| Is smoking bad for your health, or is it an | | | | in five heavy smokers will die from lung cancer! |
| exaggeration? Discover the truth about how harmful | | | | Another substance in cigarettes is nicotine. Not only is |
| smoking is to your health in this article. It's almost | | | | nicotine addictive but also causes fatty deposits to |
| impossible these days to not know about the risks of | | | | build up in the arteries causing them to clog up and |
| smoking. Just watch the TV, go to the doctors | | | | harden. This is known as Vascular disease which |
| surgery, go anywhere and you'll find posters and | | | | normally comes in one of these three forms. |
| adverts telling you about them. But are any of these | | | | Cardiovascular disease (the heart) - Blood cannot flow |
| claims actually worth worrying about? Do you know | | | | into the heart properly and can cause a heart attack. |
| what they put in cigarettes, its more than just a few | | | | This is the most common cause of smoking deaths! |
| things and it would be impossible to list them all here | | | | Cerebrovascular disease (the brain) - Blood cannot |
| because there are more than 4000 of them. | | | | flow into the brain, a stroke may result. Peripheral |
| 10 percent of them are toxic chemicals which get | | | | vascular disease - (the legs) - Blood cannot circulate |
| broken down into toxic fumes when the cigarette gets | | | | round the legs. In less serious cases causes cramps |
| lit, due the tip of it getting to over 700 degrees Celsius | | | | when exerted and in more serious cases cause |
| (1292 degrees Fahrenheit). Where do these toxic | | | | gangrene in the toes and feet. These are just a few |
| fumes and chemicals go, either into the surrounding (for | | | | of the potential physical hazards of smoking. But what |
| others to enjoy) or into your lungs. So what? Does this | | | | no one ever thinks about is how it effects their |
| do any harm? Tar is one of the chemicals present in | | | | Psychological health. When the statement "Smoking is |
| cigarettes which can get into the lungs and damage | | | | bad for your health" comes about, everyone just thinks |
| the cells. If just one of the cells gets damaged in a | | | | of the physical effects. No addict can ever be in |
| particular way, it will not stop growing when its reached | | | | complete control of their life because they have a |
| its ideal size, this is called cancer. Lung cancer's the | | | | dependence on a substance or activity. In this case |
| most common for smokers but others can also occur. | | | | nicotine. Can you see now that it IS something to |
| Will Smokers definitely get lung cancer? | | | | worry about "Smoking is bad for your health" is a true |
| No. Smoking does not guarantee you will get lung | | | | statement. Do you Smoke? It may be a good time to |
| cancer just as not smoking doesn't guarantee that you | | | | give up, for both your physical and psychological health |
| won't. It just increases the risk by a factor of nine. One | | | | before its too late! |