What is the real cause of lung cancer from cigarettes?
Is it really the nicotine or is it the carbon monoxide that goes into our lungs? This is very confusing, but I am very certain that nicotine can NOT cause cancer, at least I believe so. And yes, I am a smoker if you were wondering. Me and my big fuhriggin' mouth. :/
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You're right, the nicotine is not the one that causes lung cancer (however it brings a whole host of other problems, so it's bad too) but the TAR in cigarette smoke. To put it in the simplest of terms, tar coats the lungs, reducing it's optimal capacity for gaseous exchange.
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There are far more compounds in cigarette smoke than just these. There are a range of carcinogens that you are trapping in your mouth, throat and lungs where the easily cross the mucous membranes into the body to cause permanent damage.
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Nicotine (along with ammonia which intensifies the nicotine) is what causes addiction. $$$$$ It's the tar...that ugly sticky tar, along with carcinogenic chemicals (around 60 so far identified out of the 4000 chemicals they somehow stuff into a cigarette lol) Tar itself has a number of carcinogens in it. When the level of carbon dioxide in your blood increases, the ability of your blood to carry oxygen is decreased. It is harmful to your body at any level and it can kill you. In a soft drink competition...the winner drank 8 large bottles in a hour....and died of too much carbon dioxide from the soft drink...random extra thrown in lol. Electronic cigarettes have only nicotine in it and you can lower the amount until you quit. Your lungs are all for this decision. :) http://www.bestecigarettesreview.com/
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Have you ever seen a lung of a smoker after they die? It is black with TAR. It's the stuff that stains your teeth. It clogs your lungs. We Didn't wonder if you were a smoker, you are and your just trying to find out a reason not to stop. My Dad smoked camels for 68 years. BUT, interestingly enough at 83, he had no lung cancer. He died of emphysema. A NASTY death. Your lungs (or the little air pockets) lose the ability to force the air back out, so you steadily lose air capacity in your lungs for breathing. My Dad was on oxygen for the last 5 -8 years. and as a side note he caused my Mothers Heart condition with his smoke. They were married 61 years and sat together for a lot of those years after retirement. She died 12 months after him because her lungs and heart were so damaged she couldn't fight off a cold. So you may not give a Damn about your own health, but please consider those around you. Prove you have great will power and quit cold. You can do it. Pray when you are weak. It works every time. Happy Easter.
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i wasn't going to answer this, because you had a lot of answers and I don't usually read any answers before I answers. I did this time and I read Samm answers. She is so right. Her answers sums it all up. She knows first hand what smoke can do to those who don't even smoke. I am guilty of that. Only I finally decided I had to quit for my husband's sake. My husband quit 15 yrs before he had his heart attacks. 3 in 3 weeks time and I kept smoking anyway, How stupid of me. He lost 1/3 function of his heart. Since he already quit, I felt I was responsible for his heart attacks. There's nothing worse than guilt like that. Those damn cigarettes are no good. It's not the nicotine or tobacco. That's a natural product, it's all the other junk added. If you ever saw all the stuff put into cigarettes, you'd get sick. Cleaning products contain some of the junk in those things. I am so glad I quit smoking. I did it for my husband and myself second because he's more important to me than my own satisfaction. We've been married for 30 yrs and I'm not letting cigarettes take me away from him or vice versa. Please, do what Samm said and consider stopping. Your money could be going to something better than cancer sticks. God bless
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Do you smoke in your car? Have you cleaned your windshield and got all that yellow stuff on your paper towel? That is the stuff that is building up in your lungs. The stuff building up combined with the other nasty chemicals in cig smoke is what causes cancer. And NOT just lung cancer. Smoking can cause a LOT of other cancers as well.
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