https://padlet.com/ewantje1/q0fw996v901w Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2018-03-01 08:29:25 UTC 2023-05-20 21:28:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/268434568/6200bcd367ec8ef009d2ce6c28d29fd9/index.jpg ewantje1 https://padlet.com/ewantje1/q0fw996v901w/wish/237767981 Tar that is absorbed by the lungs can cause lung cells to die. Cigarette smoke paralyses or destroys the cilia which are fine hairs that line your upper airways and help to protect against infection. When cilia are damaged, tar is able to penetrate further into your lungs, where it can do even more damage]]> 2018-03-04 09:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ewantje1/q0fw996v901w/wish/237767981 ewantje1 https://padlet.com/ewantje1/q0fw996v901w/wish/237768163 It isn't the stuff that can cause serious illness and death from cancer, lung, and heart disease. Those culprits are the tar and toxic gases that are released from burning tobacco when you smoke. Nicotine is a chemical that is dangerous not because it causes cancer but because it can addict you to cigarettes.]]> 2018-03-04 09:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ewantje1/q0fw996v901w/wish/237768163 ewantje1 https://padlet.com/ewantje1/q0fw996v901w/wish/237768418 Carbon monoxide is harmful when breathed because it displaces oxygen in the blood and deprives the heart, brain, and other vital organs of oxygen. Large amounts of CO can overcome you in minutes without warning—causing you to lose consciousness and suffocate. ... Also, CO poisoning poses a special risk to fetuses.]]> 2018-03-04 09:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ewantje1/q0fw996v901w/wish/237768418