Smoking, The Main Cause of Lung Cancer
Article by Kingwie Tan
As you have probably known that the number of people with lung cancer is increasing dramatically. This mainly caused by the people’s unawareness on the source of lung cancer. There are many factors that can cause lung cancer. The heavy air pollution can be the source of the lung cancer but the biggest source of lung cancer is the smoking habits. This can be true because the research shows that 90% of people with lung cancer are smokers. Smoking is an activity inhaling smoke from cigarette. When tobacco is burning as a cigarette and people inhale it, there are many dangerous materials are also inhaled. Tobacco has several dangerous materials such as tar and Nicotine. When the tar and nicotine are inhaled, it covers the lung surface with a layer. When you continue smoking for many years, the layer is getting thicker and it blocks the process of oxygen absorption. As you may know that lung is the only oxygen supplier for the whole body. The blood stream takes the oxygen from the lung and brings it to all parts of the body. When the surface of the lung is layered with tar and nicotine, the lungs are not able to absorb oxygen well. And when it can’t absorb oxygen, the body will not get enough oxygen supply. As the result, your body will not do their job as it was. Moreover, when the lungs are covered by the tar and nicotine, it can cause the lung cell to grow uncontrollable. The lung cell will grow wild and it cause lung cancer. When the cells grow wildly, it forms a swelling. The swelling is of course very hurt and it can be very big too. The research shows that the lung cancer can block your breath system and you will die.
Unfortunately, cancer can spread away. If the blood stream makes a contact with the cancer cells, it brings the cancer seed to the whole body. in other word, the cancer is spreading. This is the most dangerous situation because you don’t where another cancer will grow. When you have lung cancer, it is better for you to stop smoking. Stop smoking is really hard but it may avoid you from the death. If the lung cancer is visible you will need to see doctor and take some medicines. You will also need to undergo some treatments to make the cancer disappear.
Women who are smoking have risk of dying 12 times greater of lung cancer. Moreover, smoking can cause many other illnesses such as bronchitis and cough. If you want to know more about the relation between smoking and lung cancer, you can read many articles about it on the internet. You can just open your computer and get informed how dangerous the lung cancer is.
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