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Jumat, 24 Juni 2011

Facts About Air Polluition Caused by Smoking

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Cigarette butts and their toxic chemicals will take a quarter of a century to decompose

Smoking causes more air pollution than car exhaust. According to an Italian study, published in 2004 in "Tobacco Control," air pollution particles from smoking three cigarettes was worse than a 2003 diesel engine. The cigarettes produced 10 times the particulate matter of the automobile.



Not only does smoking cigarettes create air pollution, but cigarette butts contaminate the ground and water by releasing the approximately 4,000 chemicals present in cigarettes. And used cigarettes take 25 to 26 years to decompose.
  1. Atmosphere

    Health and Air Pollution

    Carbon Monoxide

    • The American Heart Association states that long-term, low-level exposure to cigarette smoke in the air can raise carbon monoxide levels in your blood, decreasing the oxygen in the bloodstream and increasing the risk of serious respiratory illnesses.

    Nicotine

    • The AHA also states the nicotine causes a short-term increase in blood pressure, heart rate and blood flow from the heart. This creates an increased need for oxygen, but when combined with carbon monoxide intake it creates a dangerous situation because there is less oxygen in the bloodstream.

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