It increases the risk of getting lung disease.
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Pollutants in the air, inhaling smoke from cigarettes, etc are harmful to the 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.
No, asbestos does not damage the nervous system. Asbestos can damage the respiratory system and lungs.
nicotine , tar etc.
Respiratory system has got cilia all over the tracheobronchial tree. This protect the respiratory system from damage.
Smoking can severely damage your lungs by destroying the air sacs in them, making it hard to breathe.
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The respiratory system is most vulnerable to sulfur mustard exposure. When sulfur mustard is inhaled, it can damage the respiratory tract, causing inflammation, blistering, and potentially leading to respiratory failure.
Its blocked. Which has little secondary effect on the respiratory system (it can get along without oxygen for an hour or two), but can damage the CNS in under 5 minutes.
The respiratory system. Other systems are also impacted, such as the circulatory system, the immune system, the gastrointestinal system, the nervous system, the integumentary/skin system (causes wrinkles), etc.
Any limitation or damage to the respiratory system will mean less oxygen for the whole body, and thus less power to drive all body processes.