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Describe Components Tobacco Smoke Affect Cardiovascular System Smokers

For the cardiovascular system, CO binds to hemoglobin, reducing the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity, and nicotine increases platelet stickiness, promoting clot formation and atherosclerosis (ischemic heart disease).

Dla układu krążenia, CO wiąże się z hemoglobiną, zmniejszając zdolność krwi do przenoszenia tlenu, a nikotyna zwiększa lepkość płytek krwi, co sprzyja tworzeniu się zakrzepów i miażdżycy (choroba niedokrwienna serca).

Front Describe how the components of tobacco smoke can affect the cardiovascular system of
smokers.
Back CO binds to haemoglobin so effects O2 carrying ability of blood, and nicotine inc stickiness of platelets (more chance of thrombus), also describe athersclerosis (IHD)

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