Smoking

• Cigarettes contains carbon monoxide which kills all cells
• Cigarettes contain tar which is a brown sticky substance that render cilla useless
• Nicotine is the addictive drug found in cigarettes, it makes your heart beat faster and increases blood pressure
• Tar causes cancer
• Tar causes cancer by damaging DNA
• Carbon Monoxide stops oxygen from getting to vital organs like the brain and heart
• Carbon Monoxide stops oxygen from getting to vital organs like brain and lungs
• Lung cancer can be caused by smoking or second hand smoke
• Second hand smoke is when someone else's cigarette smoke affects you
• Smokers are more likely to get lung cancer than non-smokers
• Cancer cells grow quickly and uncontrollably
• Nicotine makes your body release adrenaline which gives you an energy boost but also increases blood pressure, heart rate and breathing rate.
• Smokers are more likely to get lung disease because they have less airways than non-smokers
• The nicotine in cigarettes is addictive because it stimulates the production of dopamine (feel good hormone)
• Tar contains over 4000 chemicals including carbon monoxide, cyanide and formaldehyde
• When you stop smoking, nicotine withdrawal symptoms include feeling irritable, anxious, depressed and having trouble sleeping
• The tar from cigarettes damages the lungs so it becomes harder to breathe
• Carbon monoxide stops oxygen getting into your bloodstream
• Carbon Monoxide reduces oxygen levels in the blood so that there isn't enough oxygen getting to vital organs like the brain and heart
• Formaldehyde can cause irritation to the eyes, nose and throat
• Cyanide stops the body from using oxygen properly
• Formaldehyde can cause irritation to the eyes, nose and throat