Cigarette Smoking Increases Production of Mucus in Patients With Bronchitis
Summary
According to recent studies conducted in New Mexico, the smoking of cigarettes has been associated with the overproduction of mucus. This study also discovered that cigarette smoke is responsible for stifling the effects of a protein which causes the death of mucus-producing cells in a person’s airways. It has been known for a while that chronic mucus secretion is a common trait of chronic bronchitis, however, the underlying causes and complications are not very clear to scientists as of yet. This study has proven that the cells which are responsible for secreting mucus are supported and kept alive by cigarette smoke because it muffles the affects of a protein which initiates cell death.
Response
I think that as a citizen, when I see people around me smoking commonly every day, it saddens me because everyone already knows that smoking is dangerous, however, many of these smokers don’t understand the many complications that arise from it. For example, this article discusses a new discovery which not many people know about. The protein which is responsible for killing off mucus cells so they don’t get clogged in the airways is being subdued by the chemicals in cigarette smoke, which will result in a build-up of mucus and eventually, chronic bronchitis. Chronic bronchitis is another disease added to the list of possible outcomes of smoking, along with lung cancer and various other lung-related ailments. I think that people who smoke should be more responsible because when they smoke publicly, they don’t only harm themselves. The effects of second-hand smoking on the people around them can go a long way towards developing diseases later on in life. The main step for us as a society should be to raise further awareness by going into more detail when saying “smoking has risks” because many people don’t understand how much risk is involved and they just brush it off.
Source - MLA Format
Generics, Mark. " Smoking Raises Production of Mucus In Bronchitis Patients: Study | MedIndia." Medindia - Medical/Health Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 June 2012. <http://www.medindia.net/news/Smoking-Raises-Production-of-Mucus-In-Bronchitis-Patients-Study-81050-1.htm>.
According to recent studies conducted in New Mexico, the smoking of cigarettes has been associated with the overproduction of mucus. This study also discovered that cigarette smoke is responsible for stifling the effects of a protein which causes the death of mucus-producing cells in a person’s airways. It has been known for a while that chronic mucus secretion is a common trait of chronic bronchitis, however, the underlying causes and complications are not very clear to scientists as of yet. This study has proven that the cells which are responsible for secreting mucus are supported and kept alive by cigarette smoke because it muffles the affects of a protein which initiates cell death.
Response
I think that as a citizen, when I see people around me smoking commonly every day, it saddens me because everyone already knows that smoking is dangerous, however, many of these smokers don’t understand the many complications that arise from it. For example, this article discusses a new discovery which not many people know about. The protein which is responsible for killing off mucus cells so they don’t get clogged in the airways is being subdued by the chemicals in cigarette smoke, which will result in a build-up of mucus and eventually, chronic bronchitis. Chronic bronchitis is another disease added to the list of possible outcomes of smoking, along with lung cancer and various other lung-related ailments. I think that people who smoke should be more responsible because when they smoke publicly, they don’t only harm themselves. The effects of second-hand smoking on the people around them can go a long way towards developing diseases later on in life. The main step for us as a society should be to raise further awareness by going into more detail when saying “smoking has risks” because many people don’t understand how much risk is involved and they just brush it off.
Source - MLA Format
Generics, Mark. " Smoking Raises Production of Mucus In Bronchitis Patients: Study | MedIndia." Medindia - Medical/Health Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 June 2012. <http://www.medindia.net/news/Smoking-Raises-Production-of-Mucus-In-Bronchitis-Patients-Study-81050-1.htm>.