What does tobacco do to you?
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Pleural effusion, which is the buildup of fluid between the outer lining of the lungs and the chest wall. This is a common condition with lung cancer. \nCoughing up large amounts of bloody sputum. \nCollapse of a lung (pneumothorax). \nBlockage of the airway (bronchial obstruction). \nRecurrent infections, such as pneumonia. \nPericardial effusion, which is the buildup of fluid in the space between the heart and the sac around the heart (pericardium). This condition is not common with lung cancer. \nAs lung cancer grows, it may spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body. Lung cancer is classified in stages that are determined by the size of the cancer and how far it has spread within the lung, to nearby tissues, or to other organs.\n\nYour doctor determines the stage of your lung cancer by gathering information from a variety of tests, including blood tests, bone scans, and X-rays. The stage of your cancer is one of the most important factors in choosing an effective treatment.\n\nThe long-term outcome (prognosis) for lung cancer depends on how much the cancer has grown and spread. Experts talk about prognosis in terms of "5-year survival rates." The 5-year survival rate means the percentage of people who are still alive 5 years or longer after their cancer was discovered. Because lung cancer is often diagnosed at an advanced stage, 15% of people live only 5 more years after being diagnosed. 1 It is important to remember that these are only averages. Everyone's case is different, and these numbers do not necessarily show what will happen to you.
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I could copy and paste a ton of information in this box if I were just looking to give you the longest answer so I would get picked for best answer, but I'd rather you were well-informed.  The information I have to offer you is extremely extensive and so it can't all be posted here.  I have included a link.  The information that you are looking for will be on the left-hand side of the page, under the heading, "How Tobacco Destroys the Body."  If you know someone who is a smoker, this site is a wonderful resource for knowledge and information on the effects of smoking and how to quit.  I should know.  I smoked for 7 years and I quit one year ago.  Best of luck to you.
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Ok, here's the deal...\n\nWhen you smoke, the nicotin and another substances that tobacco contains mingle with the chemistry of your lung cells, changing their functions and live processes.\n\nWhen you smoke frequently, the chemistry in your cells is so tampered with, that they start multiplying like mad, obstructing the healthy lung cells.\n\nThat´s lung cancer.\n\nOh, and when you smoke, the lung cells also start to die, beyond repair, reducing your capcity of breathe, wich also reduces your lifespan. I know that for a fact that my granny died of that :-((.
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have you try to change your food habits, i read a wile ago that some foods have that effect... and tobacco use is a major cause of body odour. Not only does it come back through your lungs, but it comes through the skin to...\ni have found some web sites were you can find some more info on the mater...
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Smoking turns a healthy pink lung black\nSmoking causes emphysema\nSmoking costs the average smoker $30.00  a week--times that by 52 weeks a year.\nSmoking kills\nsmoking around Innocent children is irresponsible\nSmoking turns your fingernail yellow\nSmoking Stinks up your home, car an clothes, and your hair.\nSmoking leaves tar and nicotine marks on walls\nPeople smoke to be cool some times and then they are hooked--real cool-NOT\nPeople smoke because they want to loose weight or keep it off.\nPeople smoke because they are addicted  hope those helped\n\nOh yea it can cause cancer and it does cause low birth wieght in unborn babies\nThroat cancer,lung cancer,mouth cancer...\nIt causes premature wrinkling of the skin.
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Nothing good! The nicotine causes a temporary feeling of well being, but it is addicting. There are also many other chemicals in it which are harmful. Inhaling these chemicals harms the lungs,organs that are a major detoxifier of the body. That's why smoking kills: the lungs are damaged and the bodies ability to detox itself is greatly diminshed=everything else being gradually poisoned in the body. Cancer is created from the damaged, mutant cells in the lungs...the cancer also spreads to other parts of the body via the circulatory system (capillaries in the lungs and surrounding tissues)...then the body is so toxic it breaks down completely-and dies.
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Because tobacco is addictive and they're trying to tell you not to do it, so you won't get addicted to it and ruin your own lungs like they know there's are getting ruined. Ok.....a guy jumps off a building. You see him hit the ground. He tells you, no don't jump, it hurts really bad when you land. So, are you going to think, hey, he jumped, why shouldn't I jump.
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it will help stimulate the release of endorphins, our very own natural body chemical which helps with the relief of pain and stress. Studies have shown that nicotine releases endorphins to the smoker, which gives them a sense of relaxation. When a smoker tries to quit, it is that sudden drop in their own endorphin level that leads to severe withdrawal symptoms, cravings, irritability and stress. Our treatment increases the endorphin level and at the same time restores balance, therefore greatly either reducing or even completely eliminating the withdrawal symptoms associated with quitting smoking.  \n see more at http://www.nomoresmoke.com/\nbeside that my mom has tried it and she been smoke free for almost 7 month.
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Smoking at anytime effects your risk for lung cancer. But then again breathing nowadays does with all of the pollution and stuff in the air.
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in 2 words: it kills\nit affects your lungs, your mouth, your throat,  and because it minimises the amount of oxygen carried in your blood, your muscles are deprived of oxygen and this puts a lot of strain on your heart and vessels causing heart problems and high blood pressure.\nif your pregnant, it affects the development of the child.\nit affects the people around you because they'll be breathing in the crap thats it in the cigarettes\nit wastes your money\nthe smell is disgusting\ni can go on forever
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nicotine is a stimulant, that's probally what's making your nose and tounge dry out.
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There are so many things that smoking does to the body. The really sad fact is that it does not just hurt the smoker. It really does effect all persons around them. \nA smoker has increased risk of respiratory and vascular complications. Smoking actually creates a tar substance in the lungs and decreases the persons capacity to take in oxygen. Also smokers veins and arteries are constricted from chemicals in the cigarettes. This puts them at a higher risk for blood clot causing stroke.\nMothers who smoke when they are pregnant usually have smaller babies. A nonsmokers umbilical cord (which supplies nourishment to the baby) is usually about wide as a roll of quarters and the smokers umbilical cord is about as thick as a pencil. \nChildren who grow up in the home of a smoker are at higher risk for developing asthma and/or allergies. They can develop lung cancer just as easily as the actual smoker can. Not to mention that growing up with parents who smoke puts them at higher risk for becoming smokers themselves. \nI have a grandfather that smokes. He is eighty. The last several years he has been on oxygen. He wakes up at night because he can't get his breath. He has a barrel chest because that is what your body does to try and help you get more oxygen. Your lungs try to get bigger so they can take in more oxygen because the cigarettes have destroyed portions of the lungs over the many years of smoking. Some people would say he has made it to eighty and that is a long time for a smoker to live. You have to keep in mind that most of his family lived into or close to their 100's. They say that every cigarette takes five minutes off your life. There is no telling how long he could have lived if he had just been able to stop smoking.
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A smoker has increased risk of respiratory and vascular complications. Smoking actually creates a tar substance in the lungs and decreases the persons capacity to take in oxygen. Also smokers veins and arteries are constricted from chemicals in the cigarettes. This puts them at a higher risk for blood clot causing stroke.
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Cigar can cause mouth cancer, and yes you dont inhale them, but cigarettes as well cause cancer..
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Chewing tobacco.\nIt smells so bad!  The "dip" will reak on a user's fingers & their breath stinks something awful! \nOne time, I dated this guy & he kept his chewing a secret - until we were at the movies & I went to take a sip of his "soda" - I nearly puked on him!!!\nAlso, I've seen photos of what it can do to someone's gums and mouth.  Of course, smoking is wicked to the lungs, but if you're asking what is grosser to *me* - the one who was to see & smell the user - I say chewing because I don't want to see infected ulcers lining someone's gingevitis-worn gums!
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yes smoking makes your throat hurt, but if you keep smoking the pain gets mild and u cant feel it, but only when u inhale it has a slight burn
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That's because chewing tobacco never gets to the lungs.\nNicotine causes the addiction but not the cancer. What causes the cancer is all the other crap that tobacco companies mix in with the tobacco to make the cigarettes and cigars taste better and burn better. I have read that the American Native people who smoke only dried tobacco leaves have a very low incidence of lung cancer.\nOf course today we also have all the wonderful polution in the air from chemical plants and car exhaust plus the pollution of the water by chemical plants who produce chemical fertilizers for golf courses and farms and people's lawns. Smoking is only one way to get lung cancer. My next door neighbor never smoked a day in her life but died of lung cancer. She used to commute to New York City everyday for many years because that was where she worked. Sucks doesn't it?\nLL