Cigarette smoking affects health in all possible way. Here I am listing the top 24 facts about smoking and Health effects of Smoking, it may be an eye-opener for you.
- Smoking increases the risk of Coronary artery disease and stroke by 2 to 4 times more than non-smokers.
- Smoking increases the risk of cancer 25 times in men and 25.7 times in women.
- According to AHA(American Heart Association), smoking causes nearly 1 in 5 deaths in the United States.
- Smoking causes 90% of all death from cancer.
- Smoking is the main cause of COPD, and it attributes 80% of Copd death.
- Nowadays more women died in lung cancer than breast cancer.
- Smoking can affect men sperm, it can reduce fertility and can trigger birth defects.
- An active smoker has 30 to 40 percent more chance to develop diabetes.
- Smokers are 12 to 13 times more likely to die in COPD
- Smoking can make you Blind, it affects vision and can cause cataract.
- Smoking is a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis.
- Smoking affects your immune system and makes you prone to infection.
- Smoking can ruin your sex life, it can cause serious erectile dysfunction.
- Smoking is a cause of premature aging, it restricts the blood flow in arteries and prevents nutrients and oxygen to reach till every cell.
- your growth is seriously affected by smoking because smoking decreases the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.
- Cigarette Smoking causes Hypertension.
- Smoking weakens the inner walls of blood vessels, which promotes plaque and clot formation.
- On average smokers died 10 years before then a non-smoker.
- Smoking lowers your bone density and makes you prone to fracture.
- A sudden physical withdrawal from smoking can affect cognitive functioning.
- Chemical in the cigarette can cause serious health effects of smoking, A Cigarette has 4000 thousand types of chemicals and 250 are known as harmful to your body, 50 of them can cause cancer.
- According to WHO(World Health Organisation), half of all smoker will die.
- Cigarette smoking increase risk for(ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, preterm delivery, Sudden infant death syndrome, etc) and can cause a serious birth defect in the baby.
- Cigarette smoking can cause almost every type of cancer some examples are-
- Esophageal cancer
- colon and rectal cancer
- Cancer on oropharynx and oral cavity
- Liver cancer
- Pancreas cancer
- Stomach cancer
- Lung cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Cervix cancer
- Blood cancer
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