Flag This Item Uploaded by: euinvest100 on Jun 21, 2012 Tony
Habib -Harmful Chemicals in Cigarettes As smokers, we don't
think about the chemicals in cigarettes. We think about how
cigarettes help us cope with the stress of daily life, how they
calm us down when we're angry, help us relax at the end of a
long day, comfort us when we're sad or lonely. Harmful chemicals
in cigarettes? No, we don't think much about that. The truth of
the matter is that smoking does the opposite of just about
everything we give it credit for. When the chemicals in
cigarettes are inhaled, they put our bodies into a state of
physical stress by sending literally thousands of poisons, toxic
metals and carcinogens coursing through our bloodstream with
every puff we take. And those chemicals affect everything from
blood pressure and pulse rate to the health of our organs and
immune system. While researchers are still working to uncover
all of the hazards cigarettes present to human life, we do know
that air tainted with cigarette smoke