World No Tobacco Day 2024: Nicotine, when inhaled in the form of a cigarette, e-cigarette, tobacco, hookah, or shisha, can cause harmful effects on various parts of the body, including the lungs, voice box or larynx, heart, and reproductive system. Check what happens to the body when you smoke New Delhi: Are you a smoker? If yes, have you ever imagined what happens to your body when you take a puff of nicotine? Well, ‘Smoking is injurious to health’, this is known to one and all. This is because nicotine is made of unsafe substances such as tar, acetone and carbon dioxide.
These chemicals dangerously impact the body’s organs. Smoking tobacco is the leading cause of death across the world. Over 225,000 people in India died of cancer caused due to preventable risk factors like smoking.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream and enters the adrenal glands just above your kidneys—the gland’s adrenaline which raises blood pressure pressure, breathing and heart rate. People believe this adrenaline rush releases dopamine at once and makes them feel good but have you imagined what happens to your body when you take a puff of tobacco? What happens to your body when you smoke? On World No Tobacco Day, Dr Tirathram Kaushik Consultant Oncosurgeon, Wockhardt Hospitals Mira Road explained the nitty gritty of smoking. He told News9 , “When cigarette smoke enters the body it can release various harmful toxins like tar, arsenic,.
