Cigarette and health

During more than 20 years, we have heard daily about the damage caused by cigarettes on the human body: cancer, heart attacks, emphysema, etc.
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To be precise, cigarettes contain 4,027 chemicals, 200 of which are known poisons and 60 are carcinogens. NICOTINE and TAR are the most harmful substances. The nicotine dose contained in cigarettes can kill a person.

But before a person smokes the amount necessary to accumulate the lethal dose in the blood, they suffer from a long and painful illness.

Nicotine is a powerful stimulant. It is what gives the cigarette its flavor and makes the person want more and more. After inhaling nicotine, the bloodstream accumulates the substance in every cell of the body, and over time, the cells get used to it and demand more from the body. Therefore, the smoker becomes irritable and nervous; the cigarette "calms" them, and nicotine becomes a "sedative" similar to caffeine. Experience shows that nicotine, along with heroin and caffeine, are the most addictive drugs.

If you smoke a pack of cigarettes daily for a year, more than a quarter of the total amount accumulates in the lungs. To get an idea of this, exhale a cloud of smoke through a handkerchief. This terrible caramel stain is tar, and remember, your lungs are more absorbent than a sponge.

A cigarette contains 20 milligrams of tar, and a person who smokes two packs daily brings 400 milligrams of tar into their lungs, which over a year equals 146,000 mg.

The lungs are made up of more than 300,000 alveoli, and tar ends up destroying them.

Cigarettes contain carbon monoxide, the same gas that comes from a car’s exhaust pipe. The blood absorbs carbon monoxide more easily than oxygen. Therefore, when smoking, you inhale a poisonous gas and prevent the body from receiving the necessary oxygen.

Cigarettes also contain hydrogen cyanide (HCN). It sounds terrible, but it’s the truth. This substance paralyzes the tiny hairs that cover the lungs and help defend them from foreign materials. For this reason, poisons enter the lungs rapidly. Thus, the smoker’s body defends itself by forcing them to cough.