Analysis Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Lung cancer, emphysema and bronchitis also known as Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are three of the most common diseases directly linked with smoking. Furthermore, cigarette smoke is the cause of 80 percent of lung cancer deaths and 80% of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Researches have estimated about 5.000 people deaths each year in New Zealand because of smoking or second-hand smoke exposure. Tobacco smoke globally is responsible for one in ten adult deaths which estimates 5 deaths each year. Cigarette smoke contains more than 7.000 chemicals, at least 69 of which are known to cause cancer. Current smokers, chronic lung disease account for 73% of smoke related conditions. Even among smokers who have quit. Chronic lung disease still accounts for 50% of smoking related conditions. Smoking causes major problems in almost every organ in the body and is a main cause of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Medical expert globally has agreed smoking is the main source of lung cancer. Here is an example to illustrate this point. The primary way that smoking causes cancer is by damaging the deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA. This is because the chemicals found in cigarettes are interfering with how the line operates in the human physical structure. These chemicals are like arsenic it disrupts the chemicals in the body to restore damaged DNA. This leads to damage cells, which eventually become