What happens to your alveoli when you smoke?

Answer 1

Smoking affects the alveoli in the lungs because when the red blood cells absorb oxygen into the alveoli when the smoke is mixing with the clean oxygen it becomes unhealthy for your lungs and dangerous.

Answer 2

Tar is a dark brown, sticky substance which collects in the lungs as the tobacco smoke cool . It goes into the alveoli . As tar builds up, the alveoli is damaged. The thin walls of alveoli gets so thicker that it becomes difficult to exchange gases properly. It also contains substances which cause cancer. Lung canceris very dangerous type of cancer. It can grow without causing problems until it is too late to cure...

Answer 3

Tiny, delicate air sacs deep within the lungs, where the gas/blood exchange occurs. Oxygen from inhaled air passes through the walls of aveoli and enters the bloodstream while carbon dioxide passes out in the same way when air is exhaled.

Toxins from cigarette smoke can break the thin walls of alveoli, leaving larger, less efficient air sacs. In a smoker, this process signals the beginning of emphysema, a form of COPD.

Answer 4

in cigarettes there is tar which builds up on the alveoli which blocks them from being able to do their job

Answer 5

smoking causes the alveoli to reduce in number and makes the alveoli less stretchy

Answer 6

Smoke damages the lungs by clogging the cilia that protect the alveoli. These contaminants can form "tar" in the airways, which is known as "black lung disease".

Answer 7

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