This, he said, could hinder blood flow to the heart and the tissues thereby causing the clogging of the vessels of the heart and the brain. He said this could result in high blood pressure, stroke and a paralysis of the arm and leg. Pearse said tar destroys the lung elasticity and gases and also contains hundreds of carcinogens-cancer causing agents. He said that women smokers might have premature and lower weight baby and placenta prairies. Nicotine, he said, is responsible for the insatiable craving for cigarette.
Some experts also attribute memory loss to smoking.
The report said that smoking produces an increased oxidative stress on the body and that the body's antioxidants are used up faster in smokers than in non- smokers. According to the report, smokers are also prone to various diseases as their body resistance is lowered as a result of smoking. The report noted that quitting smoking would improve the smokers' moral and intellectual power. But many Nigerian smokers would hate to hear this. John Idowu, a transporter, attributed his smoking habit to a childhood interest he had for smokers.