| If you are a smoker or you associate with people that | | | | of development of cancer of the lungs and respiratory |
| smoke, you need to know that tobacco use is one of | | | | system. |
| the most important causes of heart attack globally. In | | | | Research shows that there are at least sixty |
| today's modern world, tobacco use is the most | | | | chemicals in cigarette smoke that are cacogenic. |
| important risk factor producing a greater relative risk in | | | | Cigarette and tobacco smoke contain highly toxic |
| persons under the age of fifty than those over fifty. | | | | chemicals like carbon monoxide, ammonia, |
| Smoked or chewed, first-hand or second-hand, all | | | | formaldehyde, arsenic and cyanide which are all |
| kinds of tobacco, in whatever form they are used, | | | | produced as cigarette burns. |
| cause heart attacks and there is more than enough | | | | Tobacco smoke raises blood pressure but decreases |
| evidence to prove that tobacco use increases other | | | | the circulation of oxygen to the brain and body. |
| adverse health conditions. | | | | Cigarette smoking is also a significant risk factor for |
| Dangers of tobacco smoking are particularly severe | | | | other various disorders, including emphysema, chronic |
| and while it is often very difficult to think of ways in | | | | bronchitis, stroke, and osteoporosis and contributes to |
| which tobacco use is beneficial, it is all too easy to | | | | early menopause. Smoking has been linked to cancer |
| mention the ways in which it is a health hazard. To be | | | | of the lungs, mouth, esophagus, pancreas, kidney, |
| exact, all forms of tobacco use, including different | | | | bladder and cervix. |
| types of smoking and chewing of tobacco and | | | | Smoking is associated with higher levels of chronic |
| inhalation of second-hand smoke are potentially | | | | inflammation, another damaging process that may |
| hazardous and should be discouraged. | | | | result from oxidative stress. Smokers have a higher |
| On its own, cigarette smoking is as widespread and | | | | risk of developing a number of chronic disorders |
| significant as a risk factor that it has been described | | | | including fatty buildups in arteries, several types of |
| as "the leading preventable cause of disease and | | | | cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| death". Second-hand smoke may be even more | | | | (lung problems). Atherosclerosis (buildup of fatty |
| dangerous than previously thought. The fact is that | | | | substances in the arteries) is a chief contributor to the |
| smoking remains the leading cause of preventable | | | | high number of deaths from smoking. |
| death and has negative health impacts on people at all | | | | The dangers of smoking cannot be exhaustively |
| stages of life. It harms unborn babies, infants, children, | | | | explained. To really stop smoking, you must always |
| adolescents, adults and the elderly. | | | | ask yourself the reason why you are about to light up |
| Besides containing addictive nicotine, cigarette smoke | | | | that cigarette. If you find out that it's got no sensible |
| contains chemicals which damage the lungs and other | | | | reason, DROP IT. |
| parts of the respiratory system and increases the risk | | | | |