Why is smoking harmful for our health?

Answer 1

Tobacco is addictive. It contains nicotine - a powerfully addictive substance. Tobacco is the most common cause of lung cancer & is also a leading cause of cancer of the mouth, throat, bladder, pancreas, & kidneys.

Answer 2

Smoking is bad for your health because the chemicals in it kill your lungs,

there is 4,000 chemicals in one cigarette; and 43 of them are proven to give you cancer. in that there is rat poison, nail polish remover and tar.

they clog up your arteries so you cant get air in and kill your lungs.

you can get cardiovascular disease and many different cancers like mouth and throat and lung..

hope this helps, id do more but im in class hahaha

Answer 3

The residues (tars and particulates) accumulate in your lungs, degrade their efficiency and cause cancers.

There are plenty of scientific studies proving that smoking damages the lungs. Not everyone gets lung cancer, but it is a factor in setting the process in motion. Other health effects include heart and circulatory issues (stroke, heart attacks) and it may make some conditions (Diabetes) worse.

For young people who smoke, you don't see many of them involved in sports that require running. Their lung functions are impaired so that they don't have the ability to breathe as needed for that strenuous activity.

Answer 4

Smoking is dangerous because the fumes can wear your lungs down, making them look black, which can lead to serious breathing problems.

Answer 5

because it can damage our health or our lungs so we have to say 'NO TO DRUGS'

Answer 6

The smoke, which you draw into your lungs, and gets absorbed by the body, contains a lot of chemicals and particles, most of which are in some way poisonous or irritating to the body.