Quit Smoking Aid

Smoking is addictive but are you aware of the risk that smoking is giving? Tobacco smoking is known for recreational drug and is practiced by over one billion people majority of human societies. And it kills 400,000 people a year.

Risk of smoking

Cancer
Smoking cigarette or marijuana causes 90 percent of cancer in many parts of the body such as mouth, lip, throat, voice box (larynx), esophagus (the tube between your mouth and stomach), bladder, kidney, liver, stomach, and pancreas.

Cardio vascular diseases
Smoking harms your heart and blood circulation that will increase the risk of coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular disease. And damage the lungs causing chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pneumonia. Risk of smoking can be worsen by prolong usage such as asthma, respiratory track infection and common colds. In men, it causes impotence. As it limit the blood provide to the penis. For women, smoking can affect fertility.

Blood pressure
Smoking increases the blood pressure by 5-10 mm Hg for about 30 minutes. Coffee and cigarette are the best mix in the morning. But it has bigger and longer side effect. Smokers are hypertensive compare to non smokers. It is either the smoker weighs less or the smoker is experiencing the effects of obesity.

Effects on pregnancy
Pregnant women who smoke cigarette can transfer nicotine and carbon monoxide to child in her womb all the way through the placenta. study show this can avoid the baby from getting the oxygen and nutrients for the baby to enable to grow, possibly leading to fetal injury, premature birth, or low birth weight.

Secondhand smoke
The studies did not just tell that the only people that are suffering from the side effects of smoking but to other people who are non-smokers too, it seems that non-smokers are affected by the smoke from their friends, family members and strangers who smoke in their presence. Still people who are non-smokers can have this sickness just by being with smokers even if they are not smoking.

Smoking Risks List - The Dangers of Smoking Cigarettes

Other risk of smoking

• Heavy smokers are twice as likely to get macular degeneration, resulting in the gradual loss of eyesight. Smoking can increase the risk factor of having cataract
• Smoking will increase you 25% for more sick days than non smoker.
• Smoking discolors your teeth and gums.
• Smoking can redouble your risk of periodontal disease, which causes swollen gums, bad breath, and teeth to fall out.
• Smoking has a composition of an acid taste in the mouth and adds to the growth of ulcers.
• Smoking as well influence your looks: smokers have pale skin and wrinkles. This is because smoking decrease the blood supply to the skin and decreases the amount of vitamin A.

Therefore, due to the above long list of smoking risks, it is highly recommended to quit smoking straightway.

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