home

[|click here]Im Billie Rae ans i am in Ms. Bendle's Class (:

__Effects:__ 1. What impact is the problem having on people, property, environment, organizations, etc? 2. What are the long term health effects of smoking on teens? 3. What are the short term health effects? 4. Why is the an important issue to address and to raise awareness about? 5. What data can we collect to know specific statistics of the effects of boredom on teens? How can we collect this data? __Answers:__ __Long and short term effects of smoking__ The long-term effects of smoking have a negative impact on many of the body's systems. While some of these effects can be considered minimal, such as discolored teeth, others are quite severe and can lead to death. Lung cancer is often noted as the primary negative effect of long-term smoking. However, serious risks are also imposed on the following: respiratory system, vascular system and circulatory system. > > == Respiratory Disease == >> Chronic Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an irreversible and untreatable lung disease with three common types: emphysema, chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis. The majority of people who suffer from COPD are chronic cigarette smokers. and a surprising number diagnosed with COPD are non-smokers who breathe second-hand smoke. > > == Vascular Disease == >> Another disease of the vascular system that affects long-term smokers is peripheral arterial disease, which is a significant diminished blood flow to leg muscles due to clogged arteries in the legs. If left untreated, peripheral arterial disease can result in limb amputation. > > == Circulatory Disease == > > == Cancer == > > == Misconceptions == > > == Warning == __My paragraph summary__
 * Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking. **Smoking KILLS**.
 * **One in two** lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle age.
 * Tobacco smoke also contributes to a number of cancers.
 * The mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide in each cigarette you smoke temporarily increases your heart rate and blood pressure, straining your heart and blood vessels.
 * Changing to low-tar cigarettes does not help because smokers usually take deeper puffs and hold the smoke in for longer, dragging the tar **deeper** into their lungs.
 * Carbon monoxide robs your muscles, brain and body tissue of oxygen, making your whole body and especially your heart work harder. Over time, your airways **swell up** and let less air into your lungs.
 * Smoking causes disease and is a slow way to die. The strain of smoking effects on the body often causes years of suffering. **Emphysema** is an illness that slowly rots your lungs. People with emphysema often get **bronchitis** again and again, and suffer lung and heart failure.
 * 1) == Minor Risks ==
 * The minor risks associated with the long-term effects of smoking vary from being inconvenient to more problematic health issues. Undesirable effects of smoking include discolored teeth, bad breath, "nicotine clothing" and stained and discolored hair. While those may be merely embarrassing consequences, brown "hairy" tongue, tooth decay and gum disease are more serious health issues that result from long-term smoking.
 * The respiratory system receives a host of significant health issues and complications as a result of long term smoking. The responsibility of the respiratory system is to deliver oxygen to the blood through the breathing processes cigarette smoke contains nicotine and carbon monoxide, both of which deplete the the oxygen levels absorbed by the body. When the oxygen supply is decreased, the heart pumps harder to get more oxygen. This results in high blood pressure, which effects the entire body.
 * Blood vessels make up the vascular system and work by dilating and constricting with the flow of blood. Smoking damages the inner lining of the blood vessels, causing improper dilation, resulting in spasms that contribute to hardening of the arteries.
 * Heart disease and stroke are prominent conditions of long-term smokers. When the heart works harder to increase oxygen levels in the body due to smoking, blood pressure increases. Increased blood pressure decreases stamina and tolerance for exersize, which results in sluggish and clogged arteries; a major contributor to stroke and heart disease. Although heart disease may be improved with surgery, stroke and heart disease are often fatal.
 * Cigarette smoke contains as many as 4,000 chemicals. Of those, approximately 60 are carcinogens which are poisonous and toxic to the human body. Cancer is a serious effect to long-term smoking and considered a result of repeated exposure to the chemicals and carcinogens contained in cigarette smoke. While lung cancer is the most prevalent, oral, esophageal, larynx, kidne, and bladder cancer are also common. Although treatment is available for most types of cancer, it can be fatal.
 * Many smokers assume that the health benifits of stopping smoking are few for long-term smokers. However, almost every negative health issue, except cancer and forms of COPD, are improved with the cessation of smoking.
 * Women who are pregnant or nursing should avoid smoking and the exposure to second-hand smoke due to risks to the unborn child and complications during pregnancy.

Smoking has is very influential, especially in teen years. The smoking of anything can have serious long term and short term effects on the persons body, property, environment and more. Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking. Smoking KILLS but it seems as if not many people understand this.One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle age. The long-term effects of smoking have a negative impact on many of the body's systems. While some of these effects can be considered minimal, such as discolored teeth, others are quite severe and can lead to death. Lung cancer is often noted as the primary negative effect of long-term smoking. However, serious risks are also imposed on the following: respiratory system, vascular system and circulatory system. Smoking is an important issue to address because it doesnt just affect the smoker,it affects the people around them. ||
 * || [|B.Coe13]