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Metals in cigarette smoke
Author(s) -
Bernhard David,
Rossmann Andrea,
Wick Georg
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
iubmb life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.132
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1521-6551
pISSN - 1521-6543
DOI - 10.1080/15216540500459667
Subject(s) - cigarette smoke , smoke , human health , cigarette smoking , heavy metals , tobacco smoke , homeostasis , third hand smoke , metal , chemistry , environmental health , environmental chemistry , physiology , biology , medicine , sidestream smoke , endocrinology , organic chemistry
Metals are vital for a huge number of physiological processes in the human body, but can also destroy health when the concentration is not within the physiologically favourable range. Cigarette smoking interferes with the carefully controlled metal homeostasis of the human body. This review focuses on the consequences of metal delivery to the human body by cigarette smoking and discusses the body's responses. The metal content of tobacco plants, smoke, the circulation, and various organs is discussed. Finally, we link individual cigarette smoke contained metals to the genesis of human diseases.