· An increased risk for developing cancer of the lungs, mouth, pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), espophagus (tube from the mouth to the stomach), sinuses, thyroid gland, bladder, kidney, panceas, breast, uterus and cervix.

· An increased risk for developing lung diseases such as bronchitis, emphysema and pneumonia.

· A greater likelihood of impaired lung function and respiratory illness, including asthma, pneumonia and bronchitis, in the children of smokers.

· A greater likelihood of heart disease, chronic middle ear infections and allergies in the children of smokers.

· An increased risk for developing cardiovascular diseases as hardening of the arteries, reduced blood and oxygen flow to various parts and organs of the body, heart attack, high blood pressure and stroke.

· An increased risk for miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth or low birth weight babies

· Increased levels of carbon monoxide and other toxic substanc

If one’s nicotine intake exceeds certain limits; however, it can be deadly. If a young child swallows the contents of its parents’ cigarette pack, the drug rapidly achieves high concentrations in both the blood and brain. Hallucinations, respiratory stimulation followed by respiratory arrest, convulsions, severe slowing of the heart, and even death can result.

· Gum disease and staining of teeth

Given that we know so much about nicotine’s ill effects, we might expect that people would avoid it like the plague. But nicotine, in common with all addictive substances, produces euphoria. Smoking delivers a rush of nicotine to receptors, alerting them and increasing their number. Since the receptors are located in the pleasure mediating centre of the brain – the mesolimbic system – smoking induces a minor “rush” followed by a slow decline that lasts until nicotine receptors turn back on in anticipation of the next delivery of nicotine. After many years of smoking, the number of nicotine receptors in the smoker’s brain

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