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MARCH 2014 EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE CIRCULATORY/ CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS Essay 2 By Cindy Jiménez and Jesicka Reyes The consuming of tobacco is the main cause of illness, disability and death worldwide. Each year more that 5 million people in the world die due to smoking. It affects the health of smokers and non-smokers exposed. Still, consumers use this drug without knowing what it actually does to the human body, especially the Circulatory and Respiratory System. In this article we will inform more about the different carcinogens found in cigarette smoke and how it affects the functions of the Respiratory and Circulatory systems including the disorders that it may cause. First of all, the meaning of a carcinogen is a substance that it may bring various genetic alterations that in one point it may lead to the creation of cancerous growths after exposure. This is a labeled chemical that has been proved to be cancerous after any living thing. Here is a list of carcinogen chemicals that can cause harm in humans and had been tested enough to have evidence about it: So, we all know that tobacco is a strong drug because it brings a lot of damages to the human body due to the substance thats in it thats called carcinogen. In which it brings alterations in genetics. Still something that we don’t understand its why being such a dangerous drug and people know that it could bring cancer they still take it. On stores they sale it like if they were a bag of cookies when there not, it brings you a lot of illness. Smoking not only affects the person who is actually doing it but the persons who surround them. Sometimes there are cases where the person who didn’t smoke dies. Smoking is extremely harmful to your health. In a slowly but deathly rate, your body starts transforming into an old carcass of what was before a human body. Besides your lungs getting full of tar and other substances, your gums and throat are exposed to the 4,000 dangerous chemicals that puts you in risk of developing different kinds of cancer. The sad thing is that here in Monterrey smoking is viewed and accepted as a common and social habit. Sources Watkins, Rissa. "What Kind of Carcinogens Are Found in Cigarette Smoke?" EHow. Demand Media, 06 June 2009. Web. 03 Mar. 2014. . 5 "Efectos Del Tabaco En La Salud." Efectos Del Tabaco En La Salud. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2014. .