SMOKING AND THE EFFECT ON THE BODY
I never understood the concept of wanting to smoke and after researching this I understand less, why smoking appeals to a person. The risk is higher than the benefits and I can’t seem to understand what people find in it that makes them want to continue smoking. My mother was a smoker and had high blood pressure, heart disease and bronchitis. After researching this, I found out that most of it could have been prevent if she did not smoke. The chemicals used to produce them have been researched and are the cause for many of the disease and the effects it has on your body. Some people think smoking will keep them from gaining weight or that it keeps them calm but after researching this I think I could find a better way.
Research has found that there are over 4,000 chemicals found in cigarettes which are harmful to the human body. The effects range from circulatory issues to immune issues. The research will validate the effects, of the type of chemicals used in the production of cigarettes and the effect that it has on the human body. The articles that I read validated that the chemicals use do cause harm to the body. Smoking is the gamble we take of getting illnesses, such as cancer or heart disease Smoking affects the circulatory system, heart, and other organs. Cigarettes harms your circulatory system by raising your blood pressure, less oxygen carried by the blood and damages the lining of the arteries ,to name a few . The chemical in which causes this effect is nicotine as well as other chemicals, it causes the blood vessels to become smaller and weaken, which is known as atherosclerosis. When this happens it causes the heart to work harder to move the blood throughout the body which causes your blood pressure to rise. Once you have a rise in blood pressure you are at risk for a Heart attack. Another chemical that is used in cigarettes is Tar it is brown, sticky and will stain your lungs, teeth and nails. The effect of tar on your lungs is that it coats the lung with a black sticky substance. Inflammation is caused which increases your chance for bronchitis, Emphysema or lung cancer. These are only of the few chemicals found and used in cigarettes.
The First Article, “What’s in a cigarette & disease: Chemicals, Cancer and Heart Disease” http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/tobacco/Unit4/1whats_in.html, has many details on what chemicals are found in cigarettes and what they are used for in other products. Chemicals such as nicotine are found in bug spray. Tar is used to make roads, Acetone which is nail polish remover. Imagine the effects that these three products could have on the human body.
The Second Article, “Effects of Tar in Cigarette Smoke” By Nicole Wolverton, http://www.livestrong.com/article/228910-effects-of-tar-in-cigarette-smoke/ describes the effect tar has on the body
The Third Article,”Lights” Cigarettes and Cancer Risk
(http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/light-cigarettes) this article has tar ratings for cigarettes
The Forth Article,” What Chemicals Are In Tobacco Smoke? What Is Cigarette Smoke?” by Christian Nordqvist http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/215420.php I found this article to be very helpful with showing the effects that chemicals have on the body. It listed the different chemicals found and where they are used.

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Hazardous chemicals from cigarette flavorings identified in tobacco smoke. Tudor Toma. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 78.7 (July 2000) p945. Word Count: 471.A new study in the United States shows that smokers inhale hazardous chemicals that originate from compounds used to flavor cigarettes from tobacco smoke (Journal of Agricultural Chemistry, 2000, 48: 1298-1306).

Call for control of unsafe chemicals. Nursing Standard. 18.8 (Nov. 5, 2003) p5. Word Count: 70.A PARTNERSHIP of health organizations and charities has called for a new watchdog with powers to force tobacco manufacturers to reduce levels of unsafe chemicals, such as ammonium, in cigarettes. The 11-strong

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheets/Tobacco/lights-cigarettes
I have found that most websites that have org. or Gov. are ran by government or organization that benefit from no sales of products.
NCI is a comprehensive research based information for patients and their families, researchers of cancer, Cancer professionals, and the public. It is owned by the Government, The information is monitored by The Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration, which are government agencies. They are noted on all pages including websites. NCI has clinical trials, research and cancer statistic.
Christian Nordqvist. (2011, February 1). "What Chemicals Are In Tobacco Smoke? What Is Cigarette Smoke?" Medical News Today. Retrieved from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/215420.php. What's in a Cigarette & disease: Chemicals, Cancers and Hearth Disease By http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/tobacco/index.html This would be a government program.
Funded by a Mass. Department of Public Health grant to The Cambridge Tobacco Education Program, Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs. Tobacco Control Activities are supported by the Health Protection Fund, established upon passage of voter referendum Question 1 (Tobacco Excise tax) in November 1992. Copyright © 1995 by Marjorie Jacobs Revised 1997

The articles I choose seem to lean towards not smoking. Personally I can't see why anyone would worry about being a little fat to being sick all the time due to Bronchitis, Heart Disease or High blood pressure.