Smoking and its Effects

SMOKING AND ITS EFFECT ON AN ATHLETE Smoking is a habit that is taken up by almost 30% of the growing teenage population . It not only plagues the young but also the old. When cigarette smoking was first introduced, it was meant to be a pastime. It was also considered to be ‘cool’,’hip’ etc. People felt, smoking cigarettes would them socially acceptable but what they did not realize was the human body isn’t designed …

…properly but on the other hand nicotine combined together with CO2 reduces the endurance capacity of the individual. Overall smoking has a bad effect on the athlete and any improvement an athlete feels through the stimulating or calming effect of a cigarette is purely psychological. This is why when you look at top athletes they are not tobacco users and they do not want to portray that their performance is related to cigarette smoking. ENDNOTES