Tobacco products are products made entirely or partly of leaf tobacco as raw material, which are intended to be smoked, sucked, chewed or snuffed. All contain the highly addictive psychoactive ingredient, nicotine.

Tobacco use is one of the main risk factors for a number of common diseases and chronic diseases, including cancer, lung diseases, and cardiovascular diseases. Despite this, it is common throughout the world. A number of countries have legislation restricting tobacco advertising, and regulating who can buy and use tobacco products, and where people can smoke. Everyone health care is important for better healthy living. Below is some smoking effects your body tips, if your are one the smoker, please go thru below smoking effects your body information and out of smoking by today.

Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death. More than five million people die from the effects of tobacco every year — more than from HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

How does smoking effects your body?

 

Cigarette smoke damages our body:
*There are both short term or long term effects.
*The chemicals released by the cigarette smoke will damage various organs in the body.

What are the short term effects?

Brain
Increase in carbon monoxide and reduced oxygen may lead to sub-optimal brain functioning.

Ears
Reduced blood flow causing deafness.

Eyes
Watery, sore eyes which may impair vision.

Mouth
*Unpleasant sense of taste and sensation in lips, tongue, and throat.
*Bad breath and mouth infections.
*Yellowness of teeth.

Nose
Reduced sense of smell.

Skin
*Decreased skin temperature
*Early wrinkles on the face.
*Loses elasticity - becomes more saggy

Lungs
*Difficulty in breathing and reduced athletic performance.

What are the long term effects?

*Cancers (e.g. of the Lung, Breast, Mouth-throat and Intestine).
*Heart diseases.
*Strokes.
*Lung diseases (e.g. asthma, bronchitis), emphysema COPD.
*Mouth and gum diseases.
*Ulcer (stomach, peptic).
*Osteoporosis (bone thinning).
*Infertility (unable to produce babies).
*Low sex drive.
*Impotence.

Why else is cigarette smoke bad?

Cigarette smoke also damages our environment.

*Cigarette butts pollute the environment e.g. pollute waterways, causing breeding of insects such as mosquitoes.
*It causes air pollution.
*Passive smoking (i.e. inhaling smoke from the environment when someone else is smoking) is also a risk factor for asthma especially in children.
*It is responsible for 25% of fire accidents

It is important to say “No” to smoking before it becomes a habit or an addiction and prevent any chronic diseases for better healthy living.

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