1. Smoking
• Long Term
effects
• Short Term
effects

2. Long Term Effects
• A decrease in fertility.
• A decrease in the likely birth weight of a baby
born to a smoker.
• An increase in the chances of miscarriages,
complications at birth and complications in
the baby’s development in the womb.
• A large increase in the chances of developing
cervical cancer.

3. Long-term smoking greatly increases a person's chances of developing
emphysema, chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD). All of these diseases hinder breathing, and many cause chronic
coughing, or "smoker's cough." The longer a person smokes, the more difficult it
is to control these diseases, and the end results are often oxygen tanks and
ultimately death.
Smoking is linked to increased risk of cataracts and macular degeneration.
Individuals who smoke are at higher risk for cataract surgery and glasses later in
life. The risk for developing age-related macular degeneration is greatly
increased for long-term smokers. This disease is incurable and causes vision
problems that may lead to blindness.
Smoking causes high blood pressure and narrowing of blood vessels and
arteries, which greatly increases a person's chance for heart attack and stroke.
Long-term smokers are also more apt to develop dangerous blood clots and poor
circulation.

4. Short Term Effects
• Increased heart rate and increased blood
pressure, rarely beneficial to the health in any
person.
• Smoking increases the effect of irritants on
any standing allergies, as well as irritating the
eyes and nose itself.
• An increase in acid in the stomach, which can
be painful.
• A further effect is bad breath, a direct
consequence of each cigarette smoked.

5. • Some people think that smoking is one of the ways to lose their body
weight by reducing appetite, but in reality smoking is not the correct way
for weight loss. It has been noticed that after quitting smoking the
smokers put on weight, this is because quitting smoking helps in getting
back their appetite in normal status. In such case body weight should be
maintained and controlled by a healthy diet and not by smoking.
• Smoking, combined with the effects produced by nicotine, creates an
imbalance in the demand for oxygen by the cells and the amount of
oxygen the blood is able to supply.
• A study printed in 2001 showed that smoking cigarettes, or more
specifically the nicotine in cigarettes, has a positive effect on short-term
memory.

6. Joaquín González
Narvarte
Ricardo Levene
Valentín Tear
Lucio Urso