke through water also reduces the amount of tar, tar and other substances of potentially carcinogenic nicotine. Initially, tobacco is distilled in a bowl from hot coals, then the smoke descends through the shaft, which is immersed in water, after this "washing" the smoke rises along the hose and enters the smoker's lungs through the mouthpiece.

Various scientific studies have shown that filtering tobacco smoke through the water in a hookah reduces the content of: nicotine, up to 90% phenols, up to 50% fine particulate matter, benzo(a)pyrene, polycyclique aromatic hydrocarbons. There is a reduction in the carcinogenic potential of smoke that has crossed water compared to that that has not. Passing through the water, the smoke is cleared of acrolein (acroleine) and acetaldehyde (acetaldehyde), substances harmful to alveolar macrophages (macrophages), the main cells of the lung defense and important elements of the human immune system. Akram Chafei, in his research on the Egyptian hookah, notes that hookah smoking, like cigarette smoking, "...brings acute changes in lung function." While cigarette smoke affects the small airway endings of the bronchioles (bronchioles) involved in the pulmonary blood supply, hookah smoke "...has an immediate effect on the large airways."

But the most interesting recent research C. Macaron (C. Macaron). Her merit and the uniqueness of her research lies in the fact that she studied only hookah smokers. Thus, mixed cigarette and hookah smokers and former cigarette smokers were separated. Blood levels of cotinine are higher in hookah smokers than in cigarette smokers. The author believes that if it is likely that the smoke, passing through the water, loses the concentration of some of its components, then other elements probably remain unchanged. On this basis, the researchers believe that the "cleansing" effect of water on smoke is cancelled. Meanwhile, we note that casual hookah smokers, and they represent the majority of hookah lovers, do not have tobacco or nicotine addiction. They almost never smoke cigarettes, because they are primarily looking for new aromas, tastes, environments, like some coffee lovers. In addition, often, such smokers simply follow the fashion or want to appear "cool". They savor the hookah at the level of taste buds, without feeling the need to inhale the smoke. If there is an addiction among them, then it is most likely a behavioral or social addiction.

The alveolar CO content of various types of smokers was measured using a special Smokelyzer apparatus. The findings were consistent with the results cited above, with hookah smokers found to have elevated levels of carbon monoxide. This gas is formed during any slow or incomplete combustion process, as happens with tobacco in a waterpipe. The level of carbon monoxide ranges from 10 ppm to 60 ppm, depending on the individual and the degree of ventilation of the room - in an unventilated room, the CO content is increased - up to 28%. It is this gas that causes an increase in heart rate.

As for the slight intoxication observed in smokers after smoking hookah, it is not caused by any opiates, moreover, not contained in hookah tobacco, but is due to the action of the same carbon monoxide.

Finally, an avid hookah smoker explains that he cannot stop smoking hookah for more than two days. This period is not associated with the half-life of nicotine, which occurs approximately 2 hours after smoking, but with cotinine, whose half-life ranges between 15 and 20 hours. With all the abundance, today there is no coherent hypothesis about the nature of such dependence.

Ministries of health should now focus their efforts on the development of hookah products that reduce the content of carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke, these can be alternative sources of heating, such as electric, replacing coal combustion or special filters.

Teen smoking

Teenagers are not aware of the dangers of smoking because they are constantly watching their elders doing it at ease. Another culprit that drives young people to smoke is peer pressure. However, sometimes, smoking is the result of some sort of act of outright defiance, or simply the result of curiosity. If you have suspicions that your teenager has started smoking, and if they are justified, then pay attention to this and educate your child about the dangers of smoking.

Smoking and its associated danger to life.

Every year, millions of people die from smoking-related diseases worldwide. And that number is likely to rise as more young people get into this deadly habit.

The smallest smoker is a seven-year-old boy who makes a living looking for recyclable waste.

This scenario is typical for third world countries and is only the tip of the iceberg. Smoking is gradually taking away young lives, but brings billions of dollars in taxes to states. Thus, the problem is still unresolved, like the dire forecasts of upcoming global warming that most choose to ignore.

Long-term smoking leads to several types of cancer. Due to the early onset and longer exposure to the poison, young adults are at increased risk. And quitting smoking is just as hard as quitting heroin. There are now support groups to help people get out of the hole and start living a healthy life. But this is easier said than done. Smoking is not prohibited by law and young children caught with a cigarette are not punished for it. Therefore, the vicious circle continues. If you are a parent and you discover that your teenager is smoking, then you need to take immediate action to help your child kick the habit.

How to help your child quit smoking

The confused mother said she caught her son and daughter smoking in the room. The smell of cigarette smoke in the room helped solve the mystery. Empty cigarette packs and cigarette butts were found in the trash can. In alarm, the mother reported the incident to her husband, also a non-smoker. In order to wean children from smoking, parents enrolled them in a rehabilitation and support program.

If you can't catch kids smoking at home, try to find out who they hang out with and where they hang out after school. Someone will definitely tell you if your teen's friends smoke.

Asking a son or daughter not to go out with their smoking friends will not give you encouraging results. Instead, invite their friends over to your home and show them videos, videos or the Internet (eg www.youtube.com) that detail the irreversible effects of smoking on the human body. Give them books about the effects of smoking, or invite the doctor to a class at the children's school or parent-teacher meeting to discuss the dangers of smoking. Mobilize parents and ask school leaders and faculty to start a war on smoking. There should be no smoking areas or non-smoking areas in the school. Instead, smoking should be banned entirely. In response to protests, you can always explain that sometimes parents and teachers have to be harsh to be kind. Smoking is deadly, and in this case there should be no place for euphemism.

Be relentless in your efforts to wage war on teen smoking. Teenagers who smoke will become adult smokers and suffer the consequences of smoking in the future. Instead of waiting for trouble to hit you, start your campaign today. If you love your children, make a firm decision. Someday, your children will thank you for your perseverance and effort to help them get rid of this deadly and terrible habit.

Passive smoking

Smokers know that their addiction is hurting them, but they assume that their smoking will only hurt themselves. However, over the past few years there has been more and more evidence that passive smoking contributes to the development of diseases in non-smokers that are characteristic of smokers.

When tobacco is burned, main and additional smoke flows are formed. The main stream is formed during the puff of smoke, passes through the entire tobacco product, is inhaled and exhaled by the smoker. An additional flow is formed by exhaled smoke, and is also released between puffs into the environment from the charred part of the cigarette (cigarettes, pipes, etc.). More than 90% of the main flow consists of 350-500 gaseous components, of which carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are especially harmful. The rest of the main flow are solid microparticles, including various toxic compounds. The content of some of them in the smoke of one cigarette is as follows: carbon monoxide - 10-23 mg, ammonia - 50-130 mg, phenol - 60-100 mg, acetone - 100-250 mcg, nitric oxide - 500-600 mcg, hydrogen cyanide - 400-500 mcg, radioactive polonium - 0.03-1. 0 nK. The main stream of tobacco smoke is formed by 35% of the burning cigarette, 50% goes into the surrounding air, making up an additional stream, from 5 to 15% of the components of the burnt cigarette remains on the filter. The additional stream contains 4-5 times more carbon monoxide, 50 times more nicotine and tar, and 45 times more ammonia than the main one! Thus, paradoxically, many times more toxic components enter the atmosphere surrounding the smoker than the body of the smoker himself. It is this circumstance that causes a special danger of passive or "forced" smoking for others. When tobacco smoke is inhaled, radioactive particles settle deep in the lungs, are carried by the bloodstream throughout the body, settling in the tissues of the liver, pancreas, lymph nodes, bone marrow, etc.

The silent victims of passive smoking are children!

Children who share a room with smoking parents are twice as likely to have respiratory illnesses compared to children whose parents smoke in a separate room or children whose parents do not smoke. In such children, especially in the first year of life, bronchitis, nocturnal coughs, and pneumonia are more often recorded. Studies conducted in Germany show the relationship between passive smoking and childhood asthma. The impact on the respiratory system of a child of passive smoking does not exhaust its momentary toxic effect on the body: even after growing up, there is a difference in the indicators of mental and physical development in groups of children from families of smokers and non-smokers. If a child lives in an apartment where one of the family members smokes 1-2 packs of cigarettes, then the amount of nicotine in the urine corresponding to 2-3 cigarettes is found in the child!

The WHO Committee of International Experts also concluded that maternal smoking (“passive fetal smoking”) is the cause of sudden infant death syndrome in 30-50% of cases.

Passive smoking can lead to blindness

Passive smoking increases the likelihood of a person becoming blind. According to the British Journal of Ophthalmology, scientists from the University of Cambridge studied the effects of smoking on senile macular degeneration (SDM) and concluded that living with a smoker for five years doubles the risk of this disease, and regular active smoking triples.

Early studies have shown that smoking increases the likelihood of vision problems. However, the work of the Cambridge experts provides the clearest evidence that passive smoking has a similar effect. SDM usually develops in people who have crossed the 50-year mark. It affects the central part of the retina, which is extremely important for reading or driving. As a result, only peripheral vision remains active in a person. SDM does not always lead to blindness.

In the UK today there are about 500,000 people suffering from this disease.

The study followed 435 patients with SDM and 280 without it. Scientists have noticed that the more a person smokes, the more likely they and their partners are to develop SDM. A person who smokes a pack a day or more for 40 years almost triples this risk. And to double it, it is enough just to live with a smoker for five years.

Women who smoke men find it harder to get pregnant

The results of a survey of pregnant women in antenatal clinics in Kyiv showed a clear effect of smoking by both parents on the likelihood of pregnancy. In particular, a man's smoking reduced the likelihood of pregnancy occurring and developing: the likelihood that pregnancy would not occur during the first year of the absence of contraception increased by almost two times. A weak but highly significant relationship was found between the number of cigarettes smoked by a man per day and the duration of sexual life before conception. Each subsequent cigarette smoked per day by a man reduced the probability of conceiving a child during the first year by an average of 1.05 times. The above study shows that the problem is not that pregnancy does not occur, but that it is interrupted when future parents are not even aware of it.

Passive smoking increases the risk of breast cancer

Research by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare found that the proportion of non-smoking women who develop breast cancer is 2.6 times higher if they are forced to inhale tobacco smoke at work or at home. This risk is especially high in women before the onset of menopause, which, apparently, is due to higher concentrations of female sex hormones involved in breast tumorigenesis. And the exclusion of both passive and active smoking is a measure for the prevention of breast cancer.

Passive smoking increases the risk of heart disease

According to a recent study, exposure to tobacco smoke at work resulted in the death of about 250 people in Finland in 1996. The study, conducted by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, examined statistics on causes of death, exposure to tobacco smoke at work, and information about the risk of various diseases. In the latest issue of the Finnish Medical Journal, Dr. Markku Nurminen writes that the biggest killer among diseases caused by secondhand smoke has been coronary heart disease. The number of such deaths exceeds 100. The rather high risk caused by exposure to tobacco smoke is due to the fact that the most dangerous substances in second-hand smoke are in the gas phase, while the main risk factors in the smoke that smokers themselves inhale are contained in weighted phase. In the form of a gas, substances pass deeper into the lungs than particulate smoke, and therefore it is more difficult for the body to get rid of them.

Passive smoking and the brain

Inhalation of tobacco smoke causes disturbances in the activity of the brain, since the nervous system is most sensitive to tobacco poisons, which leads to severe diseases of the central nervous system. According to some studies, circulatory disorders in the brain caused by exposure to tobacco smoke in 1996 caused the death of almost 80 people. Exposure to second-hand smoke increases the risk of brain circulatory problems by 1.8 times.

Consequences of smoking

1. Brain -> Stroke

A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that delivers oxygen to the brain becomes blocked by a clot or other particles. Thrombosis of cerebral vessels is the most common cause of stroke. Thrombosis means the formation of a blood clot and a violation of the blood supply to the brain. Another type of stroke occurs when a diseased artery in the brain (such as an aneurysm) ruptures. This phenomenon is called cerebral hemorrhage.

2. Heart -> Heart disease

Smoking is the main cause of damage to the coronary arteries, which can lead to myocardial infarction. Smokers have an increased risk of atherosclerosis (blockage of the arteries) and other changes that affect the cardiovascular system. Smoking alone increases the risk of coronary artery disease, and when combined with other factors, these diseases become even more likely. Nicotine and carbon monoxide contained in tobacco smoke interfere with the supply of oxygen to the blood and, through various mechanisms, cause damage to the heart and blood vessels.

3. Lungs -> Lung Cancer

Approximately 85% of lung cancers occurring per year can be associated with smoking. People who smoke two or more packs of cigarettes a day for 20 years have a 60-70% increased risk of lung cancer compared to non-smokers. The risk of lung cancer is higher the more cigarettes smoked per day, the longer they smoke, the greater the amount of smoke inhaled, and the higher the tar and nicotine content of cigarettes.

An x-ray image shows an abnormal mass in the lung (arrow). A biopsy later proved it to be lung cancer. Characteristic symptoms: persistent agonizing cough, hemoptysis, repeated pneumonia, bronchitis or chest pain.

4. COPD -> Chronic bronchitis

COPD is a chronic lung disease characterized by progressive narrowing and destruction of the bronchial tree and pulmonary alveoli.

Although the main cause of COPD is smoking, other factors play a role - long-term inhalation of smoke, dust and chemicals, as well as frequent lung infections in childhood. Some people are at increased risk for COPD for genetic reasons. These individuals have a genetic defect called alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. COPD includes two main diseases - chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Most patients with COPD have a combination of both diseases.

Chronic bronchitis is manifested by a cough with sputum that occurs in winter for 2 years in a row. In some patients, cough with sputum is the only symptom, while others complain of shortness of breath or shortness of breath. If you are coughing or producing phlegm, see your doctor to have your lungs checked.

Emphysema refers to the pathology of the alveoli, when the tissue around the alveoli changes, they become enlarged and look like holes in the lungs on an x-ray (similar to Swiss cheese). The main symptom is shortness of breath. There is a cough, but less pronounced than with chronic bronchitis. The chest becomes barrel-shaped.

5. Stomach -> Cancer and stomach ulcer

The effect of prolonged smoking is to stimulate the secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, which corrodes the protective layer in its cavity. Aching or burning pain between the sternum and the navel is the most common symptom that occurs after eating and early in the morning. Pain can last from a few minutes to several hours; Sometimes the pain is relieved by food or antacids. Smoking slows down the healing of ulcers and promotes their recurrence.

Typical symptoms:

- aching or burning pain in the abdomen, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite and weight loss.

In the early stages, stomach cancer usually does not show up. It is known that stomach cancer can occur against the background of an ulcer, and smokers have a higher risk.

6. Fetus -> Risk Factors

In women, smoking significantly increases the risk of chronic diseases, including pulmonary complications, and premature death. According to studies, smoking significantly increases the risk of heart disease in premenopausal women, especially when taking birth control pills. Studies have shown that women who regularly smoke one pack of cigarettes a day or more during pregnancy have babies weighing less than non-smoking mothers. Carbon monoxide, inhaled as part of tobacco smoke, enters the blood of the fetus and reduces the absorption of oxygen, leading to severe oxygen starvation. Other effects of smoking include reduced blood flow, which interferes with the transfer of vital nutrients from the mother to the fetus.

Underweight newborns are generally weaker and more prone to disease than those of average weight. Women who smoke are more likely to end up in preterm labor, miscarriage, or stillbirth. Also, studies do not rule out that children born to mothers who smoked during and after pregnancy are more likely to have sudden infant death syndrome.

7. Bladder -> Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer occurs mainly in smokers over 40 years of age. In men, the risk is 4 times higher than in women. The most common early symptom is blood in the urine without pain or discomfort.

Typical symptoms:

- blood in the urine;
- pain in the pelvic area;
- difficult urination.

8. Larynx -> Cancer of the esophagus

Smoking can cause esophageal cancer by damaging cells located inside the organ. The longer a person smokes, the higher the risk.

Typical symptoms:

- difficulty swallowing;
- chest pain or discomfort;
- weight loss.

9. Tongue -> Oral Cancer

Oral cancer is most common in smokers and heavy drinkers. In most cases, the tumor occurs on the sides or on the lower surface of the tongue, as well as in the floor of the mouth.

Typical symptoms:

- a small, pale swelling or thickening of an unusual color on the tongue, mouth, cheek, gums, or palate.

10. Uterus -> Malignant tumors

Smoking exposes the entire body to various carcinogenic chemicals. For example, in women who smoke, derivatives of tobacco components are found in the mucus of the cervix. According to scientists, these substances damage the cells of the cervix and probably increase the risk of cancer.

Only the facts

1. In Russia, 70.5% of men smoke, and among high school students in large cities, 30-47% of boys and 25-32% of girls cannot do without cigarettes. Every year 25 billion cigarettes are smoked in Russia.
2. Men and women smoke for different reasons. This was established during the experiment by a Californian scientist. Each participant in the experiment was asked to carefully record the mood that prevailed at the moment when he took up a cigarette. It turned out that men, for the most part, smoke when they are irritated or angry with something. Women reach for a cigarette when they feel emotionally uplifted or enjoy it. True, both use smoking as a means to alleviate sadness or depression.
3. A museum of tobacco appeared in Russia. Its exhibits - many types of pipes, mouthpieces, various varieties of tobacco. Its creator is Vladimir Yablokov, a well-known collector of cigarettes and cigarettes in his circle. He opened the museum right in his house in the city of Kachkanar. Now Vladimir Yablokov is planning to create a club at the museum, where he plans to wean the current generation of young people from the addiction to smoking.
4. The Omsk "Institute of Medical, Social and Legal Initiatives" under the leadership of Igor Baturin believes that the promotion of cigarettes, deployed in the most crowded places, subsequently negatively affects the health of children and adolescents. If the Omsk Antimonopoly Committee proves Baturin right, the customer of tobacco advertising, Philip Morris, will be fined 200 minimum wages.
5. Last summer, Nicorette became the first anti-tobacco drug to be approved for OTC use in Japan. Nicorette chewing gum has been approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. According to a report by the Minister of Health of Japan in 1999, 52.7% of men and a percentage of women smoke, the percentages are increasing, and lung cancer has long overtaken gastric cancer in mortality in the rankings. Nicorette is the number one smoking cessation drug in the world, available in 60 countries. Pharmacia has developed and marketed a range of nicotine replacement therapy products - chewing gum, patch, inhaler, aerosol and tablet. In 2000, Nicorette's sales exceeded one million.
6. China has 20% of the world's population and 25% of all smokers. More cigarettes are produced here than in any other country. According to scientists, by 2025 more than two million Chinese will die from diseases caused by cigarettes.
7. In Zimbabwe, one third of all farmers and 12% of all workers are employed in the tobacco industry.
8. In 1988 Philip Morris paid $350,000 to have their cigarettes featured in the new James Bond series License to Kill.
9. In 1979, Philip Morris paid $42,500 to have Marlboros appear in Superman II, and fellow cigarette manufacturer Ligget paid $30,000 to have their cigarettes appear in Supergirl. By the way, these films have a huge children's audience ...
10. It is established that children smoke the most advertised cigarette brands.
11. 49.7% of Australian Aborigines smoke.
12. Ottawa is a non-smoking city. By decision of the authorities, since September 1, 2001, smoking has been banned in all public places, hospitals in the premises of state bodies, in restaurants, as well as bars and private clubs. The designation of special smoking areas is also excluded. Law enforcement officers will monitor the implementation of the ban. Fine violators began on 4 September. The first violation costs approximately CAD 250, subsequent violations cost up to CAD 5,000.
13. The new law is supported by public organizations, doctors and trade unions. All of them not only care about the health of their fellow citizens, but also fight against social extravagance: the spread of smoking leads to an increase in diseases, which results in high hospital costs, as well as possible lawsuits against firms that did not warn their employees about the dangers of smoking in the workplace.
14. In Europe and the US, the persecution of smokers is also steadily increasing. The United States is preparing a tough new bill to ban smoking in almost all public places. The current law, passed in 1995, prohibits smoking in restaurants with more than 35 seats, in office buildings and even in private offices with more than three employees. If the new law is adopted, smoking will be allowed only in specialized bars and nightclubs. There are states where laws against smoking are especially severe. In California, for example, smoking is prohibited in all public places without exception.
15. Vitamin C is dangerous for smokers. This was found out by Australian scientists. The thing is that while smoking, among other muck, the heavy metal cadmium penetrates the body, in combination with which harmless vitamin C can provoke the appearance of cancer cells. Cadmium is practically not excreted from the body, therefore, as scientists warn, it is not recommended to abuse vitamin C (that is, consume more than 0.25 g per day) even if you quit smoking several years ago.
16. Aeroflot will tighten restrictions on smoking in aircraft. This is noted in his interviews by the company's CEO Valery Okulov. According to him, a survey of passengers shows that those who choose Aeroflot aircraft would prefer non-smoking flights.
17. In Singapore, smoking is strictly prohibited in public transport, taxis, elevators, (cinema) theaters, public places, air-conditioned restaurants and shopping malls.
18. In Los Angeles, on Santa Monica Boulevard, there is a scoreboard counting the number of deaths from cigarette addiction. The countdown starts on January 1st and ends on December 31st of each year. The figure that manages to "run" is impressive ...
19. In his dying interview, a Hollywood star, a talented Jew from Vladivostok, Yul Brynner, conjured "never smoke"! The cigarette has helped many artists die: Louis Armstrong and Leonard Bernstein, Humphrey Bogart and Richard Boone, Walt Disney and Vincent Price, Steve McQueen and John Huston, Clark Gable and John Wayne, Gary Cooper and Betty Grable, Buster Keaton and Nat "King" Cole, Bing Crosby and Robert Taylor...
20. According to Interfax, an American tried for many years to quit smoking, and, in despair, he cut off his right hand, with which he brought a cigarette to his mouth. The act is meaningless - after all, a cigarette can be held in the left, and the passion for smoking is certainly not in the hand, but in the head. Fortunately, the doctors managed to sew the hand back to the sufferer.

The most common bad habits are alcohol and smoking. Perhaps only a newborn does not know about the dangers of smoking, but, nevertheless, the psychological dependence on smoking has been and remains the most common throughout the world. The harm of smoking is caused to almost all organs of the human body. Find out right now everything about the dangers of smoking, how this bad habit affects the condition of the skin of the face, excess weight, how shortness of breath and hiccups appear, and a sore throat.

dangerous compound

The harm of smoking is primarily caused by the composition of cigarettes. More than four thousand harmful substances are contained in its composition. During smoking, they all settle in the body. The most famous are tar, nicotine and toxic gases. Why is smoking bad? Each substance leaves its mark on health. For example, resin containing harmful carcinogens provokes cancer. After smoking, the resin causes coughing, hiccups, and smoking all the time leads to bronchitis.

Nicotine forms a psychological habit. After brain stimulation with nicotine, the decay process begins. After that, nicotine starvation again sets in - a painful process for an addicted person.

After smoking, toxic gases damage the ability of hemoglobin in the blood to carry oxygen. Because of this, almost all smokers experience a lack of oxygen. Hydrogen cyanide affects the bronchial cilia, for this reason, after smoking, the throat hurts. Due to the lack of oxygen in the body, problems with excess weight occur, the skin of the face deteriorates, the throat often hurts and a runny nose appears. Hiccups when smoking is also quite common. Especially when smoking, women should be concerned about a cosmetic problem, that is, the condition of the skin of the face, nails, hair, and excess weight. Therefore, it is worth thinking 100 times before and after the next puff.

The psychology of smoking is explained by such a fact of a bad habit - from birth, a person had to experience the first physical pleasures during oral contact. The first is breastfeeding. The connection between the mouth and the satisfaction of a natural habit remains with the smoker at the basis of psychological dependence.

This is what smoking does to the human body, and these are just a few examples out of hundreds of possible ones. A lot of facts are known about the dangers of smoking, let's look at the diseases caused by smoking.

Harm of smoking for the main human organs

Separately, I want to dwell on issues of appearance. This visible part of the human body is often a good example of the dangers of smoking. Cigarette in hand - consequences on the face. Changes in facial skin, hair condition and weight for the worse are often an incentive to quit addiction, especially in women.

Appearance when smoking

Overweight, dry skin of the face and body, crumbling teeth, brittle hair, accompanied by halitosis and frequent hiccups. Not the most pleasant sight, is it? But after smoking it is a natural punishment. Weight problems arise due to the lack of oxygen after the next puff in the process of smoking.

The consequence of smoking can be not only excess weight, hiccups, bad skin on the face, but also smoking slows down the growth of the body if a person started smoking as a teenager.

In general, the psychology of smoking in adolescents is most often built on the basis of self-realization through the majority. “If everyone does it, then I can too.” This is a dangerous delusion, from which parents should help the child get out, noticing his uniqueness, replacing punishment with sincere love. And it is best to prove the harm of smoking by your own example - never smoke with a child.

It is impossible to ignore such a topic as smoking and teeth. A change in the microflora of the oral cavity after smoking leads to inflammation of the gums, the gums are then deformed, the teeth begin to crumble and fall out.

Even if you smoke a few cigarettes a month or less, the effects of smoking remain in your body. The decay products of nicotine leave the body for a long time. After each puff, a person experiences irreversible changes - moisture is lost, the face fades, weight changes, hiccups appear, and the throat hurts. And these are just the mildest effects. Do not bring yourself to cancer and heart attacks, take care of your health.

We have talked enough about the dangers of smoking, although these are far from all known facts. Don't smoke and stay healthy!