Question
Why is smoking a bad habit?
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Answer
- Smoking involves inhaling the cigarette smoke which contains nicotine and other toxic substances like N-nitrosodimethlene. There is some amount of carbon monoxide.
All these substances affect the normal respiratory health. - Smoking invites problems like asthma, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, lung damage.
- The worst impact is that these substances are carcinogenic and hence can cause cancer of larynx, trachea, lung, etc.
- Smoking not only affects the smokers but also has bad effect on others due to passive smokers.
- In women, smoking is still hazardous as their ovaries can undergo mutations due to mutagenic chemicals found in smoke.
- Therefore, smoking is a very bad habit.
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