| Most of us are not aware of how hazardous smoking | | | | the pulse rate and reduces the blood supply to the |
| can be. Once started voluntarily, smoking becomes an | | | | extremities. You may or may not experience all the |
| addiction. The active component of tobacco, which is | | | | smoking diseases. However, the chances of getting |
| known as nicotine causes both physical as well as | | | | these diseases increase with this addictive habit. |
| psychological dependency. Prolonged smoking can | | | | Oxygen is very essential for all of our organs for their |
| cause various life threatening smoking diseases. | | | | normal functionality. The carbon monoxide present in |
| Smoking causes fatal effect on almost all organs of | | | | the smoke reduces this essential element in the |
| the body. Some of the common smoking diseases are | | | | circulating blood. However, our body tries to supply |
| lung cancer, stroke, cardiovascular diseases and | | | | enough oxygen to the brain. In the event, the already |
| chronic lung infections like bronchitis and emphysema. | | | | damaged blood vessels get ruptured causing stroke. If |
| Studies show that 87% of lung cancer deaths are | | | | you get mild stroke, recovery is possible. However, |
| caused by smoking. The more you smoke, the more is | | | | severe stroke will leave you in vegetative state for |
| the chance of getting lung cancer. Unfortunately, no | | | | years together and may eventually cause death. |
| one discovers this smoking disease in its early stage. | | | | If you are a chronic smoker, you might have already |
| However, once you start getting hurt, it becomes too | | | | been experiencing the symptoms of chronic |
| late and the disease becomes fatal. The real tragedy | | | | inflammation and infection. As the frequency of |
| is that you are not only risking your life by smoking | | | | smoking increases, the irritants that enters into the |
| tobacco. Your family and friends that are around you | | | | lungs increases. The body's defensive mechanism tries |
| while smoking also inhale the smoke you breathe out | | | | to eliminate these harmful chemicals from the lungs by |
| and this passive smoking is as bad as active smoking. | | | | producing mucus. This causes obstruction in the air |
| If you had a notion that lung cancer is the major cause | | | | passage and makes breathing more difficult. |
| of death in smokers; you are wrong. Most of the | | | | The above said diseases are just to name a few. |
| smokers die due to heart attack, coronary artery | | | | However, there are many smoking diseases that are |
| disease and so on. When you inhale the smoke, it | | | | caused by long term smoking. Hence, it is always |
| makes the blood vessel to deposit fatty substances, | | | | better to quit smoking before you experience the ill |
| which in turn causes high blood pressure. It also raises | | | | effects. |