Here are some effects of cigarette smoking to your health :
Cancer
- Most forms of cancer are particularly lung cancer, kidney cancer, cancer of the larynx, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, bladder, pancreas, esophagus, and stomach cancer.
- Cancer is the second leading cause of death and was among the first diseases casually linked to smoking.
- Smoking causes about 90% of lung cancer deaths in women and almost 80% of lung cancer deaths in men.
- The risk of dying from lung cancer is more than 23 times higher among men who smoke cigarettes, and about 13 times higher among women who smoke cigarettes compared with non smokers.
- Rates of cancers related to cigarette smoking vary widely among members of racial/ethnic groups, but are generally highest in African-American men.
Cardiovascular disease
- Cardiovascular disease involves the heart and blood vessels (arteries, veins).
- Smoking causes coronary heart disease which is the leading cause of death in the United States.
- It approximately doubles a person's risk for stroke.
- Cigarette smoking causes reduced circulation by narrowing the blood vessels (arteries). Smokers are more than 10 times as likely as nonsmokers to develop peripheral vascular disease.
- Cigarette smoking causes abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Respiratory disease and other effects
- Cigarette smoking is associated with a 10 times increase in the risk of dying from chronic obstructive lung disease.
- Cigarette smoking has many adverse reproductive and early childhood effects including an increased risk for infertility, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome.
- Postmenopausal women who smoke have lower bone density than women who never smoked.
To Be Continued....
