This is exactly what happens when you consume cigarettes.
Smoking, it contains over 40 cancer causing chemicals
that you’re essentially inhaling.
And when you start smoking,
all these different chemicals get inhaled into your lung
and eventually go into your bloodstream.
There’s some addictive components to these chemicals,
which is why it’s very difficult to quit smoking.
When you start smoking,
eventually these chemicals could cause different changes in your body,
including increased risk of atherosclerosis,
which means there’s plaque build up in your artery walls.
That could lead to increased risk of a stroke,
increased risk of a heart attack,
as well as other complications,
including diabetes and also cancer.
Of course, it’s important to make sure that you do your best to quit,
because this risk, unfortunately,
is only going to increase the more you continue smoking,
especially as you get older.
These chemicals in your lung cause irritation to your alveoli,
or air sacs. That eventually could cause someone to have COPD,
or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
That makes it very difficult for them to breathe,
and it might predispose them to recurrent pulmonary infections.