Effects of smoking answers

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Lesson 11 ANSWERS:
(Westfall)
1.. Cancer = tar mutates cells = cancer.
* lung, throat, tongue.
* Copd ; not reversible = emphysema +/ chronic bronchitis.
* breathlessness, coughing and irritation.
* vascular disease = fat deposits in arteries = harden.
* cardiovascular disease = heart clots from fat = heart attack.
* brain vascular disease = fat buids up in brain and neck.
* difficult swallow, brain functions lowered.
* peripheral vascular disease = legs, cramps, gangrene.
* high blood pressure.
* reduces blood vessels elasticity.
* mouth ulcers.
* loss of eyesight by damage blood vessels in eyes.
2.. Cilia not present to clear out lungs of pollutants/dirt/ mucus builds up.
= block up airways = cough lots.
  • Second hand smoke bad.
3.. increased pneumonia.
* cough more.
* complicates pregnancy.
5.. 4000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, 60 cause cancer.
* oral, lung cancer, increases cancer.
* breathing problems.
* more infections.
* 2X stroke, heart attack.
* accelerate hair loss, cataracts, weakened bones, yellow teath, gum diseases, bad breath,
* kills 5M each year.
* passive smokers affected too, especially asthma/ serious lung infections.
* nicotine addicted.
6.. GENDER differences in lung cancer:
* mostly a male disease.
* Iceland women = men.
INCOME:
  • Poor countries have low lung cancer = too expensive.
  • More money = more lung cancer.
Education: more education = less cancer.
7.. Tar accumulates in lungs .
Tar absorbs easily through hand skin.