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Show tent that 60,000 men die prematurely pre-maturely every year. The doctor also explained physiological effects caused by nicotine in the body. The smoker's smo-ker's blood loses seven percent of its capacity of carry oxygen. oxy-gen. The pulse rate increases 15-25 beats a minute and blood pressure goes up. Doctor warns on tobacco Three strikes against smokers smok-ers were explained by Dr. Ernest Er-nest L. Wilkinson Jr., a Salt Lake City heart specialist, at the BYU Tobacco Education Workshop. He said heart attacks occur two to four times more frequently fre-quently among smokers than non-smokers; the probability of a fatal heart attack is 70 per cent greater among smokers; and cigarette smoking shortens shor-tens the life span to the ex- Also the hyperstimulation increases in-creases the blood output which causes a strain on the heart, yet the cigarette smoker at the same time experiences a decrease of blood flow in the peripheral aeas of the body. Another malfunction mentioned men-tioned by Dr. Wilkinson as a direct result of cigarette smoking smok-ing is the increased output of adrenalin-like substances which cause the heart to work harder hard-er and longer. "Packaged exercises" ex-ercises" is one term given this malfunction. |