Descriptive Abstract Paper: Smoking and Health Problems

             The paper discussed statistics on college students. Additionally, important health problems with smoking cigarettes were presented. These health problems were broken up into different body systems and different risks associated with the body systems. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to better understand the knowledge that Johnson & Wales students have about smoking. The knowledge they have about the smoking of cigarettes effects on the body systems, the respiratory, digestive, circulation, and nervous, varies greatly between smoking and nonsmoking students at Johnson & Wales Harborside Campus. There are more systems, but for the sake of this paper, the topics were narrowed down. Smoking has many serious effects on many parts of the body. Smoking effects on the respiratory system can cause an increase in carboxyhemoglobin concentration. This is when the carbon monoxide from smoking binds with the hemoglobin in the blood. The binding of the carbon monoxide replaces the oxygen, making less oxygen available for the cells of the body. The actual lighting of a cigarette produces multiple toxic compounds (Active and Passive Tobacco Exposure: A serious Pediatric Health Problem). Teens who smoke cigarettes run the risk of stunted growth and development from cigarette chemicals. Cancer has also been connected to smoking, which is a life-threatening disease. Such forms of cancer were found in the lungs, throat, and mouth. There is a relationship between smoking and peptic ulcers in the digestive system. The ulcers are less likely to heal and more likely to cause death in smokers. Smoking cigarettes also increases the risk of gallstones and heartburn. Heartburn is when acidic juices from the stomach splash into the esophagus causing a burning sensation (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse). When trying to quit smoking, nicotine withdrawal can cause an increase in appetite or weight gain (Nicotine Addiction). In the Unite...

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