Impact of the Cigarette Smoking on Athlete's Health: A Systematic Review

Objectives: Athletes' smoking is still an important issue in the field of competitive sports. At present, there are very few studies on Athletes' smoking. By reviewing the articles related to athletes' smoking, we explore the impact of smoking on Athletes' health, so as to provide theoretical reference for the healthy development of athletes. Methods: We will use index words related to athletes and smoking to perform literature searches in the Web of Science, PubMed, Medline, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI), China Science and Technology Journal Database and WanFang Database, to include articles indexed as of August 25, 2021, in English and Chinese. Results: 1. Cigarette smoking will cause lung function, cardiovascular system, nervous system and other organ damage of athletes, resulting in chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, coronary heart disease, atherosclerotic heart disease, myocardial infarction and other diseases. 2. Cigarette smoking leads to the decline of athletes' physical resistance and immunity, training weakness and sports ability. 3. Cigarette smoking seriously restricts the development of athletes' health and the improvement of sports performance. Conclusion: Cigarette smoking is harmful to the health of athletes. Stay away from tobacco and quit smoking is the wisest choice for athletes to keep healthy and improve their sports performance.