Smoking basics
This addictive chemical in cigarettes makes quitting hard
What is nicotine?
Smoking increases risk for this event when blood flow to the heart is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
This test measures how well your lungs move air in and out.
What is spirometry?
What is heart rate or blood pressure?
This organ is most damaged by smoking
What are the lungs?
Smoking causes blood vessels to do this, raising blood pressure.
What is narrow or tighten?
Smoking damages tiny air sacs in the lungs called these.
What are alveoli?
Within weeks of quitting, many people notice this about their breathing.
What is breathing becomes easier?
Smoking can cause this disease that makes breathing harder overtime.
What is COPD?
Smoking increases the risk of this brain emergency by blocked blood flow.
This symptom often improves when people stop smoking
What is chronic cough?
These two senses often improve after quitting smoking.
What are taste and smell?
This harmful gas in cigarette smoke reduces oxygen in your blood.
What is carbon monoxide?
Quitting smoking can significantly cut heart disease risk within this time.
What is about 1 year?
This sticky substance in the lungs traps dirt but increases with smoking.
What is mucus?
Quitting smoking improves circulation making this activity easier.
What is walking or exercise?
This sticky substance in cigarette smoke coats the lungs and contains many of the cancer causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke.
What is tar?
Smoking contributes to the buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries, a condition known by this medical term.
What is atherosclerosis?
Smoking damages tiny hair-like structures in the airways that normally help remove mucus and dirt from the lungs.
What are cilia?
Within about 2-12 weeks after quitting smoking, circulation improves and this body function becomes easier.