This document discusses the holistic effects of cigarette smoking on physical health, mental health, family/social relationships, growth and development, nutrition, exercise and fitness. It notes that cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the US and causes a variety of cancers, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. It also describes the harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke like nicotine and how nicotine is addictive. Finally, it discusses the dangers of passive smoking and benefits of quitting smoking.
2. Cigarette Smoking: The Basic
Facts
• Cigarette smoking is the single
most preventable cause of death
in the United States
• 20% of all deaths in the United
States are a result of smoking
3. Holistic effects of smoking
• Mental health- Impairs
the ability to
concentrate and relax
• Family and Social
Health- Smoke from a
cigarette can harm
those in the same
room. Cancer risk can
rise as much as 50%
4. Holistic effects of smoking
• Growth and
Development-
• Pregnant women who
smoke have higher rates
of:
• Miscarriage
• Stillborn babies
• Premature birth
• Low birth-weight babies
• Babies who die of
Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS)
5. Holistic effects of smoking
• Nutrition-
harms taste
buds and
impairs the
sense of taste
7. MAJOR EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON
FITNESS
• High levels of carbon
monoxide from
smoking reduce the
amount of oxygen
absorbed into the
blood from the lungs.
• Carbon monoxide in
the blood also reduces
the amount of oxygen
that is released from
the blood into the
muscles.
8. Major effects of smoking on
Fitness
• Smoke inhalation has an
immediate effect on respiration,
increasing airway resistance
and therefore the amount of
oxygen absorbed into the blood.
9. Major effects of smoking on
Fitness
• Smoking causes chronic ( or
long-term ) swelling of mucous
membranes, which also lead to
increased airways resistance.
11. Holistic effects of smoking
• Cigarette smoking, especially in
bed, is a major cause of home
fires
• Cigarette smoking causes teeth
to yellow and breath to smell.
12. Physical Reaction to Tobacco
• A racing heart
• Dizziness
• Watery Eyes
• Coughing spells
• Nausea
14. Nicotine and Addiction
• Nicotine is a stimulant that
speeds up the activity of the
central nervous system, the
heart, and other organs.
15. Nicotine
When tobacco is smoked, nicotine
enters the lungs, where it is
immediately absorbed into the
bloodstream. Seconds later, the
nicotine reaches the brain.
Chemical changes begin to take
place.
18. Respiratory System
• Allows harmful gases and
particles to settle in air passages
• Causes hacking cough
• Causes shortness of breath
19. Cardiovascular System
• Increases heart rate
• Increases blood pressure
• Increases volume of blood pumped
per beat
• Increases force of heart
contractions
20. Cardiovascular System
• Increases coronary blood flow
• Increases blood flow to skeletal
muscles
• Narrows blood vessels in skin
• Narrows veins
21. Long Term Effects of Tobacco
• Cardiovascular Disease –
• A smoker is three times more
likely to suffer a heart attack than
is a nonsmoker.
• A heart attack is five to ten times
more likely to kill a smoker than a
nonsmoker.
22. Respiratory Disease
• Chronic Bronchitis –
• A condition in which the
bronchial tubes become swollen
and clogged with mucus
23. Respiratory Disease
• Emphysema –
• A breathing disorder in which
the small air sacs in the lungs
lose their ability to expand and
contract.
24. Cancer
• Cancer is an area of uncontrolled
cell growth that invades the
surrounding tissues and destroys it.
• Lung Cancer –
• The leading cause of death from
cancer in the United States.
28. Passive Smoking
• Sidestream Smoke
• Smoke that goes directly into
the air from burning tobacco.
• Sidestream smoke contains
higher concentration of some
harmful chemical.
29. Danger of Passive Smoking
• Some studies show that there is
twice as much tar and nicotine
is sidestream smoke and also
contains three times as much
carbon monoxide as in
mainstream smoke.
