What can smoking do to your heart?

Answer 1

Yes, smoking does affect the heart. As you should know, the heart itself is a muscle. Muscles are wonderful tissues but they are also most prone to wear and tare and poisons.

Arsenic, Carbon Monoxide, and the many other chemicals in cigarettes cause macrocardia (enlargement of the heart). Since nicotine acts as a vasoconstrictor it makes the blood vessels smaller making the blood pressure rise. Lastly, smoking cause damage to the pericardium (the sack which the heart resides in) that causes edema (fluid build up/swelling)

Answer 2

Smoking damages the lungs, which makes it harder for oxygen to enter the blood. To compensate for this, the heart must work harder to pump more blood to make up for it. This can cause a wide variety of Heart diseases, and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder), where you literally can't get enough air into your system and will have to go around with your own personal oxygen tank.

Answer 3

Smoking is very bad for your heart and cause heart attacks. Smoking decreases the amount of oxygen that goes to your heart and makes your heart work harder and harder to get air. This causes stress on the heart and can lead to serious and even fatal heart problems.

Answer 4

Yes. Smoking can cause Heart disease by decreasing oxygen to the heart, increasing blood pressure and heart rate, increasing blood clotting, damaging cells that line the coronary artery.

Answer 5

It can cause heart cancers and damage lungs too.

Answer 6

Yes. Tobacco contains nicotine which a stimulant. Nicotine raises blood pressure and heart rate and overtime can cause plaque buildup, heart attack, or stroke.

Answer 7

I many ways go to a doctor to find out more.

Answer 8

smoke contains carbon monoxide wich effect your heart.