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What is a stickysolid substance in cigarette smoke that's bad for lungs?
tar.
What effect does cigarette tar have on the body?
Tar coats your lungs and that's bad unless you don't mind pain and suffering.
How does cigarette effect the body?
Cigarette produces a certain amount of a substance called tar in our lungs which causes cancer. After an year this tar becomes so much in amount that it can cause any disease in our body
Why cigarette smoking reduces the effectiveness of the lungs in gas exchanges?
The biggest cause is the tar deposited in your lungs although there are a number of other reasons
How do you remove tar from lungs?
The only way that tar can be removed from lungs is over time. Unfortunately, if you have been smoking for many years, some of the damage is permanent.
What substance in tobacco smoke is most damaging to the lungs?
Cigarette smoke contains tar, which can cause irritation to the nasal passage and the lungs, and could potentially harm them.
How does Tar affect body?
The tar in tobacco cigarettes is a major cause of lung cancer, emphysema and bronchitis. The toxins from the tar can damage lung cells that keep tumors from forming. Cigarette tar also damages cilia in the lungs, which protect the lining of the lungs. In addition to the discoloring of teeth, tar can cause periodontitis, a gum disease that can result in the loss of teeth.
Harmful substance in a cigarette what causes disease?
The nicotine is the addictive substance, however it is the tar within the cigarette which is harmful to the human body. This tar sufficiently reduced the surface area of the alveoli to perform gas exchange. This black tar fills up and blocks the lungs making it harder for the smoker to breathe - causing breathlessness. This tar build up also leads to heart diseases and such.
What does tobacco smoke also contains that get trapped in smokers' lungs?
There are several harmful pollutants in cigarette smoke including tar and nicotine.
What substance would end up in your lungs if you smoked a cigarette?
Tar, ash and nicotine plus many more things will end up in your lungs when inhaling cigarette smoke. These can damage the tiny hairs that your respiratory tract uses to clean itself and over time causes COPD. The tar and ash can cause lung cancer.
What vitamins help clean out your lungs of tar?
Unfortunately for smokers, there are no vitamins-or anything else for that matter!-capable of removing the tar from inhaled cigarette smoke from the lungs. Once it's in there, it's pretty much there to stay. This is why smoking is so detrimental to health. Each puff of a cigarette adds another layer of carcinogenic tar onto the lungs sensitive tissue, making it harder for the underlying alveoli-sacs to perform their task of absorbing oxygen and excreting carbon dioxide.
What are the contains of cigarettes and its effect on your respiratory system?
Cigarettes contain many harmful ingredients like Tar, Arsenic (which is a poison), Nicotine (this is what makes you addicted to the cigarette) etc. The effect to the respiratory system varies from how much and the period of time you have been smoking. The damage to the respiratory system is the Alvoli in your lungs (Look like little sacs in your lungs) die and your lungs go black from the tar in the cigarette.
