5. How smoking
alters the
body
The drugs in cigarettes act as a
stimulant, causing the brain to become
more alert.
It also causes the person to feel more
relaxed and calm since there is a mood
change in the person smoking
6.
7. The effects in the body
Smoking affects the brain, the lungs, the circulatory system and the blood.
Nicotine:
● Stimulant for the brain
● Hypertension
● Blood vessels become narrower
● Coronary heart disease
Carbon monoxide:
● Cells are deprived oxygen
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● Emphysema
● Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
● Cancer
8. External and social effects
➔ Bad breath
➔ Bad smelling clothes and hair
➔ Bags under your eyes
➔ psoriasis
➔ Icky teeth / tooth loose
➔ Yellow fingers and teeth
➔ Wrinkly skin
➔ thinner hair
➔ scaring
➔ skin Cancer
➔ cataratcs
➔ loss of sense of smell and taste
➔ Less flexibility
➔ Mood stimulation
➔ Anxiety and irritability
➔ smelly clothes / breath
➔ Second-hand smoke
9. Secondhand smoking
Secondhand smoke comes from the smoke that smokers exhale and the smoke floating
from the end of the cigarette.
Breathing in secondhand smoke makes you more likely to have:
● Respiratory infections
● Asthma
● Coughing and sore throats
● Cancer
● Heart disease
10. Smoking and heart disease
The blood passing through the lungs,
absorb many substances from cigarette
smoke.
● walls of the arteries get thicker and
harder.
● This prevents the walls from
stretching and to recoil as easily.
blood clots to form in the blood
vessels. This prevents oxygenated
blood to reach the heart.
