What are the harmful effects of smoking

When smokers have a lung examination in the hospital, they will find shadows in their lungs, which will develop into lung cancer over a long period of time. The number of people suffering from lung cancer has increased due to smoking, but no one has taken it seriously. Instead, people who advocate quitting smoking feel uncomfortable. Patients need to understand the raw materials of cigarettes and analyze the harm caused by smoking, so as to judge the harm and stimulation they suffer after smoking. Quitting smoking can avoid harm. So what are the harmful effects of smoking?

Smoking has a certain social nature and plays a certain social role in social interaction, but it can also induce a variety of diseases and pose a great threat to individual health.

big. It is precisely because of this that quitting smoking is becoming more and more popular. For example, there are many people who use the k-smoker method to quit smoking. According to a survey by the World Health Organization, among one quarter of cancer patients in industrially developed countries, 90% are smokers; 75% of those who die from bronchitis are smokers; and 25% of those who die from myocardial infarction are smokers. Smoking not only brings harm to the individual, but also to the children. A scholar conducted a survey and analysis on 5,200 pregnant women and found that the amount of smoking their husbands smoked every day was directly proportional to the prenatal mortality rate and the birth rate of congenital malformations. For children whose fathers do not smoke, the rate of congenital malformations is 0.8%; for fathers who smoke 1 to 10 cigarettes a day, the rate is 1.4%; and for fathers who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day, the rate is 2.1%. The amount of smoking that a pregnant woman does also directly affects the mortality rate of her baby before and after birth. For example, for those who smoke less than one pack a day, the infant mortality risk is 20%; for those who smoke more than one pack a day, the infant mortality risk is more than 35%. At the same time, smoking, as an addictive behavior, also has certain mental health problems.

Men: Nicotine in tobacco can inhibit the secretion of sex hormones and kill sperm. At the same time, tobacco toxins can hinder the combination of sperm and eggs, greatly reducing women's chances of pregnancy. The latest research finds that smoking can also cause impotence.

Women: Tobacco is more likely to affect physiology, causing symptoms such as menstrual disorders, miscarriage, and early menopause, and making postmenopausal osteoporosis symptoms more severe.

It is a well-known fact that smoking is harmful to health. A study conducted by a foreign psychological research institute showed that the intellectual efficiency of smokers is 10.6% lower than that of non-smokers. Different cigarettes release different chemicals when they are lit, but the main ones are chemicals such as tar and carbon monoxide. The substances harmful to the human body produced by burning cigarettes can be roughly divided into six categories:

(1) Aldehydes, nitrides, and olefins: these substances are irritating to the respiratory tract.

(2) Nicotine, which can stimulate the sympathetic nerves and make smokers dependent.

(3) Amines, cyanides and heavy metals, all of which are toxic substances.

(4) Benzopyrene, arsenic, cadmium, methylhydrazine, aminophenol and other radioactive substances. All these substances are carcinogenic.

(5) Phenolic compounds and formaldehyde, etc. These substances have the effect of accelerating carcinogenesis.

(6) Carbon monoxide can reduce the ability of red blood cells to transport oxygen throughout the body.

What are the harms of smoking? The harms of smoking are those introduced in the article. After understanding, patients should analyze their smoking behavior and take reasonable measures to quit smoking. If there are problems with quitting smoking and the effect cannot be achieved, other methods should be used to quit smoking. Of course, quitting smoking is a long process. You can start by reducing the amount of smoking, the time of smoking, etc., and then gradually control your smoking behavior. If you persist, you can effectively quit smoking.