Which parts of the body will not be adversely affected by smoking? It does not seem there. Parts of the brain can be affected negatively from smoking.
According to psychology researcher at Northumbria University, Tom Heffernan and Anna-Marie Marshall, smoking can obviously damage the brain. They say, cigarettes containing 4000 chemicals that can wreak havoc on the brain.
Researchers reveal, adverse effects on the brain include decreased ability to learn and memory in the brain. Conditions are exacerbated if smokers are also frequent consumption of liquor. The study has been reported in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry.
In the long term, smoking can interfere with the quality of work, decreased cognitive abilities, memory problems, such as easy to forget with the promise and do not remember to regularly take medication on time.
Even according to recent research, passive smokers will be affected if inhaling cigarette smoke.
Smoking is thought to affect the cortex or the outer layer of the brain associated with memory function and information processing. The cortical layer is thinning as you get older. However, smoking may precipitate the thinning of the cortical layer.
Of the 4000 chemicals in cigarettes, as many as 50 of them or even more are toxic. Call it, carbon monoxide is also found in car exhaust fumes, butane found in chemical liquids, as well as arsenic, ammonia, and methanol are also contained in rocket fuel.
These harmful chemicals gradually enter the body, then destroy healthy cells.
Smoking is a major risk factor for many types of cancer, lung problems, and cardiovascular problems. More broadly, smoking can also reduce the quality of male sperm and increase the risk of cataracts.
How to prevent it, of course by quitting smoking. There are several therapies that can help a person quit smoking, such as nicotine replacement therapy