tobacco smoke cancer Smoking is hazardous to our health. Tobacco has at least 70 known cancer-causing chemicals that can cause heart diseases, lung diseases, & other serious health problems. Also, it is known that Smoking breathes life into cancer.

The Smoke-Free World Foundation reports that in a recent survey it commissioned of physicians and medical students in 11 countries, 77% believe that nicotine causes lung cancer

The nurse can help the client reduce these limitations by planning self-care activities and determining the best times for bathing, dressing, and other daily activities

The conversion rate of nicotine to nornicotine is controlled by particular genes in the plant but is not consistent from plant to plant, and declines in successive generations

The same arguments apply to tobacco: Smokers are 15 to 30 times more likely to develop lung cancer