| If you are a smoker you are probably aware of the | | | | COPD basically makes it very difficult to breath and as |
| fact that there are many harmful smoking effects and | | | | the condition worsens it becomes fatal. There is no |
| dangers involved with smoking. Some are cosmetic, | | | | cure for COPD and the longer one smokes the |
| some are financial, but the most dangerous effects | | | | greater the chance of developing COPD. |
| are the ones that will ruin your health and shorten your | | | | Smoking and Cancer |
| life. | | | | Smoking increases the risk of getting just about any |
| For a smoker, education is the most powerful tool to | | | | form of cancer but it is most responsible for lung |
| learn exactly how smoking is destroying their bodies. | | | | cancer. Smoking is responsible for 87 percent of lung |
| Once you know the harmful effects smoking has on | | | | cancer deaths. Tobacco smoke contains thousands of |
| you the decision to quit becomes an easy one. After | | | | harmful chemical agents and continued exposure to |
| that it is a question of how, not when, you are going to | | | | these chemical agents eventually can lead to lung |
| quit smoking. | | | | cancer. |
| With that being said let's take a closer look at the most | | | | The more one smokes the greater the chance of |
| harmful effects of smoking. There are many but we | | | | developing lung cancer. If you are a heavy smoker (a |
| will look at the ones that are the two most dangerous | | | | pack a day or more) your chances are even greater. |
| to your health. | | | | However the sooner a smoker quits, their risk of |
| Smoking and Lung Disease | | | | developing cancer lessens. Research has shown that |
| Smoking is harmful to just about every major system | | | | smokers who break the habit before the age of 50 |
| of the body but it is particularly devastating to the | | | | reduce their risk of dying in the next 15 years by half |
| respiratory system. As smoke is inhaled through the | | | | as compared to people who continued to smoke. |
| respiratory system it's poisonous toxins do their work | | | | Make no mistake there are numerous harmful smoking |
| on the lungs causing a number of different respiratory | | | | effects and tobacco smoking can be fatal. Smoking is |
| diseases. Some of these diseases include | | | | the single most preventable cause of death in the |
| emphysema, bronchitis, and the most deadly | | | | United States. Do not become one of the statistics of |
| respiratory disease; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary | | | | smoking. |
| Disease or COPD. | | | | |