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1 Hospital and wards
2 Human body
3 Musculoskeletal system
4 Circulatory system
5 Digestive system
6 Respiratory system
7 Urinary system
8 Nervous system
9 Reproductive system
10 Integumentary system
11 Vitamins
12 Help your heart
13 What is a hayfever
14 HIV
15 Smoking
16 Exercise
17 Eat variety of food
18 Surgery
19 Are you happy
20 Anxiety, depression
21 Nursing career
22 Admission
23 Nursing process
24 Physical health
25 Florence Nightingale
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15 A/ SMOKING: THE FACTS
Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 different chemicals, many of which are harmful. Nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar are three components of smoke which affect the human body. There are many serious and often fatal diseases caused by smoking. The most common of these are: coronary heart disease, cancer of the lungs, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and other lung diseases. Smoking can also increase the incidence of everyday complaints which people often do not see as being related to their smoking, e.g. coughing, sneezing and shortness of breath on exertion.
Many smokers think the risks are acceptable but in practice smokers often think of the risks as being much lower than they really are. Among those who do accept that the consequences can be severe there is a tendency to think it will never happen to them.
Babies and young children are particularly at risk if one or more people smoke in the household in which they live. They are more prone to chest, ear, nose and throat infections, and to more serious chest conditions such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Unlike adults, young children do not have any choice about whether or not they are exposed to tobacco smoke.
Giving up smoking is probably the greatest single thing smokers can do to improve their health.
What makes cigarettes harmful?
Do you know any diseases which are often caused by smoking?
Can parental attitude play a role in children's smoking behaviour?
What's the best thing for smokers?
What's your attitude to smoking?
Why do young people smoke?
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