Smoking is not only harmful to the smoker’s health but also affects the health of those around them. Realizing this danger, many people have become aware and have started to quit smoking.

There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, and even short exposures to secondhand smoke can be harmful to your health. The health risks increase with increased exposure.

Nicotine is a powerful addictive substance found in tobacco and causes negative effects due to tobacco dependence. Nicotine causes increased heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, stimulates the pleasure area of the brain, increasing feelings of excitement.

Some of the cigarette smoke that the mother inhales can reach the fetus. Toxins from cigarette smoke will penetrate the placenta.

Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, bladder cancer, kidney cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer, etc. In addition, smoking a lot also increases the risk of psoriasis or makes the symptoms of the disease more severe.

The lungs are the central organs of the respiratory system. Understanding the anatomy of the lungs and pleura helps patients better understand this organ and have effective measures to protect the lungs from pathogens.