The Short-Term Effects of Smoking
By: Luke sullens
EFFECTS
Yellowing of teeth
It is a substance called nicotine, beside your teeth you will find the fingers that come in contact with the cigarette will also turn yellow. The amount of yellowing will depend on how much the person smokes. This will also cause a similar build up in your lungs. Which should be a good reason to stop the smoking.
Wrinkled Skin
The nicotine in cigarettes causes narrowing of the blood vessels in the outermost layers of your skin. This impairs blood flow to your skin. With less blood flow, your skin doesn't get as much oxygen and important nutrients, such as vitamin A. This also effects they way people look at you. You may be thirty years old but look like your sixty and its a big turn off.
Bad breath
The most immediate way that cigarettes cause bad breath is by leaving smoke particles in the throat and lungs. This effect is typical of nearly any tobacco product that involves inhaling smoke or rolling it around in the mouth. The smell of a freshly smoked cigarette can linger in the lungs for hours, hence the stale scent associated with smoker's breath.
Shortness of breath
In cigarettes there is a substance called "tar." This sticky liquid can clog your lungs and air ways. Which can lead to shortness of breath and causes you to be tired faster. This substance is very harmful to your body and may cause cancer if it builds up.
Hair damage
Smoking can cause your hair to look older and even lose it a lot faster. Smoke particles latch on to your hair and cause it to fray or die off. Even if you don't smoke you can still receive this. if your parents smoke and your always around them it can effect you also. The smell can be another thing that can stick to you and your skin. This stench can be a big reason to quit or don't start anyways because it turns people off.
Conclusion
In conclusion smoking has many short term effects that harm you physically an health wise like bad breath, or damaged hair it is not as bad as receiving a hole in your throat or lung cancer. Although these effects are bad, they are not as harmful as the long term effects that can happen,. You should stop smoking before they turn fatal.
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