James Banham 23/01/09
Issue Report
The effects of smoking on the Human Body
In this issue report I will be going into detail about the subject of smoking and its effects on the body. The main two aspects I will be covering and answering questions to are whether there is a correlation between smoking and damage to the lungs and heart, for example, respiratory problems and cardiovascular disease. The other aspect is whether there is a link between smoking and lung cancer. These aspects relate to biology as they are both linked with the human body and ways it can be affected by smoking. The purpose of this investigation is to give people who smoke a clear understanding of the affects, dangers and damage smoking causes. Many companies against smoking use facts and smoking related diseases to scare people into quitting, such as, ‘The strain put on your body by smoking often causes years of suffering. Emphysema is an illness that slowly rots your lungs. People with emphysema often get bronchitis again and again, and suffer lung and heart failure’. As well as facts, some companies will use images to alert people to the dangers and damage smoking causes on the body.