Effects Of Tobacco Smoking
Tobacco smoking is the largest cause of preventable death in Australia, contributing to the death of around 15000 people each year. Smoking effects both the inside and outside of the body. Some of these effects are immediate and others can occur later in a smoker's life. Some of the consequences of smoking are:
- Blindness
- Infertility and impotence
- Stroke
- Cardiovascular disease and other diseases of the arteries
- Gangrene, often resulting in the loss of limbs
- Various cancers, especially lung cancer
- Less oxygen to the brain and heart
- Shortness of breath
- Increased blood pressure
- Gum disease
- Smelly breath and stained teeth
Effects of Cannabis Smoking
Cannabis is part of the hallucinogen family there for smoking it can cause:
When high doses of cannabis are eaten in food rather than smoked, users can experience:
Cannabis can also effect the heart.Some symptoms include:
- Distorted perception (sights, sounds, time, touch)
- Problems with memory and learning
- Loss of coordination
- Trouble with thinking and problem-solving
- Increased heart rate, reduced blood pressure
When high doses of cannabis are eaten in food rather than smoked, users can experience:
- Hallucinations
- Delusions
- Impaired memory
- Disorientation
Cannabis can also effect the heart.Some symptoms include:
- Within a few minutes after smoking cannabis, the heart begins beating more rapidly and then blood pressure drops. This can cause the heart beat to increase by 20 to 50 beats per minute, and can increase even more if other drugs are used at the same time.
Effects of Alcohol.
Alcohol starts to effect the brain within five minutes of being consumed.Each year approximately 3000 people die as a result of excessive alcohol consumption and around 100,000 people are hospitalised. Some effects of large alcohol consumption are:
- heart damage
- high blood pressure and stroke
- liver disease
- cancers of the digestive system
- other digestive system disorders (eg stomach ulcers)
- sexual impotence and reduced fertility
- increasing risk of breast cancer
- sleeping difficulties
- brain damage with mood and personality changes
- concentration and memory problems
- nutrition-related conditions
- Unable to walk at times
- Sleep deprived
- Memory Loss
- Loss of bladder control
- Possible loss of consciousness
- A coma
- Or even Death
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