The harm of alcohol and cigarettes does not cause any doubt, and the symptoms of the damage to health appear immediately after drinking alcohol and a smoked cigarette. In humans, coordination of movements is impaired, dizziness, nausea occurs, often accompanied by vomiting. An adequate perception of reality breaks.
And to decide which is worse - alcohol or cigarettes is almost impossible. Nicotine and alcohol destroy organs at about the same rate. These are bad habits, which sometimes are even blasphemous in comparison with your health. To determine unequivocally that it is more harmful - alcohol or cigarettes, you need to understand the mechanism of their action on various organs, and most importantly - the addiction process.
The first degree of dependence on cigarettes and alcohol
Addiction to alcohol and cigarettes does not occur the first time. On the contrary, most people who first tried to smoke a cigarette or drink a drink did not like the taste or the sensation at all. From smoke, a person coughs and suffocates, and alcohol causes dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. And then a few more hours the body suffers from severe intoxication. At this stage, few people stop. These lucky ones for life decide for themselves never to smoke or drink alcohol again.
Second degree
Most people force themselves to “do not want to” step through the first stage. This is facilitated by society, the human environment and the desire not to stand out among their drinking and smoking comrades. In this case, a person makes his body suffer poisoning with less negative manifestations through regular smoking and drinking. And if for the first time a drunk bottle of beer caused a completely reasonable and natural disgust in a person, then after a few months he is able to drink it without experiencing any discomfort. The same goes for cigarettes.
The third and fourth stages of addiction
The third stage of addiction is marked by an awareness of addiction. A man is trying to quit smoking or drinking. But he does not succeed, because both nicotine and alcohol become elements of the metabolic chain over the years, and their lack in the body immediately affects them. In addition, there is an important aspect to psychological dependence - a person has a habit of smoking and drinking in certain situations. Feast, business negotiations, telephone conversation and so on. At this stage, alcohol and nicotine are strongly present in human life.
At the fourth stage, various diseases caused by alcohol and nicotine in the blood begin to develop. And if now you stop drinking and smoking, it helps very little to recover. A person is forced to undergo lengthy and costly treatment, the prognosis of which, as a rule, is disappointing. Cancer, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, stroke - these and other diseases are almost not treated.
Danger of bad habits for the nervous system
The harm of alcohol and tobacco to the human body is undeniable. But you need to start disassembling their action from the central and peripheral nervous system.
It is known that nerve cells are very easily destroyed under the influence of nicotine and alcohol, and in the future they practically do not recover. Moreover, the largest number of neurons die in the brain. This, of course, affects mental abilities: intelligence is dulled, memory is disturbed, taking with it several hours of memories. Therefore, often a person does not remember what he did under the influence of alcohol. And the memories of what was good and fun leave a small amount of endorphin, secreted by the action of alcoholic beverages.
We must not forget about the direct dependence of the brain on the quality of blood supply. And if the first dose of alcohol dilates blood vessels, then nicotine narrows them. This situation of simultaneous exposure to blood vessels from two types of poisons quickly leads to circulatory disturbances in the brain. This manifests itself as a headache, and eventually develops into a pre-stroke state. And at the end, a rupture of blood vessels with an outpouring of blood into the brain.
In this situation, the question of which is worse - alcohol or cigarettes for health, has a simple answer: both at the same time.
The danger of bad habits for the heart and blood vessels
Alcohol and tobacco are also harmful to the cardiovascular system. It is believed that a small amount of alcohol can be beneficial for blood vessels, relieving spasm, thereby lowering blood pressure. In other words, the myth of the benefits of alcohol for blood vessels is supported. One could agree with this and conclude that smoking is more harmful for blood vessels, as it causes spasm and, consequently, increased pressure. But alcohol makes the heart beat faster, which leads to accelerated blood flow and blood pressure rises. And the relaxation of the walls of blood vessels loses its meaning.
So in this case, it is impossible to determine what is more harmful, alcohol or cigarettes. Both destroy the vascular system of a person, in just different ways. And, of course, it is doubly life-threatening to mix alcohol and cigarette smoking. Namely, this is what an ordinary person prefers to do during holiday feasts. And, which is typical, while intoxicated, “non-smokers” often start to smoke.
The danger of bad habits for the reproductive system
What is more harmful, alcohol or cigarettes, for a girl or a guy? In order to understand the degree of risk, you need to remember the mechanism of the effects of alcohol and nicotine on the human body. Alcohol kills neurons and cells, including the eggs of a young girl. And their stock is limited. And it so happens that a stormy and cheerful youth with an abundance of parties and alcohol leads to complete infertility in the future. By the time the girl decides to become a mother, she simply runs out of live eggs.
Nicotine is known to constrict blood vessels. This leads to a violation of the blood supply to the reproductive system, inhibition of the production of hormones and sperm in men. And it so happens that a young guy still turns into a complete impotent because he smoked from 12-14 years.
It may seem to many that the inability of such individuals who are not thinking about their future to have children will have a positive effect on the general gene pool of mankind. In general, yes, but alcohol is not a guarantee of infertility. There remains a high risk of giving birth to weak, underdeveloped children with all kinds of congenital pathologies. And this is a disease of the nation.
Danger of bad habits for the respiratory system
To many, the answer to the question of which is more harmful is alcohol or cigarettes for the lungs and bronchi. Indeed, smoke, nicotine resins and heavy elements, of course, destroy the structures of the alveoli, accumulate in the lungs, leading to cancer as a result. This is not to mention the fact that smoke changes a person’s voice, making him hoarse and quiet, since the work of the vocal cords is disrupted.
But alcohol is also capable of exerting a detrimental effect on the alveoli of the lungs, thereby reducing blood oxygen saturation. But the main effect of alcohol on the lungs is not this. It mainly reduces the protective mechanisms of the body, leading to constant colds and viral diseases of a chronic nature. And this also ultimately leads to pathologies that can develop into cancer of the respiratory system.
The danger of bad habits for the digestive tract
The danger to the gastrointestinal tract is also great. It is difficult to assess which is more harmful: smoking and drinking are harmful.
It is clear that the main harm is caused by alcohol-containing drinks. Take at least such specific diseases for alcoholics as cirrhosis and pancreatitis. Alcohol, passing through the liver, destroys its structure. And in the pancreas it causes such a strong swelling that the ducts are closed, removing enzymes from it, helping to digest food. As a result, they remain in the pancreas, and she begins to digest herself. And pancreatitis, and a stomach ulcer, and other gastrointestinal diseases are accompanied by severe pains that not everyone can withstand. People sometimes even die from pain shock.
But nicotine can also cause fatal liver pollution. It, falling into the stomach, causes gastritis and an ulcer. Thus, it is impossible in this case to decide which is more harmful, alcohol or tobacco.
Quitting alcohol
Making a person give up alcohol is very difficult. There are many methods that allow a person to get rid of this harmful addiction. But they are built mainly on intimidation of the patient. Coding, torpedoing, and even hypnosis inspire the alcoholic to think that if he continues to drink, he will surely die. And in terrible agony. This, of course, gives its results, but still a lot of alcoholics “break the code”, having tried to drink after coding.
Successes in trying to quit drinking are achieved only by those people who themselves have realized their problem and who want to solve it radically - to stop drinking alcohol completely. Helps them in this complete purification of blood with the help of special drugs administered through droppers. That is, the physical dependence of the body on alcohol is removed.
To give up smoking
Quitting smoking does not require removing the chemical dependence, since the presence of it is a myth. Nicotine comes out of the blood 15 minutes after smoking a cigarette. At the same time, a person does not feel physical discomfort. It comes only under the influence of auto-suggestion. In other words, quitting smoking is even easier. You just need not to smoke. Psychologically, this seems difficult, but in fact it is also a myth. You just need to stop practicing self-deception and understand that not to smoke is the norm, and even more so - joy. And not a feat and not an achievement. And then it will not be necessary to strain the will and engage in psychological self-torture. Quitting smoking is easy and, most importantly, necessary.
Conclusion
The debate about which is more harmful - alcohol or cigarettes, will not subside until people understand that with the help of their habits, someone simply profits. Traders of alcohol and cigarettes strongly support the myths that quitting drinking and smoking is very difficult. They even become the organizers of various anti-alcohol and anti-nicotine companies, since they not only do not help quit smoking, but also attract the attention of people who do not drink or smoke. The theme of tobacco, alcohol and health allows you to get rich unprincipled businessmen who do not respect human life.