THE GENERAL smoker may not
be aware of the health hazard resulting from heavy smoking of cigarette. The
cigarette “TAR” is causing a lot of damages to the human body once it is sucked
into the body through the respiratory system and this TAR will stay in the
lungs.
The Sabah DAP Health
Advisory Bureau Chief Dr. Joseph Lee Han Kyun coincidently received an e-mail
photo from the KK MP Hiew King Cheu showing a horrible photo a cigarette filter
being cleaned leaving a heavy stain of TAR on the tissue paper. It was cleaned
after only 10 cigarettes had been consumed.
Dr. Joseph Lee later said
that the smoke from a cigarette contains more than 4,000 types of chemicals,
which could have various toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic effects. The content
and concentration of chemical ingredients can vary widely from one brand or
type of cigarette to the next.
He gave some examples on the
various toxic chemicals and the harmful contents like Acetone, Cyanide
Aluminum, DDT/Dieldrin Ammonia, Ethanol Arsenics, Formaldehyde Benzene,
Hydrogen Cyanide Butane, Lead Cadmium, Methanol Carbon Monoxide, Nicotine
Carbon Dioxide, Tar Chloroform, and Vinyl Chloride.
Dr Lee also advices that
with all these harmful chemicals sucked into your lung, and this is the main
cause of the lung cancers. More detail
can be seen from http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/91/14/1194.full.
Dr Joseph Lee said just
think carefully before you pick up a cigarette next time. It is your health
that counts.
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