HOW CIGARETTE SMOKE

CAUSES CANCER

It is well known that people who

smoke are ten times more likely to

die from:

larynx cancers

Pharynx cancers

stomach cancers

mouth cancers

lung cancers and chronic obstructive

lung disease, including emphysema

and esophagus.

These risks are higher when smoking

is combined with alcohol or long-term

exposure to certain types of toxic

substances like asbestos.

Lung cancer• Suffering from this kind of cancer begins with a cough. It can be

persistent or bloody. A smoker experiences shortness of breath,

pain and discomfort.

Mouth cancer• Cigarette smoking is one of the leading causes of mouth cancer. It

begins with a change of DNA structure known as mutation, this

alters the instructions that controls the growth of cells. It then

spreads out of the mouth and into the nearby tissues.

• At first it appears as a painless lesion but it becomes painful when

the tumor grows. Swallowing may be difficult, and foods may taste

different.

Larynx and Pharynx Cancers• The larynx and pharynx are close to each other in the neck. Larynx

and pharynx cancers (throat cancer) begins by hoarseness, earache,

and difficulty swallowing.

• The cells used for

breathing, speaking,

and swallowing begins

to divide rapidly and

abnormally. It also

affects parts of the

tongue, tonsils and

trachea.

Esophageal Cancer• This is a cancer of the oesophagus. The esophagus is used to carry

food from the mouth to the stomach. It is a serious type of cancer

that affects the oesophagus and most people do not live 12 months

after symptoms first appear. Symptoms are; swallowing difficulties,

loss of appetite or weight loss. In most cases the cancer is not

recognized until it is too late.

Bladder Cancer• Smoking can also cause bladder cancer. The bladder which stores

urine.

• This is an uncontrolled growth of cells that make up the lining of the

bladder.

• It involves painful urination, frequent and bloody urination.

How Cigarette Smoke Causes

Cancer

• Before smoke causes cancer, there are

other multiple smoking effects you must

experience including coughing, Stained

teeth, Yellow fingers, Shortness of breath,

blood circulation problems, Grey

complexion, Lack of energy, Dry mouth,

Dizzy spells, poor taste, tobacco smelling

etc.

What is in cigarette smoke anyway? • Cigarette smoke contains thousands of ingredients that causes

cancers, they include

– Ammonia, (a poisonous gas),

– Levulinic acid (used in cleaning solvents)

– Urea (a compound found in urine)

– Diammonium phosphate (a compound used to make fertilizer)

– Formaldehyde (a chemical used in building materials household products)

– Chocolate, that is used to make cigarettes taste bitter.

– Tar (a mixture of dangerous chemicals)

– Arsenic (used in wood preservatives0

– Benzene (an industrial solvent, refined from crude oil)

– Cadmium (used in batteries)

– Formaldehyde (used in mortuaries and paint manufacturing)

– Polonium (a highly radioactive element)

– Chromium (used to manufacture dye, paints and alloys)

– 1,3-Butadiene (used in manufacturing rubber)

– Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (a group of dangerous DNA-damaging

chemicals)

– Nitrosamines (another group of DNA-damaging chemicals)

– Acrolein (formerly used as a chemical weapon) Just to mention a few.

• Although it may look harmless enough –

tobacco releases dangerous mixtures of

about 4,000 chemicals when burned:

– More than 70 of these chemicals causes cancer.

– There are hundreds of different other poisons.

– Nicotine itself is a highly addictive drug, and many

additives are designed to keep smokers hooked.

What exactly causes cancer in

cigarette smoking• Once Nicotine enters in the body, a smoker becomes

addicted to it. Then the other cigarette ingredients are what

causes cancer. The cancer causing ingredients contains

thousands of chemicals and around 70 of those chemicals

are cancerous. All which are deadly.

Tar

• Tar is a mixture of dangerous chemicals. It is obtained from

numerous organic materials such as coal, wood, petroleum, peat etc

• It is the main agent that causes cancer in cigarette smoke. Some of

the chemicals found in tar are:

• It causes your lungs to be dirty and unable to expand and contract

as you breath making them useless.

• Tar is a substance that causes tumors in the tiny sacs of your lungs.

These tumors can grow over time, expand and take over your

system.

• Emphysema is when your lungs are unable to bring oxygen to your

blood and your body ultimately dies, as your heart, brain and entire

body needs oxygen to live, but all of your sacs are dirty and long

time dead.

Benzene• Benzene can cause cancer, particularly leukaemia. The

link between benzene and cancer has largely focused on

leukemia and cancers of other blood cells and Many

leukemia deaths are caused by smoking.

Cadmium

• Studies have found that the amounts of cadmium present

in tobacco smoke are capable of affecting our health. It is

a known cause of cancer, and can also damage the

kidneys and the linings of the arteries.

Formaldehyde

• A smelly chemical used to kill bacteria and preserve dead bodies as

well as manufacturing other chemicals, is one of the substances in

tobacco smoke most likely to cause cancer and other diseases in

our lungs.

Polonium – 210

• This is a radioactive element that strongly emits a very damaging

type of radiation called alpha-radiation that can usually be blocked

by thin layers of skin.

• But tobacco smoke contains traces of this polonium, which become

deposited inside their airways and deliver radiation directly to

surrounding cells, causing cancer.

Nitrosamines

• Nitrosamines are very strong cancer-

causing chemicals found in tobacco

products that damages DNA. Even though

they are found in relatively small amounts

in cigarettes, they are extremely strong

chemicals that causes cancers.

Acrolein• Acrolein can also damage the DNA that is similar to the

damage seen in lung cancer patients.

– Smoke contains up to 1,000 times more acrolein than other DNA-

damaging chemicals, this makes it a major cause of lung cancer.

Carbon monoxide

• Carbon monoxide does not cause cancer directly but it

makes it easier for other chemicals to do so.– It hinders the lung’s ability to clear away toxins and sticks to red

blood cells in the place of oxygen.

ConclusionDon’t smoke. Or if you do,

be ready for any cancer

death.

It is found out that

smoking currently causes

87 percent of lung cancer

deaths. Even those who

do not smoke directly, but

inhale secondhand

smoke, are affected by

lung cancer.

Apart from tobacco

ingestion, smoking has

other toxic poisons that

leads to cancer.

Cigarette smoke exposes the

tissue cells of the lungs to

the host of cancer causing

substances contained in the

smoke called “Carcinogens”.

This also affects DNA,

making the lung cells to be

cancerous.

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