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The Effects of Smoking and Alcohol
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The sticky tar
contains chemicals called carcinogens
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The gas combines irreversibly
with haemoglobin in the red blood cells, meaning the blood can carry less oxygen around
the body
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In pregnant women the foetus can be deprived of oxygen, leading to the baby being born

underweight
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Body cells supplied by those blood
vessels get even less oxygen and may die causing dead tissue
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This sometimes involves amputation
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Carbon monoxide and others gases in cigarette smoke can damage lung tissue causing
respiratory diseases such as emphysema and bronchitis
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Tobacco smoke contains a stimulant drug called nicotine that is very addictive, which

makes it difficult to give up smoking
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Alcohol can affect a person straight away and in the future
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Alcohol slows down your reactions because it's a depressant
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Consuming too much alcohol can cause unconsciousness and possible death by choking on
vomit
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Long term effects of alcohol
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The liver breaks down the toxic alcohol into harmless substances
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If the liver can't do its normal job
of cleaning the blood, dangerous substances can build up and damage the rest of the body
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died
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Each year in Britain
over 1000 people die
waiting for transplants



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