How does smoking/using tobacco affect your mouth, teeth and gums?

Question

And in addition...How does it affect your lungs?

Answer 1

smoking/tobacco stains your teeth, darkens your gums (it will turn black as you age), your trachea's (or windpipe) cells will mutate and your lung cells will mutate and decay, thus leading to lung cancer. nicotine is absorbed in the blood stream and is circulated throughout the body, nicotine is very difficult ot get out of the system because it has this biochemical thing that sticks to our blood's cells. thus resulting in irritation of lung tissues, constriction of blood vessels, increased blood pressure and heart rate, and, in general, central nervous system stimulation. plus, nicotine damages the alveoli of our lungs. these alveoli are tiny sac-like air spaces in the lung where carbon dioxide and oxygen are exchanged. instead of oxygen exchanged for carbon dioxide, nicotine is exchanged. this then atteches to our red blood cells and is then carried through out the body. so be careful.=) so every pack you smoke every day makes you live 10 years shorter (in my opinion.=))

Answer 2

Smoking or using tobacco in all forms will affect your mouth, teeth and gums in a way of stains, bad odour and disease. The nicotine in tobacco when enters your lungs will narrow the space provided otherwise for oxygen to travel. In a span of more time passed in consuming tobacco, you will feel short of breath because of nicotine deposits into the passage of your lungs. This condition is known as Asthma. There is a chance of getting Cancer all the time.

Be careful and stop the use of tobacco in case you have a habit. You can save money and health simultaneously.

Best of health,

Answer 3

Tobacco contains the alkaloid nicotine, a powerful neurotoxin that is particularly harmful to insects. All means of consuming tobacco result in the absorption of nicotine in varying amounts into the user's bloodstream, and over time the development of tolerance and dependence. Absorption quantity, frequency and speed seem to have a direct relationship with how strong a dependence and tolerance, if any, might be created. A lethal dose of nicotine is contained in as little as one half of a cigar or three cigarettes; however, only a fraction of the nicotine contained in these products is actually released into the smoke, and most clinically significant cases of nicotine poisoning are the result of concentrated forms of the compound used as insecticides. Other active alkaloids in tobacco include harmala alkaloids.

Major hazards of smoking tobacco, however, involve carcinogenic compounds in tobacco and tobacco smoke (The use of smokeless tobacco does not reduce these hazards). Many jurisdictions have enacted smoking bans in an effort to minimize possible damage to public health caused by tobacco smoking.

Answer 4

A Dentist could answer much better, but as a self-hating smoker, I can tell you I have moderate discoloration of the teeth starting visibly, oh... Eight or so months after I visit the dentist for a thorough cleaning. Gingivitis is a problem, and my gums recede more quickly than a non-smoker. Not to mention smoker's breath.

The lungs? I believe it can best be described as a slow poisoning asphyxiation that leads to Cancer, Emphysema, Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, and probably many other pulmonary diseases.

Answer 5

There is a chance this is not a gum abscess it may be an abscess at the root of a nearby tooth. If its a true gum abscess then you may have food lodged between gum and tooth that may have to be removed. It is very important ( more so when pregnant) to get this taken care of. The infection can effect the health of your child. You may be able to get an extraction of the tooth covered under medical insurance. In many areas there are free or low cost dental clinics you may go to as well. I wish you luck and these do not clear up on their own. The pain may go away if the abscess is able to drain but the infection and health risk is still there.

Answer 6

Well, it makes your teeth yellow and cause hallotosis. Aside from that, you can develope sores in the gums and in the lining of the jaw. From there, the corcenigens in tobacco can cause cancer of the mouth or throat. Not to mention the lungs as well.

Answer 7

Cigarettes contain many toxins and carcinogens(cancer causing agents). Smoking stains your teeth and can cause gingivitis(gum disease), as well as bad breath and many types of cancer. From cigarettes you can get mouth and throat cancer, and lung cancer and emphysema. Emphysema is a disease in which your lungs lose their elastic quality, and after many years of illness and oxygen use,your lungs finally stop working altogether. After a few years of smoking, small "puckering" wrinkles form around your lips from puffing on the cigarette.These will become deeper as you age.

Answer 8

nicotine found in cigars stain your teeth, gives you bad breath (eewwee).. lung cancer..kills you slowly..

Answer 9

it screws all of these