Tobacco Smoking And Its Impact On The Human Body

The United States’ economy appears large and formidable to foreign countries, but it is actually a delicate balance. One of the key contributors to the balance of the economy is tobacco. Tobacco has played a role in global economic ties since the discovery of the Americas. Instantly popularized across the world, it has become a staple crop for many countries. Recently, however, political leaders have been murmuring of making tobacco illegal due to its health effects. The legality of tobacco is essential because it has several health benefits, employs countless workers, and contributes hundreds of thousands of dollars to the global economy.

Regardless of consumer belief, smoking dramatically increases the chances of contracting many diseases - such as heart disease or high blood pressure. Although not every user experiences these diseases, it is well known that smoking can decrease one’s life time dramatically. The information given states, “It’s virtually impossible to escape the effects of tobacco” (Jordan). This stated, Jordan expresses that essentially if you use tobacco, there is a fairly high chance that one will damage his/her body in some way. Furthermore, there are many more diseases that can be contracted and the ones stated are only the most common. Continuing, the author explains the affects of smoking, “Expose to specific elements of secondhand smoke causes blood clot more easily and damages arterial lining” (Jordan). As stated, certain components in tobacco increase the chances of high blood pressure and blood clots to form in the body. Concluding, respiratory problems in young children can occur through second hand smoking, these include asthma. Children that asthma effect increases from smoke, “Asthma turns out to be about twice as common in children exposed to high levels of second hand smoke” (Secondhand Smoke: Is it a Hazard). Not only does tobacco smoke increase other diseases, it also increases the severity of diseases already contracted as shown in the previous quote. To conclude, tobacco smoke

“Loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.” says King James of England and Scotland, describing smoking in 1604 (Connolly 13). Tobacco use kills millions of people a year but still only has few legal restrictions. Many argue that the use of tobacco is a right we have in the United States but the harm that it does to the innocent may outweigh those rights. Because the use of tobacco negatively impacts the health of both the users and those around them, all tobacco products and their use should be illegal.

Nicotine is one of the main chemicals that acts on a smokers body because acts as adrenergic agonist which has similar functions to the other neurotransmitters such as adrenaline in the body where it stimulates the central nervous system when absorbed in the body, smoking causes an acute increase in blood pressure and heart rate, Nicotine also stimulates the release of catecholamine release which is responsible for vasoconstriction of blood vessels in the body on which slows down the oxygen redistribution by hindering blood flow and increase systolic pressure (Green et al.,1986). Smoking also causes the degeneration of the alveoli in the lungs which results in hypoxia where reduced oxygen gas exchange occurs in the red blood cells because of the reduced amount of alveoli available to do the gas exchange one of the physiological effects of this is that smokers have a larger time to heal there bodies because oxygen is one of the vital molecules needed to stimulate metabolic activity in the mitochondria of the cells that keeps it from functioning and with decrease oxygen exchange from lungs to blood the body is unable to heal itself faster (El-Zawawy et al., 2006). (194

Tobacco has more than 4000 substances in it. Nicotine is one of these chemicals in tobacco, which makes its user addicted to it. Also, Nicotine can affect the human body by speeding up the nervous system. Smokers feel more energized due to smoking tobacco. When people try to quit smoking, they experience the withdrawal effect. Many health problems are associated with smoking due to the fact that it alters how the body is working. There are about 480,000 deaths related to smoking every year in the United States. Smoking can lead to health problems with the human lungs and heart. Tobacco is against the pharmaceutical stores’ mission to help people’s health. CVS Health’s decision to stop selling tobacco indicates its dedication to human health. Although people find smoking helps them cope with stress, its dangers surpass its benefits.

There are different ways to use tobacco there is all kinds of tobacco. Moist snuff, cigarrettes, chewing tobacco, dry snuff, and hookah are all forms of tobacco products. They are all used in diiferent ways, but are all used for the same reason. all people use tobacco for nictotine. Nictotine is a toxic colorless or yellowish oily liquid that is the chief active constituent of tobacco. It acts as a stimulant in small doses, but in larger amounts blocks the action of autonomic nerve and skeletal muscle cells. Nicotine is also used in insecticides.

Tobacco, the main component of cigarette is made up of more than 7000 chemicals including 70 known to cause cancer; other dangerous chemicals such as hydrogen cyanide, benzene, formadehyde, methanol, acetylene and anmonia are lethal to our health. Substances such as carbone monoxide, a substance found in tobacco would be fatal when taken in large dose because it takes the place of oxygen in the blood. Each red blood cell contains a protein called haemoglobin that transports oxygen molecules around the body. However, carbon monoxide binds to haemoglobin better than oxygen. Consequently, the body produces more red blood cells to carry the oxygen it needs, which makes the blood thicker. This means that when the body demands more oxygen during exercise, less oxygen reaches the brain, heart, muscles and other organs; this would result in organs failure and muscle

According to a study completed back in 1972, seventy-five percent of one hundred and six smoker had emphysema and nonsmokers lived an average of 5 years longer (NCBI, 2010). Also, the proportion of emphysema in the lungs increases with the length of time smoked (NCBI, 2010). Studies like these have proved that smoking causes emphysema and decreases the life span. Since then, detrimental effects of smoking have been made public and are now common knowledge; it is surprising that there is still an astounding amount of individuals that continue to partake in this dreadful habit. As nurses, it is our responsibility to educate patients, not only about the effects of smoking, but about ways to quit. Since it seems common knowledge

A recent study has shown the the toxic chemical, nicotine, can pass from the air or smoky clothes into our bloodstream from our skin. Secondhand smoke particles can linger in a room and on clothes for hours. This means that if your are in a room where someone is smoking or vaping, then you’re absorbing the smoke and nicotine through your skin, as well as your lungs. This can cause illness especially for kids and teens, because nicotine is toxic. It has been used as a pesticide and many times it can kill or sicken people that are exposed to too much of it. Researches did a study and sat in a room full of tobacco smoke but breathed clean air and when their urine was tested it had 570 micrograms of nicotine or about 5 cigarettes worth. The same

Tobacco is the second leading cause of death (Horsfield) and can cause 16 different types of cancer (Aspa). A modern cigarette has over four thousand poisons chemicals in it (Horsfield). Christopher Columbus found tobacco on October 15, 1492 in america (Randall). Any tobacco product can affect a human body from cancers like: lung, throat, colon, liver, mouth, and bladder (Aspa). You have to be eighteen years or older to buy or use any tobacco product or you can get in big trouble (Horsfield).

Effects on Bones and Joints of smokers have been reported. Cigarette Smoke has numerous harmful and damaging effects on bones and joints as it affects its lubrication. Smoking can slow the mechanism that brings calcium to bones which makes them stronger. Women who actively smoke faces more danger and are at high risk for bone density loss and osteoporosis. Postmenopausal women who smoke are are have more risk of developing broken bone in the hip than those who are don't smoke. In general, smokers are expected to get injuries and degenerative disorders in the spine. Smokers have more trouble recovering from surgery as smoke interferes with the immune system. Smokers are at increased risk for heart and circulatory problems and delayed wound healing

Nicotine, an alkaloid containing the elements carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen, is one of the most dangerous substances used daily. This substance can be fatal at only 60g when tobacco is used. Nicotine is found in a family of plants called Solanaceae, commonly known as the nightshade family, and largely found in tobacco. Nicotine or C10H14N2 has a molar mass of 162.231g/mol. This molecule was introduced to Paris, France by Jean Nicot de Villemain as tobacco and seeds from Brazil in 1560, since he claimed that it had medicinal properties. It was then isolated by Wilhelm Heinrich Posselt, and Karl Ludwig Reinmann who both announced it to be poisonous; and synthesized by A. Pictet and P. Crepieux. Its natural purpose is of an insecticide, by focusing

Thesis Statement: Smoking has many dangerous effects on a smoker 's health and the health of those around them; it harms every organ in the body and leads to premature death.

Smoking can damage a woman’s reproductive health and hurt babies and is linked with reduced fertility and a higher risk of miscarriage, early delivery (premature birth), stillbirth, low birth-weight in infants, higher risk of birth defects and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Smoking can make pneumonia and asthma worse and it has also been implicated in gum disease, cataracts, bone thinning, hip fractures, and peptic ulcers, macular degeneration, and an eye disease that can cause blindness. Smoking can also cause or worsen poor blood flow in the arms and legs (peripheral vascular disease or PVD) and as a results many vascular surgeons (surgeons who work on blood vessels) would not do certain surgeries on patients with PVD unless they stop

Tobacco; one of the most profitable products in history, an addictive substance, and a deadly killer. Smoking tobacco used to be a thing that was endorsed in American society. Now, with the new medical advances and knowledge, society has seen the side effects of smoking and how fatal it actually is. Teenagers have been one of the largest age groups that have been affected by smoking. After analyzing all possible reasons as to why teenagers would smoke while knowing it can affect their health, three possible reasons stuck out the most. Teenagers smoke despite knowing the health problems that originate from smoking because of peer pressure, an “invincibility” mentality, and seeing a role model or family member smoke.