What is the effect on the human body of smoking catnip?
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One very pissed off cat if you don't share.
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Some of the Harmful effects smoking can cause are:\n\n1.straining on your heart and blood vessels.\n\nThe 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.\n\n2. heart attacks and stroke.\n\n It slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers even end up having their limbs \namputated because of this.\n\n3. causes cancer.\n\nTar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney.A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full cup (210 g) of tar in a year.\n\n4. Emphysema.\n\nEmphysema is an illness that slowly rots your lungs away. Most People with emphysema often get bronchitis again and again, and suffer lung and heart failure.\n\n5. Lung cancer.\n\nLung cancer is caused by the tar in the tobacco smoke. Men who smoke are ten times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers.\n\n6. block blood vessels.\n\nSmoking causes fat deposits to narrow which is why blood vessels become blocked which leads to heart attack.\n\nI could go on and on but i am sure you want an answer today \n1-6 are the most common effects of smoking. Their are so many, You take a big risk with your health when you start to smoke. I hope i answed your ? to your liking.
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Tobacco smoke contributes to a number of  cancers.\n\nThe 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. \n\nThis can cause heart attacks and stroke. It slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers end up having their limbs \namputated.\n\nTar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney and causes cancer. A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full cup (210 g) of tar in a year.\n\nChanging 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.\n\nCarbon 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.\n\nSmoking causes disease and is a slow way to die. The strain put on your body by smoking 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.\n\nLung cancer from smoking  is caused by the tar in tobacco smoke. Men who smoke are ten times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers.\n\nHeart disease and strokes are also more common among smokers than non-smokers. \n\nSmoking causes fat deposits to narrow and block blood vessels which leads to heart attack. \n\nSmoking causes around one in five deaths from heart disease. \n\nIn younger people, three out of four deaths from heart disease are due to smoking.
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Depends upon if you are looking for the positive for negative effects.  Nicotine affects the brain first, (nicotine is found naturally in vegetables to one degree or another) as the brain actually has receptors specifically for nicotine.  People with poor or damaged nicotine receptors find improved mental alertness and calmness in stressful situations.  Nicotine is also an anti-spazmodic, which is generally a brain/nervous sytem-related disorder, which is why it is helpful for people with MS, Parkinsons, IBS, and other spazmodic ailments.  Smokers are less likely to get communicable colds as the heat of the smoke and the nicotine combine to kill many germs and bacteria (organic gardners use a tobacco tincture to control pests and fungus).   The affects of nicotine to the brain are predominately positive.  The negative affects of smoking are more cumulative.  Smoking itself, particularly cigarettes, actually affects the teeth first (causing gum disease and rapid tooth decay), then affects the lungs second, and the heart and the cardio-vascular system a close third.  Smokers who never encounter lung or heart problems will always have dental problems.  The affects on the lungs are most serious, as lung transplants are frequently not an option, and there is no cure for lung cancer.  Diminished lung capacity also hurts the heart, muscles, skin, and organs as rest of the body as sufficient oxygen is not being pumped to all parts of the body.  What part of the body smoking will affect most will depend on three things:  genetic make-up (Recently, the oldest woman alive died after smoking since she was 12), other mitigating factors  such living and work environment, eating and exercise habits, general mental health, and how much smoking is done.
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It's just like ciggarette smoke more harmful breathe in than the person who is smoking it.Just stay away from any kind of smoke.
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How Smoking Affects Your Body\nThere's hardly a part of the human body that's not affected by the chemicals in the cigarettes you smoke. Let's take a tour of your body to look at how smoking affects it.\n\nStarting at the Top\n\nAs a smoker, you're at risk for cancer of the mouth. Tobacco smoke can also cause gum disease, tooth decay and bad breath. The teeth become unsightly and yellow. Smokers may experience frequent headaches. And lack of oxygen and narrowed blood vessels to the brain can lead to strokes.\n\nLungs and Bronchi\n\nMoving down to your chest, smoke passes through the bronchi, or breathing tubes. Hydrogen cyanide and other chemicals in the smoke attack the lining of the bronchi, inflaming them and causing that chronic smoker's cough. Because the bronchi are weakened, you're more likely to get bronchial infections. Mucus secretion in your lungs is impaired, also leading to chronic coughing. Smokers are 10 times as likely to get lung cancer and emphysema as nonsmokers.\n\nSmoking and the Heart\n\nThe effects of smoking on your heart are devastating. Nicotine raises blood pressure and makes the blood clot more easily. Carbon monoxide robs the blood of oxygen and leads to the development of cholesterol deposits on the artery walls. All of these effects add up to an increased risk of heart attack. In addition, the poor circulation resulting from cholesterol deposits can cause strokes, loss of circulation in fingers and toes and impotence.\n\nSmoking and the Body's Organs\n\nThe digestive system is also affected. The tars in smoke can trigger cancer of the esophagus and throat. Smoking causes increased stomach acid secretion, leading to heartburn and ulcers. Smokers have higher rates of deadly pancreatic cancer. Many of the carcinogens from cigarettes are excreted in the urine where their presence can cause bladder cancer, which is often fatal. High blood pressure from smoking can damage the kidneys.\n\nThe Results\n\nThe health effects of smoking have results we can measure. Forty percent of men who are heavy smokers will die before they reach retirement age, as compared to only 18 percent of nonsmokers. Women who smoke face an increased risk of cervical cancer, and pregnant women who smoke take a chance with the health of their unborn babies.\n\nBut the good news is that when you quit smoking your body begins to repair itself. Ten years after you quit, your body has repaired most of the damage smoking caused. Those who wait until cancer or emphysema has set in aren't so lucky—these conditions are usually fatal. It's one more reason to take the big step and quit now.
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drink a cupof catnip tea
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I wouldn't say it is "just as harmful," because there are similarities and differences. No matter what kind of smoke it is, it's no good for your lungs. Cigarettes, however, leave tar and nasty stuff in your lungs. Weed leaves a residue, but not as much... unless you smoke a whole lot of weed! Anyway, cigarettes cause more physical damage to a person's body, whereas marijuana causes mental and genetic effects. Marijuana changes a persons DNA, therefore a heavy pothead could produce a child with mental, physical, and/or developmental disorders, where a 2 pack a day cigarette smoker may only produce a child with a weakened immune system and athsma. I hope I helped.
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Smoking produces major changes in the flow of “feel good” chemicals between brain cells, both temporarily and long-term. And those changes in flow match up with changes in how smokers say they feel before and after smoking.\n\nIt's the first time smoking has been shown by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to affect the human brain's natural system of chemicals called endogenous opioids, which are known to play a role in quelling painful sensations, heightening positive emotions, and creating a sense of reward. It's the same system that is stimulated by heroin and morphine.\n\nAs for drinking...'As for the effects in general, it's the early stages that feel good, of course. Usually, I hate actually being pissed; but the initial feeling of altering my state of mind, of shifting the perspective a little, is very pleasant – I have a sense of stress evaporating, of neuroses fading into the background for a while
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Cigarette smoke contains many things besides nicotine (the addictive substance which gets a really bad rap...). Nicotine affects the nervous system by binding to receptors on nerves called nicotinic receptors.  The result is stimulatory and becomes addictive like other drugs like opiates (heroin, morphine etc.) and alcohol (which produces opiate like substances upon ingestion in many people and especially alcoholics)\n\nUpon burning, tobacco and tobacco paper give off many toxins, some of which are carcinogenic (cancer causing).  In the not so distant past, and even today, additives such as ammonia and other chemicals are added to cigarettes for various purposes.  Tar is a major offender and reeks havoc in the respiratory system (you can take it from me... my cadaver in medical school was Rod Serling).\n\nThe mechanisms that cause cancer are largely unknown, but are a combination of heredity (genetics), environmental exposure, and lifestyle.  Cancer is not one disease but a host of diseases which share as a common factor the abnormal growth of cells and disruption of normal cellular processes.  By far and away, the chief cause of lung cancer is smoking (especially in post-menopausal women).\n\nPeople that smoke their whole life may not get cancer because of a genetic predisposition or protective factor that we have yet to discover, however we do know that the drawbacks of smoking are numerous both on health, life events, behavior, and life events.\n\nJeez.  Who wants yellow teeth, coughing, weight loss, circulatory effects, shortened life span and the whole laundry list of maladies suffered by smokers?  \n\nNot me.  It's not very attractive to boot.
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Effects on the Brain\n\nScientists have learned a great deal about how THC acts in the brain to produce its many effects. When someone smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream, which carries the chemical to organs throughout the body, including the brain.\n\nIn the brain, THC connects to specific sites called cannabinoid receptors on nerve cells and influences the activity of those cells. Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors; others have few or none. Many cannabinoid receptors are found in the parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thought, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement4.\n\nThe short-term effects of marijuana can include problems with memory and learning; distorted perception; difficulty in thinking and problem solving; loss of coordination; and increased heart rate. Research findings for long-term marijuana abuse indicate some changes in the brain similar to those seen after long-term abuse of other major drugs. For example, cannabinoid (THC or synthetic forms of THC) withdrawal in chronically exposed animals leads to an increase in the activation of the stress-response system5 and changes in the activity of nerve cells containing dopamine6. Dopamine neurons are involved in the regulation of motivation and reward, and are directly or indirectly affected by all drugs of abuse.\n\n\nEffects on the Heart\n\nOne study has indicated that an abuser's risk of heart attack more than quadruples in the first hour after smoking marijuana7. The researchers suggest that such an effect might occur from marijuana's effects on blood pressure and heart rate and reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of blood.\n\n\nEffects on the Lungs\n\nA study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than nonsmokers8. Many of the extra sick days among the marijuana smokers in the study were for respiratory illnesses.\n\nEven infrequent abuse can cause burning and stinging of the mouth and throat, often accompanied by a heavy cough. Someone who smokes marijuana regularly may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers do, such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, a heightened risk of lung infections, and a greater tendency to obstructed airways9. Smoking marijuana possibly increases the likelihood of developing cancer of the head or neck. A study comparing 173 cancer patients and 176 healthy individuals produced evidence that marijuana smoking doubled or tripled the risk of these cancers10.\n\nMarijuana abuse also has the potential to promote cancer of the lungs and other parts of the respiratory tract because it contains irritants and carcinogens9,11. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke12. It also induces high levels of an enzyme that converts certain hydrocarbons into their carcinogenic form—levels that may accelerate the changes that ultimately produce malignant cells13. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which increases the lungs' exposure to carcinogenic smoke. These facts suggest that, puff for puff, smoking marijuana may be more harmful to the lungs than smoking tobacco.\n\n\nOther Health Effects\n\nSome of marijuana's adverse health effects may occur because THC impairs the immune system's ability to fight disease. In laboratory experiments that exposed animal and human cells to THC or other marijuana ingredients, the normal disease-preventing reactions of many of the key types of immune cells were inhibited14. In other studies, mice exposed to THC or related substances were more likely than unexposed mice to develop bacterial infections and tumors15,16.\n\n\nEffects of Heavy Marijuana Use on Learning and Social Behavior\n\nResearch clearly demonstrate
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No dear ..It seems that U have been misguided.Nicotine never remains in Lungs..In fact it is absorbed by our pulmonary(lung) veins...so nicotine comes in blood...and this blood when reaches brain, makes nicotine to bind to our brain-nicotinic receptors..which ultimately produces the effects of smokin....But daily smoking  produces some changes in the tissue of lungs which is continous for years can give irreversible lung changes(including cancers)...BUt research has proved n shown that stopping smoking for 10 years approx can bring your lungs to the previous state(non-smoker state)....but this above statement is condition to one thing that in this 10 years , you should'nt have developed the permanent changes..............In all smoking is very bad...But the irony is that I have been smoking for past 6 years....lol
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yes, both\n\nNicotine affects the entire body. Nicotine acts directly on the heart to change heart rate and blood pressure. It also acts on the nerves that control respiration to change breathing patterns. In high concentrations, nicotine is deadly, in fact one drop of purified nicotine on the tongue will kill a person. It's so lethal that it has been used as a pesticide for centuries.\n\naffeine\n\nAHA Recommendation\n\nCaffeine has many metabolic effects. For example,\n\n    * It stimulates the central nervous system.\n    * It releases free fatty acids from adipose (fatty) tissue.\n    * It affects the kidneys, increasing urination, which can lead to dehydration.\n\nCaffeine is in coffee, tea, soft drinks, chocolate and some nuts. Whether high caffeine intake increases the risk of coronary heart disease is still under study.\n\nMany studies have been done to see if there's a direct link between caffeine, coffee drinking and coronary heart disease. The results are conflicting. This may be due to the way the studies were done and confounding dietary factors. However, moderate coffee drinking (1-2 cups per day) doesn't seem to be harmful.\n\nCaffeine-habituated individuals can experience "caffeine withdrawal" 12 to 24 hours after the last dose of caffeine. It resolves within 24-48 hours. The most prominent symptom is headache. They can also feel anxiety, fatigue, drowsiness and depression.\nRelated AHA publications:\n\n    * An Eating Plan for Healthy Americans... American Heart Association Diet\n    * Easy Food Tips for Heart-Healthy Eating (also in Spanish)
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Smoking, whether it is in the form of cigarettes, bidi, cigar or hookah, is a form of nicotine addiction. All of them are harmful. It can cause cancer and damages the lungs and the respiratory tract.\n\nCigarette smoking is a major cause of preventable deaths worldwide. On an average, people who smoke die 5 to 8 years earlier than people who dont smoke. Tobacco users, and people who live with smokers, have nearly all cases of lung cancer. Their risk of developing throat, mouth, oesophageal, pancreatic, kidney, bladder, and cervical cancer is several times greater than for people who are not regularly exposed to tobacco smoke. Smoking is the major cause of emphysema, a debilitating lung disease which slowly destroys a persons ability to breathe normally. Smoking is especially hazardous for people with heart disease, blood vessel disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or a family history of these diseases.\n\nSmokers, and those living with smokers, have a two times greater risk of fatal heart disease. Smoking also increases the risk of having a stroke. Women, especially those over 35 years old, who take birth control pills and smoke have an increased risk of stroke or heart attack. Increased blood pressure is another danger of smoking. Smoking also decreases HDL (the good cholesterol) levels. Smokers and people living with them have a two to three times greater chance of having peptic ulcers. Smokers also have a greater than average risk of hip, wrist, and fractures of the spine. In addition, smoking also complicates sleep disorders. Smokers also tend to get colds and other respiratory tract infections more often than nonsmokers.\n\nTobacco smoke is dangerous to nonsmokers. Exposure to the smoke, also called passive smoking, increases the risks of nonsmokers getting the same problems as smokers. A nonsmoker in a very smoky room for 1 hour with several smokers inhales as many bad chemicals as he would inhale by actually smoking 10 or more cigarettes himself.\n\nSmoking affects pregnant women and their unborn children. Smoking mothers have a greater risk of miscarriage and stillbirth. Children born to women who smoke have lower birth weights on average. They also have more frequent respiratory infections, a higher risk of chronic ear infections and asthma, and less efficient lung function. Children of smokers usually become cigarette smokers themselves. The more cigarettes a person smokes each day, the greater the risk of disease. Cigar and pipe smokers are at the same risk for cancers of the mouth, lip, larynx, and oesophagus as cigarette smokers. Fortunately, when a smoker stops smoking many of these risks decrease. Users of snuff or chewing tobacco (smokeless tobacco) increase their risk of cancer of the mouth. The mouth cancer can develop relatively quickly, within 10 to 15 years of the first use of snuff or chewing tobacco.
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Depends on how much you smoke, how often you smoke, what you smoke from etc.  If you smoke an ounce a day in joints, yeah, itll probably cause some lung damage (just because thats alot of smoke). However if you smoke a couple grams on the weekends with a bong, itll be much less damage caused. Let me give you some common methods of smoking pot and the approximate damage of each.\n\nJoints/Blunts- The paper and glue to hold the paper together are filled with chemicals and when they burn along with the pot, it can cause lung damage. But again, its all in how much and how often. One or two joints on the weekends wont hurt you at all.\n\nBongs/Waterpipes- Bongs are safer in general because the smoke is filtered through water before going into your lungs. When that happens, 50% of the carcinogens (cancer-causing chemicals) in the smoke are removed. Making it much safer.\n\nPipes- Pipes are essentially the same as joints, only slightly safer because theres no burning glue or paper smoke going into your lungs.\n\nVaporisers- Vaporisers are the best of all. Since they vaporize the plant instead of burning it, there is no lung damage at all! Plus you get a much much better high out of it. You can take huge hits and your lungs wont be damaged at all. Theyre expensive though. The cheapest ones go for 60-70 + dollars.\n\nHope that helps.\n\n\nPeace
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Cigarettes contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances.\n\nWhen you inhale, a cigarette burns at 700°C at the tip and around 60°C in the core. This heat breaks down the tobacco to produce various toxins.\n\nAs a cigarette burns, the residues are concentrated towards the butt.\n\nThe products that are most damaging are:\n\n    * tar, a carcinogen (substance that causes cancer)\n\n    * nicotine is addictive and increases cholesterol levels in your body\n\n    * carbon monoxide reduces oxygen in the body\n\n    * components of the gas and particulate phases cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).\n\nThe damage caused by smoking is influenced by:\n\n    * the number of cigarettes smoked\n\n    * whether the cigarette has a filter\n\n    * how the tobacco has been prepared.
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cant help on the effects part..but here is a link about marijuana and cancer (may pad your report a lil ;-)\n\nhttp://www.sierratimes.com/03/11/07/article_kubby.htm