Cigarette contains tobacco, its products are from acetone, tar to nicotine and carbon monoxide. It will not affect the lungs but all other systems of the body. Smoking may be active or passive but the results are the same. Have the following effects. Decreased oxygen- carrying capacity due to an increased level of carboxyhemoglobin due to carbon monoxide.
Sympathetic effects of nicotine Mucous hyper secretion, impaired mucociliary action experience hygiene loose teeth, and bone loss. Bronchitis- a Higher rate of bronchitis and passive smoking in children leads to infection and asthma. Tuberculosis and pneumonia may worsen Smoker’s cough - persistent cough due to edema and mucus secretion of the trachea, tested by, present trachea from one side leads to propagation of a cough. High cholesterol- Lowers HDL but elevates LD cholesterol, raises total cholesterol and triglycerides which are…
