| When you stop to consider what smoking does to | | | | - Smoking is hard on the heart, but the fact is, tobacco |
| you, you should find some very good reasons to quit | | | | use plays a role in a multitude of diseases that |
| smoking today. | | | | ultimately lead to disability and/or death. |
| Due to the fact that cigarettes are a cocktail of | | | | - Heart attack and stroke UK studies show that |
| chemicals, they are the most health-damaging of all | | | | smokers in their 30s and 40s are five times more likely |
| nicotine and tobacco products because of the way | | | | to have a heart attack than non-smokers. |
| the smoke (with over 3,000 different chemicals) | | | | - Research published in the American Journal of Public |
| delivers toxins into the body. | | | | Health shows that smokers over the age of 40 have |
| Smoking not only causes cancers of the respiratory | | | | a much faster rate of memory loss than non-smokers. |
| system, it also multiplies the risk of cervical cancer by | | | | The Effect Of Smoking On Women |
| 4 times, doubles the risk of breast and stomach | | | | Women of childbearing age who smoke face higher |
| cancers and is considered to be responsible for 40% | | | | rates of infertility and greater risks for complications |
| of bladder and kidney cancers. | | | | during pregnancy. Women who quit smoking as late as |
| With wrinkled skin and yellowed teeth, many smokers | | | | the first trimester may diminish some of these risks, |
| look a lot older than their age; it is also the major | | | | but the risk of certain congenital malformations - such |
| preventable cause of macular degeneration, an | | | | as cleft palate - is increased even in women who quit |
| irreversible condition which causes blurred central vision | | | | early in pregnancy. |
| in older people. | | | | Smokers have a fourfold risk of having a low |
| The Effect Of Smoking: | | | | birth-weight baby; such babies are more likely than |
| - Smoking causes some 50 diseases, 20 of which are | | | | normal-weight babies to have impaired physical, |
| fatal. When you smoke, you have a two to three | | | | emotional, and intellectual development. |
| times higher risk of having a heart attack as it | | | | The health profession now view smoking as the most |
| increases your blood pressure as well as the tendency | | | | preventable cause of death in the modern world. |
| for the development of blood clots, both precursors of | | | | Research shows that one of the most important |
| heart disease and possible heart attacks or stroke. | | | | elements in successfully stopping smoking is planning |
| - Smoking effects include fatal diseases such as | | | | ahead and that hypnosis for smoking is more effective |
| pneumonia, emphysema, pleurisy and lung cancer. | | | | in helping smokers quit, out of all the new methods |
| - Smoking has shown to be an indicator in the | | | | including Nicotine Replacement, Group Therapy, and |
| development of dementia and other cognitive illnesses. | | | | Acupuncture amongst many others. |