| s caused by smoking are many. Studies have been | | | | smoking increases heart disease risk by 25 to 30%. |
| conducted to establish why smoking causes diseases. | | | | Long term exposure to cyanide and carbon monoxide, |
| These studies were able to prove that the ingredients | | | | which are found in smoke, lead to diseases like chronic |
| in cigarettes and tobacco products are the culprits. | | | | obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema. |
| The ingredients can cause cancer and diseases. | | | | Smokers who consume at least 20 cigarettes a day |
| Some of these ingredients are nicotine, acrolein, tar, | | | | increase their tuberculosis risk by 2 to 4 times. |
| nitrosamine, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, | | | | Infections are also diseases caused by smoking. Some |
| radioactive carcinogens, and many more. Below are | | | | of these are invasive pneumococcal disease, chronic |
| some diseases caused by smoking. | | | | bronchitis, common colds, and other pulmonary and |
| People who smoke develop lung cancer. And people | | | | respiratory infections. Other diseases caused by |
| who don't smoke can also develop lung cancer. In the | | | | smoking are periodontitis, halitosis or bad breath, |
| United States, 87% of lung cancer cases have been | | | | leukoplakia, asthma, allergies, chronic bronchitis, and |
| attributed to smoking. People who smoked at some | | | | many others. |
| point in their lives have a 1 in 10 chance of developing | | | | A fetus exposed to secondhand smoke is likely to be |
| lung cancer. And it increases to 1 in 6 if they continue | | | | born with low birth weight or small for gestational age. |
| smoking. Secondhand smoke increases lung cancer | | | | These two smoking diseases predispose the infant to |
| risk by 20 to 30%. | | | | other diseases like jaundice and breathing difficulty. |
| Tar lungs and smoker's cough are two diseases | | | | Sudden infant death syndrome is also caused by |
| caused by smoking. Both are attributed to tar in | | | | secondhand smoke. 430 infant deaths in the United |
| cigarettes and tobacco products. Tar accumulates in | | | | States every year has been attributed to this smoking |
| the lungs. When accumulation becomes too much for | | | | disease. Other diseases caused by smoking in infants |
| the lungs to remove, tar lungs develops. On the other | | | | are impaired motor skills, cognitive deficits, attention |
| hand, smoker's cough develops because coughing is | | | | deficit hyperactivity disease, developmental delays, and |
| another way for the lungs to remove the tar deposits. | | | | many others. |
| Other diseases caused by smoking include heart | | | | These are just some diseases caused by smoking. |
| disease, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, and | | | | And all these could lead to death. 2.5 to 10 years is |
| atherosclerosis. These are caused by nicotine which | | | | reduced from a smoker's life expectancy. And each |
| leads to constriction of blood vessels. Smokers are 5 | | | | consumed cigarette is equal to losing 11 minutes of |
| times more likely to suffer a heart attack. Secondhand | | | | your life. Quit smoking now! Choose life!! |