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The Harmful Health Effects of Smoking Addiction

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Smoking Tobacco
Tobacco smoking is a very bad habit and if you start to smoke then after time you will be addicted to it since there is nicotine in the smoke. Similarly you become a drug addict because it has substances like marijuana, heroin etc. When you smoke continuously this harmful substance becomes addictive. Nicotine in tobacco makes a person to be an addict of smoking which gives very harmful health effects.

What are the harmful health effects due to smoking?

Numerous harmful health effects are found due to smoking addiction. When the smoker is in the beginning stages then they would have cough, wheezing, increased phlegm and shortness of breath.
Once they become addicted then they have greater risks of death due to lung cancer, heart diseases and emphysema. Adult smokers have the problems of menopause, impaired reproductive capacity and accelerated osteoporosis.

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What does happen when a pregnant lady smokes?
Generally smoking is injurious to health and when a pregnant lady smokes then the baby’s birth weight and baby’s brain development are affected. The baby has the risk of SIDS, behavioral problems and also hyper activity. Children are also affected by diseases such as bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma which are all chronic respiratory illness. When the parents smoke then the children are affected by passive smoking.

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Nicotine substance is obtained from tobacco smoke which is very harmful and it is responsible for addiction. It causes lung diseases. When you smoke a cigar, cigarettes or pipes then immediately you get nicotine. When you chew a tobacco then also you get nicotine. When you increase smoking, the effects of nicotine each day will be large. When a person is addicted to smoking it is likely he will have increased anger, hostility and loss of social cooperation. It takes a long time to retain emotional equilibrium.
Along with nicotine a cigarette smoke is composed of around a dozen gases including carbon monoxide and tar. Generally for about 15mg for a normal cigarette has the tar and tar gives the risk of lung cancer etc.

What do researches say about Nicotine?
1. Researches stated that nicotine will increase the level of neurotransmitter dopamine. The brain pathway is affected by this which is the controller of rewards and pleasure.
2. Research found that while there is genetic variant which decreases the function of the enzyme CYP2A6, then he will have great resistance against nicotine addiction.
3. Chronic tobacco user will have dramatic changes in the brain’s pleasure circuits while withdrawing. Thus it is similar to the withdrawal from drugs like cocaine, heroin, amphetamines etc.