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ACTIVE OR PASSIVE SMOKERS WHO ARE PRONE TO LUNG

CANCER?
Cigarettes are not something foreign to us. Many people smoke every day for their
pleasure. Especially men. While what id the meaning of cigarettes?
Cigarette is a rolled or roll of tobacco rolled or wrapped in paper, leaves, or corn
huks. Can be smoked by someone after burring the ends. Cigarettes are a factory of
dangerous chemicals. Just by burning and smoking a cigarette, 4000 types of chemicals can
be produced. 400 of them are poisonous and 40 of them can accumulate in the body and
cause cancer. Cigarette are also addictive subtances. Because it can cause addiction.
Who are active and passive smokers? Active smokers are people who regularly
consume cigarettes even though only one cigarette. Then passive smokers are people who do
not smoke, but inhale secondhand smoke or people who are in closed room with people who
are smoking.
Both active and passive smokers have both the posibility of contracting lung cancer.
But before that, what is the meaning of lung cancer? Lung cancer is a condition when
malignant (cancer) cells from in the lungs. The main cause of lung cancer is smoking. So that
most of the sufferers are active smokers. But also does not rule out that secondhand smoke
can also get lung cancer. Because of frequent inhaling cigarette air.
Symptoms of lung cancer that can be felt by sufferers are : chronic caugh, coughing
up blood, drastic weight loss, chest and bone pain and shortness of breath.
There ia the picture of human healthy lungs and tobacco smokers Lung:

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