Biomedical Basis of Smoking’s Harmful Effects

As an educator with a background in education and training, I will present a comprehensive overview of the harmful effects of smoking. The content will cover the impact on health, statistics on smoking-related diseases, key chemicals in cigarette smoke, biomedical mechanisms of smoking damage including the effects of nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, biological responses to smoking such as inflammation, oxidative stress, and cellular changes leading to cancer, health risks beyond the lungs...