Question

In which ways does tobacco affect the respiration?Name the alkaloid found in tobacco?

Answer 1

ANSWER -

↪ Nicotine is the alkaloid present in the tobacco.

-----Smoking increases the carbon monoxide (CO) level in the body.

-----It reduces the Oxygen transportation capacity by haemoglobin of blood.

Answer 2

smokers inhale voluntarily, breathe deeply and hold their breath, to maximize contact between smoke and alveoli (resulting in damaged alveoli). Damaged alveoli in your lungs, making you short of breath. Small bronchioles may collapse during exhalation of smoke, trapping air.

Nicotine is the primary alkaloid found in the tobacco leaf, accounting for 96–98% of the total alkaloid content.

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