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IGCSE Biology : U2 : Smoking

Cancers : Head, Neck, Lung, Leukaemia, Stomach, Kidney, Pancreas , Colon, Bladder and Cervix


Chronic Diseases : Stroke, Blindness, Gum Infection , Aortic Rupture, Heart disease, pneumonia, Hardening of the arteries, Chronic lung disease, asthma , reduced fertility, Hip fracture


Lung Conditions : 

  • Lung Cancer

  • Chronic Bronchitis

  • Emphysema - When alveoli are not as elastic


Carcinogens - Things which cause cancer

Carcinogenic - Things which describe cancer


Emphysema : 

  • Damages alveoli walls, they burst and fuse together

  • Reduces the surface area of gaseous exchange 

  • Unable to carry out basic tasks like walking

  • There is no cure


Chronic Bronchitis : 


  • The tar in cigarettes damages and paralysis cilia cells 

  • Bacteria builds up and you can get chest infections 

  • Tar irritates the lining producing overproduction of mucus which cant  be cleared

  • A smoker develops a heavy cough to remove this called smokers cough and chronic bronchitis

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IGCSE Biology : U2 : Smoking

Cancers : Head, Neck, Lung, Leukaemia, Stomach, Kidney, Pancreas , Colon, Bladder and Cervix


Chronic Diseases : Stroke, Blindness, Gum Infection , Aortic Rupture, Heart disease, pneumonia, Hardening of the arteries, Chronic lung disease, asthma , reduced fertility, Hip fracture


Lung Conditions : 

  • Lung Cancer

  • Chronic Bronchitis

  • Emphysema - When alveoli are not as elastic


Carcinogens - Things which cause cancer

Carcinogenic - Things which describe cancer


Emphysema : 

  • Damages alveoli walls, they burst and fuse together

  • Reduces the surface area of gaseous exchange 

  • Unable to carry out basic tasks like walking

  • There is no cure


Chronic Bronchitis : 


  • The tar in cigarettes damages and paralysis cilia cells 

  • Bacteria builds up and you can get chest infections 

  • Tar irritates the lining producing overproduction of mucus which cant  be cleared

  • A smoker develops a heavy cough to remove this called smokers cough and chronic bronchitis