The harmful effects of cigarette on wound healing and flap life are well known. Smoking is caused its harmful effects by nicotine, carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide that contain. Nicotine carried on tar droplets in cigarette smoke, is rapidly absorbed from the respiratory system. Nicotine is absorbed into the body by the way of oral mucosa in chewing the nicotine gum; by the way of skin in bare handed people and the using nicotine bands. Emitted nicotine is rapidly dispersed throughout the body. The affinity of the lung, spleen, liver and brain for nicotine is high. Affinity of fatty tissue is low. More than 4,000 chemicals that are carcinogenic to humans and animals have been identified in tobacco smoke. Harmful substances in the environmental smoke are more toxic than inhaled smoke. People exposed to cigarette smoke passively, are exposed to both the booster-expiration smoke and the self-burning smoke of the cigarette. This shows that passive smoking is also very important for human health. Due to smoking, human health is deteriorating considerably. While it is directly related to oral, larynx and esophagus cancers, especially lungs, it can also be a cause of cancers of kidney and bladder, stomach cancer, cervix and hematopoietic system cancers. The postoperative complications that may occur due to the systemic effects of cigarette smoke should also be considered. The risk of postoperative pulmonary complications in smokers is increased about 6 times. It is also known that at least 6-8 weeks of smoking-free period is required to reduce these pulmonary complications.
Subjects | Health Care Administration |
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Journal Section | Reviews |
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Publication Date | October 19, 2017 |
Submission Date | June 20, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 7 Issue: 3 |