Post by judyb on Apr 6, 2018 22:16:14 GMT -5
DAY 28
It may seem surprising that the simple act of smoking can cause such varied damage to remote areas
of the body. The explanation is that tobacco smoke is made up of a wide variety of toxic chemicals
that circulate through the entire body in the bloodstream. Carbon monoxide is only one of the deadly
chemicals produced.
Nicotine itself is the usual suspect when it comes to raising blood pressure and forming blood clots,
but it's the other chemicals that cause cancer. More than forty have been identified as carcinogens,
and some are complete carcinogens, capable of starting tumors single-handedly. One is
beta-naphtylamine, which causes bladder cancer, a cancer seven to 10 times more common in
smokers than in nonsmokers. Wherever tar lands in the system, it produces abnormal cells, which is
where cancers start. For pipe and cigar smokers who don't inhale, the main cancer sites are the lips,
tongue, mouth, jaws, larynx, and esophagus. For cigarette smokers, the primary list goes on to
include the lungs, bladder, kidneys, and pancreas.
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DAY 29
The debate is over as to whether it is harmful to be on the other end of the smoker's cigarette. It is.
Passive smoking is now recognized as the third leading preventable cause of death - after active
smoking and drinking. Nonsmokers living with smokers have a 30 percent (or higher, according to
some studies) risk of death from heart attacks. And nonsmokers who live with smokers cannot be
dismissed as the kinds of people who have heart attacks anyhow. The platelets of nonsmokers sitting
for twenty minutes in a waiting room with smokers became stickier-a condition that leads to heart
attacks. In one study, 69 percent of nonsmokers developed eye irritation when among smokers; 29
percent had nasal symptoms; 32 percent had headaches; and 25 percent developed coughs. And
these were the non-allergic nonsmokers. The percentages were much higher among those with
allergies.
The nonsmoking majority is fighting back, and public places and work sites now often prohibit
smoking. It is in the home that smokers most often find their victims-defenseless children.
From: www.amazon.com/Meditations-Surviving-Without-Cigarettes-Wanning/dp/0380769166
It may seem surprising that the simple act of smoking can cause such varied damage to remote areas
of the body. The explanation is that tobacco smoke is made up of a wide variety of toxic chemicals
that circulate through the entire body in the bloodstream. Carbon monoxide is only one of the deadly
chemicals produced.
Nicotine itself is the usual suspect when it comes to raising blood pressure and forming blood clots,
but it's the other chemicals that cause cancer. More than forty have been identified as carcinogens,
and some are complete carcinogens, capable of starting tumors single-handedly. One is
beta-naphtylamine, which causes bladder cancer, a cancer seven to 10 times more common in
smokers than in nonsmokers. Wherever tar lands in the system, it produces abnormal cells, which is
where cancers start. For pipe and cigar smokers who don't inhale, the main cancer sites are the lips,
tongue, mouth, jaws, larynx, and esophagus. For cigarette smokers, the primary list goes on to
include the lungs, bladder, kidneys, and pancreas.
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DAY 29
The debate is over as to whether it is harmful to be on the other end of the smoker's cigarette. It is.
Passive smoking is now recognized as the third leading preventable cause of death - after active
smoking and drinking. Nonsmokers living with smokers have a 30 percent (or higher, according to
some studies) risk of death from heart attacks. And nonsmokers who live with smokers cannot be
dismissed as the kinds of people who have heart attacks anyhow. The platelets of nonsmokers sitting
for twenty minutes in a waiting room with smokers became stickier-a condition that leads to heart
attacks. In one study, 69 percent of nonsmokers developed eye irritation when among smokers; 29
percent had nasal symptoms; 32 percent had headaches; and 25 percent developed coughs. And
these were the non-allergic nonsmokers. The percentages were much higher among those with
allergies.
The nonsmoking majority is fighting back, and public places and work sites now often prohibit
smoking. It is in the home that smokers most often find their victims-defenseless children.
From: www.amazon.com/Meditations-Surviving-Without-Cigarettes-Wanning/dp/0380769166