However, some college students come to campus already addicted to nicotine. Other students come to MU as occasional smokers but eventually progress to become regularly, addicted smokers as they move through each semester. The effects of smoking causes damage to your body.
Smoking can have more than long-term effects, such as cancer and emphysema.
Smokers get more colds and tend to have them longer than nonsmokers. Students who smoke miss more class due to colds than any other respiratory problem. Tobacco smoke, even secondhand smoke , paralyzes the hair cells that line your nose, sinus and lungs for up to 48 hours, so your body can't get rid of mucous in the normal way. Student Health Center can help students become a nonsmoker through our Be Tobacco Free Program .