Any habit can be harmful if it becomes an addiction. Smoking addiction can be termed as an inability of a person to quit smoking. It is an irresistible dependence of a person to cigarettes; to so much so extent that leaving cigarettes results in appearance of severe withdrawal effects both physically and emotionally.

We all know that many individuals suffer from the lethal effects of drug abuse, AIDS, automobile accidents, and similar issues; however, the effects of smoking have been deemed as more lethal than all of these things combined! It may be hard to believe, but it is true!Both active and passive, long term smoking can affect the health adversely. So before you lift that stick to your lips, beware you may be endangering the lives of your family and friends, apart from your own life.

Smoking greatly reduces the life limit of an individual. It brings death about 10 to 15 years closer than what an otherwise healthy individual is expected to have a maximum age. An average smoker would have increased his life limit to about 10 to 15 years more if he was a non-smoker.

One of the injurious effects of smoking includes a general increase in blood pressure. This can result in many different complications. Having high blood pressure means that the blood in the body pushes hard against the artery walls when being circulated through the body. This means that your heart works harder.

Smoking leads to the development of free radicals which cause the damage and also cause release of toxic gases like carbon monoxide, ammonia, pyridine, butane, nicotine, aldehyde, and other toxic materials.All these gases cause vasoconstriction on along term basis and cause typical "smoker's face" appearance.

The most obvious sign of the injurious effects of smoking on the skin are skin aging. Smokers tend to have drier skin, more age spots and definitely more wrinkles.It amazes me when I see some smokers spend thousands of dollars every year on anti-aging products. The best thing that they can do, apart from staying out of the sun, is to quit smoking.

Smoking slows lung growth and impairs lung function; there is less oxygen available for muscles used in sports.Smokers suffer from shortness of breath almost three times more often than nonsmokers, and smokers cannot run or walk as fast or as far as nonsmokers.Smoking increases your risk of suffering with chronic low back pain.

Constant use of cigarettes causes darkening of the lips and dry and patchy appearance of the lips. With chronic smoking the lips may also be thinned out with increase in fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth.

Smoking has injurious effects on heart. About 30 percent of deaths occurring due to cardiac disease are the result of smoking. Smoking is responsible for a delayed healing of the peptic ulcer erosion in stomach as compared to the non-smokers. It slowly affects the blood vessels which lead to chronic pain in legs. This can progress in severe cases to gangrene and amputation.

The most notable illness a person can get from smoking is cancer, in which lung cancer is familiar to many which include Lung Cancer,Pancreatic Cancer,Laryngeal Cancer,Esophageal Cancer.

One should realize that smoking is not good. It can kill you and those around you. Quit smoking is not an easy thing to do, but if one has the determination and discipline to quit, it can be done. It takes a long process, but it can be done. The day to start quitting is now, because tomorrow may be too late.


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