Smoking For Dummies
...a, contained in toilet cleaners; butane, a form a lighter fuel; and beta-naphtha ether, more commonly known as mothballs. Smokers also take the risk of inhaling methanol, a rocket fuel; hydrogen cyanide, the poison in gas chambers; arsenic and carbon monoxide, the poisonous gas in car exhausts; cadmium, used to make batteries. As the research continues, the list of diseases caused by smoking keeps growing longer. The list now includes chronic lung disease, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, peptic ulcer, osteoporosis, stroke, and cataracts, as well as cancer of the mouth, throat esophagus, pancreas, bladder, kidney, uterus, and cervix, and possible also leukemia and cancer of the breast, prostate, and colon. Smoking increases facial wrinkling and makes a person look older than he or she really is. 85% of lung cancer deaths are attributed to smoking. Lung cancer is a very common disease that people can get from smoking. Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both of the lungs. While normal lung tissue cells reproduce and develop into healthy lung tissue, these abnormal cells reproduce rapidly and never grow into normal lung tissue. Lumps of cancer cells (tumors) then form and disrupt the lung, making it difficult to function properly. The poison in tobacco ruins our bodies. T...