HARMS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING/ HEALTHY BENEFITS OF QUITTING(MUST READ)

What harmful chemicals does tobacco smoke contain?
Tobacco smoke contains chemicals that are harmful to active smokers and nonsmokers.
Over 7,000 chemicals are present in tobacco smoke and at least 250 chemicals are known to be harmful, I wouldn't fail to mention this chemicals carbon monoxide(CO), ammonia and hydrogen cyanide.
Are you aware that 69 chemicals out of the 250 chemicals known to be harmful cause CANCER???? Below are the various cancer causing chemicals all in one agent Tobacco
Acetaldehyde
Aromatic amines, Arsenic, Benzene, Beryllium (a toxic metal), 1,3–Butadiene (a hazardous gas), Cadmium (a toxic metal), Chromium (a metallic element), Cumene, Ethylene oxide, Formaldehyde, Nickel (a metallic element), Polonium-210 (a radioactive chemical element)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Tobacco-specific nitrosamines, Vinyl chloride.

What are some of the health problems caused by cigarette smoking?

Smoking is the leading cause of premature, preventable death in most countries. Been merely exposed to tobacco smoke and smoking has caused hundred thousands of premature death in the US annually. Victims have died from heart disease and stroke, secondly cancer and thirdly from lung disease.

Mortality rates among smokers are about three times higher than among people who have never smoked, it is sure best not to smoke, tobacco smoke is far deadly than you think.

Every organ in your body is affected when one smoke, the health of that fellow depreciates entirely. Are you aware that smoking cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, cervix, colon, and rectum, as well as acute myeloid leukemia.


Smoking as well causes a balloon-like bulge in an artery in the chest medically it is referred to as aortic aneurysm, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, age-related macular degeneration, and cataracts, and even worsens asthma symptoms in adults. Smokers are more prone to suffering from pneumonia, tuberculosis, and other airway infections. The immune function is impaired and as well, smoking causes inflammation.

Now men who smoke are more prone to suffer from erectile dysfunction, makes it harder for a woman to get pregnant, the baby exposed to tobacco smoke during pregnancy is most likely to have a cleft lip and/ or a cleft palate.


Quitting smoking is the best option to reduce the risk of the above listed disease including cancer. You wouldn't wish to die prematurely because you got addicted to tobacco smoking.

What are the risks of tobacco smoke to nonsmokers?
Secondhand smoke aka involuntary smoking, and passive smoking is the combination of the smoke given off by a burning tobacco product and the smoke exhaled by a smoker.
Inhaling secondhand smoke causes lung cancer. You wouldn't wish to live with a smoker bacause it increases the chances of developing lung cancer by 20-30%.
It likewise increases the risk of heart disease by an estimated 25 to 30%. In the United States, increases the risk of stroke by 20 to 30%. Pregnant women exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk of having a baby with a small reduction in birth weight.
The truth is that there's absolutely no gain in smoking children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk of ear infections, colds, pneumonia, and bronchitis etc

The immediate health benefits of quitting smoking.

Heart rate and blood pressure, which are abnormally high while smoking, begin to return to normal.
Within a few hours, the level of carbon monoxide in the blood begins to decline. (Carbon monoxide reduces the blood’s ability to carry oxygen.)
Within a few weeks, people who quit smoking have improved circulation, produce less phlegm, and don’t cough or wheeze as often.
Within several months of quitting, people can expect substantial improvements in lung function.
Within a few years of quitting, people will have lower risks of cancer, heart disease, and other chronic diseases than if they had continued to smoke
Quitting smoking reduces the risk of cancer and many other diseases, such as heart disease and COPD, caused by smoking.


REF: National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
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