| Everyone knows about the damage that can be done | | | | wear respirators because of smoke or chemical |
| to your lungs because of smoking cigarettes, cigars, | | | | content in the air they have to work in. These work |
| pipes, and drugs of many kinds. Over time people who | | | | places can cause long term breathing problems also. |
| smoke will experience a continuing decline in their | | | | Then there are the everyday house fires that people |
| breathing quality. They will experience a shortness of | | | | experience. Many times it could be just a small fire |
| breath and their physical capabilities can be impaired as | | | | where the smoke can be more easily escaped and |
| well because the body can not get as much oxygen | | | | avoided, but other larger fires can cause big breathing |
| as it needs to the brain and the rest of the body. It is | | | | problems especially if a person gets trapped for a time |
| so difficult to understand why people inflict their own | | | | and is over come from the smoke. A lot of people |
| selves with these terrible side affects of a habit that is | | | | have passed out and then been burned a live because |
| completely unnecessary. | | | | they could they became unconscious and could not |
| Aside from the self inflicted complications from inhaling | | | | escape or make noise so firefighters could find them. |
| smoke, there are other cases where people end up | | | | One of the first treatments that are usually received |
| taking it in through no fault of their own. Living in large | | | | when a person comes out of a fire is oxygen. Cells |
| urban areas where the air quality is not nearly all it | | | | and tissues in the body can begin to die when they are |
| should be can also cause some people to have | | | | starved for oxygen. Getting oxygen to a person who |
| difficulty breathing and with certain breathing related | | | | has been overcome by smoke is vital to help prevent |
| allergies. Big cities can fluctuate when it comes to | | | | as much damage as possible. It is important for |
| smoke and other pollutants in the air. Many times how | | | | anyone who has been exposed to a great amount of |
| well people can breathe in areas like this will all come | | | | smoke to be checked out at a hospital to know if the |
| down to which way the wind is blowing. | | | | lungs contain toxins from the smoke. When the |
| Sometimes people are exposed to bad air quality | | | | effects of smoke inhalation are so very dangerous, it |
| because of where they work. Many who must work | | | | makes you wonder why anyone would actually do this |
| in some factories or foundry type settings have to | | | | to themselves on purpose everyday. |