{"id":9719,"date":"2012-11-18T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T08:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/harmful-effects-of-cigarette-smoking\/"},"modified":"2020-12-15T12:07:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T06:37:45","slug":"harmful-effects-of-cigarette-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/harmful-effects-of-cigarette-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmful Effects of Cigarette Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nGeeta<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

By smoking a cigarette, the nicotine present in the cigarette, affects the brain within 10 seconds, latter on it gradually affects the other parts of the body. From head to toe its effects are visible. In smoking, the carbon monoxide starts to dissolve in oxygen hence reducing its efficiency. The oxygen level of the cells began to drop. The arteries become narrower and the blood pressure shoots up. A burning cigarette produces nearly four thousands chemical, of which 200 are extremely poisonous. Among them nearly 60 compounds are carcinogens in nature.
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\nPharmacological effects of nicotine<\/strong>
\n\u00b7 Cardiovascular system (C.V.S.):<\/strong><\/em> rise in B.P., tachycardia (accelerated heart rate), cutaneous vasoconstriction (skin turns paler because of less supply of blood due to narrowing of blood vessels)
\n\u00b7 Ant diuretic:<\/strong><\/em> reduces urine volume due to A.D.H. (anti diuretic hormone) release
\n\u00b7 Central nervous system (C.N.S.):<\/strong><\/em> stimulation, especially respiratory, vasomotor and emetic centres
\n\u00b7 Adrenal:<\/em><\/strong> discharge adrenaline
\n\u00b7 Automatic:<\/em><\/strong> transient stimulation, ultimately depression of all ganglia (nerve cells bodies)<\/p>\n

Pharyngeal (throat) and bronchial irritation<\/strong>
\n\u00b7 Bronchitis (inflammation of bronchi due to long term exposure to irritants)
\n\u00b7 Pneumonia.<\/p>\n

Peptic ulcer morality increased Due to associated alcoholism incident of Cirrhosis increased<\/p>\n

Carcinoma of following body parts increased<\/strong>
\n\u00b7 Oesophagus
\n\u00b7 Prostate
\n\u00b7 Bronchus
\n\u00b7 Bladder<\/p>\n

Cardio-vascular disease exacerbated<\/strong>\u00b7 Myocardial ischemia (reduced blood supply to heart muscles)
\n\u00b7 Buerger’s disease (inflammation and clotting of veins and arteries of hands and feet)<\/p>\n

Effect on fetus<\/b>
\n\u00b7 Smoking during pregnancy restricts growth and increases prenatal mortality rate<\/p>\n

Individual peculiar symptoms<\/strong>
\n\u00b7 Tobacco angina
\n\u00b7 Atrial extrasystoles (premature electrical impulse in the heart)
\n\u00b7 Hypoglycaemia (below normal blood glucose)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Geeta By smoking a cigarette, the nicotine present in the cigarette, affects the brain within 10 seconds, latter on it gradually affects the other parts of the body. From head to toe its effects are visible. In smoking, the carbon monoxide starts to dissolve in oxygen hence reducing its efficiency. The oxygen level of the cells began to drop. The arteries become narrower and the blood pressure shoots up. A burning cigarette produces nearly four thousands chemical, of which 200 are extremely poisonous. Among them nearly 60 compounds are carcinogens in nature. Pharmacological effects of nicotine \u00b7 Cardiovascular system (C.V.S.): <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,1,66],"tags":[162,80,108,1879],"class_list":["post-9719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-update","category-useful-informations","tag-appeal","tag-health","tag-tips","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9719"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64236,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719\/revisions\/64236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}