Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Smoking Cessation, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, System On A Chip
19 Dec 2015
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Prof relating to his own research to so us what he does with smoking in a lab. Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), Smoking is directly related for approximately 90% of lung deaths and approximately 80-90% of chronic pulmonary disease. Smoking damages your lungs" natural cleaning and repair system and traps cancer-causing chemicals in your lungs. Smoking chemicals mix together to form a sticky tar that lines the inside of your lungs. The cilia (tiny hairs) that lines the inside of your lungs help to clean out dirt and germs from your lungs. If the cilia are covered in tar, they can"t do their job properly, and germs, chemicals and dirt can stay in your lungs and cause disease-cancer. Smoking permanently damages the alveoli (air sacks) in the lungs, making it harder to breathe. The alveoli are built like tiny, stretchy balloons.
