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Today just might be the

best day to start
seriously thinking about
quitting smoking
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As many as 30% of all

coronary heart disease
(CHD) deaths in the United
States each year are
attributable to cigarette
smoking, with the risk being
strongly dose-related.

www.lungcancer.com

Quitting
smoking is

Emphysema

rather a
marathon than a
sprint. It is not a
one-time

Smoking and
health

attempt, but a
longer effort.

Tar

Tar causescancerof the lungs,

mouth and throat. It overlays the
surface of the breathing tubes and
the alveoli. This causes coughing
and damages the alveoli, making it
more difficult for gas exchange to
happen.

Nicotine isaddictive- it makes the

smoker want to smoke more
cigarettes. Nicotine also increases
the heart rate and blood pressure,
and makes blood vessels narrower
than normal. This can lead to heart
disease.

Carbon monoxide

Carbon monoxide is a gas that

takes the place of oxygen in red
blood cells. This reduces the
amount of oxygen that the blood
can carry. This means that the
circulatory system has to work
harder, causing heart disease.

Emphysema is one of the main

types of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). Its
called obstructive because
people with emphysema exhale as
if something were obstructing the
flow of air. The other form of
Coronary
heart diseasewhich
COPD is chronicbronchitis,
can also be caused by smoking.
Coronary heart disease(CHD) occurs
if plaque builds up in the coronary
(heart) arteries. Over time, CHD can
lead tochest pain,heart
attack,heart failure,arrhythmias(ahRITH-me-ahs), or even death.

Lung Cancer

Nicotine

Emphysemais a form oflung

disease. People with
emphysemahave difficulty
breathing from a limitation in
blowing air out. There are multiple
causes of emphysema,
butsmokingis by far the most
common.

Bibliography
BBC Bitesize
WebMD
NHS
National cancer institute
Americal cancer society
Lungcancer.org
Google images
www.healthline.com
Cancerresearchuk.org
Quitsmoking.about.com

Lung cancer has one of the lowest

survival rates of all cancers. In 2011,
Kentucky had the highest ageadjusted lung cancer incidence rates
in both men (112.2 per 100,000) and
women (79.3 per 100,000). Utah had
the lowest age-adjusted cancer
incidence rates in both men and
women (34.5 per 100,000 and 25.0
per 100,000, respectively). These
state-specific rates were parallel to
smoking prevalence rates.