1. The Short/Long Term Effects of Smoking Alee, Madison, Hannah, and Ashley 4th Hour.

2. Short Term Effects of Cigarettes • When you start smoking cigarettes, the changes in your body can be monitored. • Some smokers wonder what the short term effects of smoking are… • A person's blood pressure and heart rate are increased • This means the heart is working harder than it should • The blood flow to the body's hands and feet is reduced • There is short-term stimulation to the brain and nervous system • Reduced appetite is seen in some people. • Smoking is a poor way to try to control weight • Bad breath • Stained teeth & fingers • Annoying coughing • Reduced or loss of taste & smell • A reduced immune system often sees smokers getting more colds and flu • with longer recovery time • Reduced potency in men &fertility in women • It affects the skin. • Making smokers look older, earlier.

4. Long Term Effects of Cigarettes • Long term effects of smoking are really scary and you have to wonder why anyone would take up smoking in the first place. • The body's respiratory system suffers the most damage • The chemical filled smoke entering the lungs is the start of many things. • There are types of respiratory infections that result from long term use. • Pneumonia • Chronic bronchitis • Emphysema • A lung disease that is irreversible, incurable, and in some cases fatal. • The heart overworks causing vascular decease & coronary disease. • All kinds of cancers are related to smoking; lung, mouth, throat, stomach, bladder, cervix and more.

5. Short Term Effects of Smokeless Tobacco • Makes your heart beat faster • Can decrease your appetite. • Can cause white leathery sores to form where chewing tobacco is held in the mouth. • Eventually turning into Leukoplakia • Can cause addiction to nicotine.

6. Long Term Effects of Smokeless Tobacco • Leukoplakia • This is white, leathery-feeling spots that can develop into mouth cancer • There are 30,000 Americans who get this disease per year. • Only 50% of people with this survive longer than 5 years. • Irregular heart rates & blood flow

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