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The main affect is the carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke binds to the hemoglobin molecules in your red blood cells 40x stronger than oxygen. So, in effect, when you smoke, it reduces the amount of oxygen available to the brain. This creates the euphoric 'high' that cigarette smokers experience. In addition: The chemical nicotine has been proven to be one of the most addictive substances known, even stronger than heroin addiction.
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Smoking has been linked to lung cancer, which is the leading cause of death by cancer, second only to cardiovascular disease. Lung cancer develops rapidly and without symptoms, until it is so advanced that it is difficult to treat. The survival rate of lung cancer patients is quite low. It destroys your life as an example it clouds your brain and and it will kill you which is a horrible death.
Smoking for a long time, for many years, can lead to lung cancer. In tobacco there is a substance called nicotine which, if smoked, chewed, or snuffed, directly affects the brain. It reduces the thinking ability of an individual human being. Which can at times also affect his lungs. Throat cancer is another disease. A cancer that develops from chewing tobacco or pipe smoking is called Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and the only treatment available is surgery, so doctors cut off parts of the face and mouth in an attempt to stop it.
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∙ 9y agoTobacco contains nicotine which enters the bloodstream, stimulating the release of a hormone called epinephrine. Epinephrine stimulates the central nervous system and this has a domino effect on increasing heart rate, respiration and blood pressure.
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∙ 11y agoSmokeless tobacco users exhibited slower learning and adjustment to new requirements, more jerks, slower and more irregular movements, and less accurate overall performance compared to non-smokers.
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∙ 11y agoNicotine is a complex drug. It acts as an anti-psychotic by increasing alertness/wakefulness and affects acetycholine, adrenaline, and dopamine by raising there levels in the brain.
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∙ 13y agoYes it makes it hard for your brain to function.
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∙ 16y agoIt decreases oxygen levels
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What effect does smoking have on a persons body functions?
smoking what? a cigarette? marijuana?
A waste product of cigarette smoking?
The cigarette butt (filter) the plastic wrapping around the packet the packet the ash that is made while smoking the lighter you used to light the cigarette the smoke you exhaled your brain when you are smoking :)
Can we get brain damage from smoking a cigarette?
Mango is a fruit so eat it
What the effect of smoking on the brain?
herpenderpenson
What are the solutions of smoking cigarettes?
You can try e-cigarette which cause less side effect than regular cigarette.
Can smoking effect your brain lungs and heart?
Yes
How does cigarette affect a persons mood?
a cigarette effects the mood because it could effect the brain of someone by chemicals
Is smoking a cigarette a physical or chemical change?
Smoking cigarette is a chemical process.
Does Cigarette smoking affect cholesterol?
Cigarette smoking lowers HDL cholesterol, as does malnutrition and obesity
What type of cigarette is worse for you and haw can you get the most tar out of a cigarette?
None really. Weather your smoking lights to regulars they all have the same effect they just have different taste due to the filters. Stop smoking is the best thing for you and your loved ones
Does smoking increase heart rate?
Based on my own experience, cigarette smoking does have a slight effect on heart rate and blood pressure. Alcohol, caffeine, exercise, heat, stress, certain medications are everyday triggers for increased heart rate (and more so than cigarette smoking from my experience) and the effect can be cummulative for any combination of the above. (ho I am not a health professional)
Smoking one cigarette can effect bone healing?
There is also some evidence that bone heals slower in smokers.
