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Title: | Pulmonary Effects of Cigarette Smoking |
Authors: | Weiss, Richard Paul, Atara |
Keywords: | Senior honors thesis cigarette smoking pulmonary disease tobacco nicotine effects of smoking lung cancer |
Issue Date: | 20-May-2020 |
Publisher: | New York, NY. Stern College for Women. Yeshiva University. |
Citation: | Paul, Atara. Pulmonary Effects of Cigarette Smoking. Presented to the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completion of the Program Stern College for Women Yeshiva University May 20, 2020. Mentor: Dr. Richard Weiss, Biology. |
Abstract: | Smoking is currently the main cause of preventable illnesses and deaths in the United States. The chemicals in cigarette smoke can damage nearly every organ in the body, though the lungs are at the greatest risk. Smoking can both cause pulmonary diseases as well as exacerbate existing conditions. This paper will describe various pulmonary effects of smoking. It will include the mechanisms which cause lung cancer, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis, as well as those which worsen asthma and COVID-19. It will further discuss the pulmonary effects of secondhand smoking, and the potential hazardous effects of e-cigarette use will be projected. Halachot pertaining to the permissibility of smoking will be studied as well, particularly with regards to the associated health concerns. |
Description: | Senior honors thesis. Opt-out: For access, please contact: yair@yu.edu |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/5639 |
Appears in Collections: | S. Daniel Abraham Honors Student Theses |
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