By Liew Hong Kheng, 16, Kota Baru
Source from http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100106161537/Article/index_html
Source from http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100106161537/Article/index_html
Smoking has a major impact on human health especially the respiratory system. Why you may ask? Well, here’s what a stick of cigarette contains: arsenic, formaldehyde, lead, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and 43 other known carcinogens. Plus, urea, which is found in urine.
There are about 4,000 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they produce more than 200 chemicals which have been linked to lung damage. Nicotine is the main cause of addiction. After inhalation, it only takes 10 seconds for nicotine to reach the brain. In smokers, it is found in every part of the body, including breast milk. Burning tobacco generates tar that causes throat and lung cancer. It damages the cilia in the lungs, too. Carbon monoxide is also released, reducing the amount of oxygen transported to body cells.
Smoking also eats up a lot of money. A pack of cigarettes costs RM6.60, on average. That means, even if you buy just one pack a week, you’ll spend RM343 in a year. Some people smoke a pack a day, which adds up to RM2,410!
That’s a lot of CDs, computer games, and clothes you could buy instead. But that’s not all, after years of feeding an unhealthy habit, you will have to pay for all the medical expenses to deal with illnesses caused by smoking.
There are about 4,000 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they produce more than 200 chemicals which have been linked to lung damage. Nicotine is the main cause of addiction. After inhalation, it only takes 10 seconds for nicotine to reach the brain. In smokers, it is found in every part of the body, including breast milk. Burning tobacco generates tar that causes throat and lung cancer. It damages the cilia in the lungs, too. Carbon monoxide is also released, reducing the amount of oxygen transported to body cells.
Smoking also eats up a lot of money. A pack of cigarettes costs RM6.60, on average. That means, even if you buy just one pack a week, you’ll spend RM343 in a year. Some people smoke a pack a day, which adds up to RM2,410!
That’s a lot of CDs, computer games, and clothes you could buy instead. But that’s not all, after years of feeding an unhealthy habit, you will have to pay for all the medical expenses to deal with illnesses caused by smoking.
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