Smoking Effects

Smoking effects can be very harmful to your body. Research has shown that tobacco smoke has over 4,000 types of chemicals, the majority of which are extremely harmful.

Below are a list of facts and ways in which smoke can affect people:

• The lungs are majorly affected. It is estimated that 87 percent of lung cancer cases are linked to smoking. Furthermore, aside from cancer, smoking effects can also bring about chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
• The number of Cancers caused by smoking is on the up, and with 1.1 billion people smoking worldwide, this is only set to rise. Cancer of the mouth, stomach, lungs, kidneys, cervix, esophagus, larynx, rectum and colon are heavily linked to smoking effects.
• The effects of smoking often concentrate themselves around the heart and the circulatory system, thus leaving smokers in pain, often requiring expensive medication. The majority of people who from the effects of smoking, will experience respiratory problems, and will often find it difficult to exercise for even short period's time.
• These effects can often attack the reproductive abilities, leaving many sufferers infertile, even from a young age. Female smokers have also been associated with miscarriages as a result.
• Smoking effects on pregnant women can be very harsh, and generally speaking, the effects within a woman's body, can often lead to complications in the delivery, and may also damage the baby's organs.
• A smoker's skin will also suffer as a result of smoking. Smoking will also affects the way you look, often causing wrinkles on your face, and the yellowing and staining of your teeth and fingers.
• Smoking will also affect your appetite, destroying your sense of taste and smell.
• Perhaps subsuming other effects, second hand smoke can have detrimental effects on the health of those around you, particularly young children.

The effects of passive smoking

Anybody in close proximity of a smoker runs the risk of feeling ill, along with more serious effects including:

• Asthma- due to exposure to second hand smoke
• Allergies- Including blocked sinuses, runny noses, red/sore eyes.
• Coughing
• Headache
• Nausea
• Exhaustion

What are the severe effects of passive smoking

There are a number of potentially dangerous effects with passive smoking. This will of course depend upon the intensity and regularity of exposure to smoke. Below is a list of the long-term passive smoking effects, most likely to affect those around you:

• Lung cancer
• Heart disease
• Miscarriages and birth defects
• Ear infections
• Aggravated asthma, and allergies
• Learning difficulties in children
• Lung infection

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