Smoking and Your Health Most people associate cigarette smoking and tobacco use with breathing problems and lung cancer. But smoking is also a major cause of cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease. Smoking: the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death Smoking and tobacco use are significant risk factors for a variety of chronic disorders. According to the American Heart Association‚ cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States
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Effects of Smoking on the Body Background of the Study Smoking cigarettes has been proven too be extremely dangerous to your health‚ which causes various forms of cancer and other life threatening diseases. There are over 4‚000 chemicals in cigarette smoke and 200 of those are known poisons. Smoking cigarettes for as few as a couple of years can have permanent effects on the body. Smoking can effect the heart and lungs; mouth and throat; arms‚ legs‚ skin and the mind.
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The Cause and Effects on Smoking In earlier times‚ tobacco was called herba panacea- meaning cure-all herb. People used to believe Tobacco had medicinal value. Some people even believed that smoking cleaned out the lungs. A French Ambassador named Jean Nicot brought Tobacco plants to Portugal in 1559‚ telling friends it was useful in treating wounds‚ asthma and cancer. The words nicotine and nicotiana came from Jean Nicot’s last name. Did you know that in spite of the dangers‚ many people
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Effects of Smoking on Reproduction Stacie L. Thomason Tusculum College Abstract The effects that smoking has on reproduction can be extensive. It not only affects women and children‚ but men as well. Smoking before getting pregnant can cause infertility in both men and women. Other issues than can occur are infertility in men and women‚ low birth weight in babies‚ still birth‚ miscarriage‚ and effects on children as they grow. After a child is born‚ issues such as asthma‚ clef lip/palate
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all cancer deaths are due to smoking. Despite the warnings given by doctors about the ill effects of smoking‚ people continue to smoke. Smokers are addicted to it‚ and even if they wanted to‚ they cannot refrain from picking up a cigarette and start puffing away. In the beginning‚ a teenager may take a few puffs from his friend’s cigarette; then comes a time when it becomes an indispensable part of their life. Several puffs lead to the formation of a habit. Soon smoking begins to affect the health
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evaluation of smoking As of 2008‚ there were 46 million adult smokers in the United States‚ according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). That means 20.6 percent of people over 18 expose themselves to the disadvantages of smoking cigarettes (LiveStrong.com). Smoking usually begins at a young age and progresses through the years. Research says adolescents begin to smoke because it makes them look cool. Peer pressure is a major factor in the question‚ why do adolescents begin to smoke. Smoking also appeals
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The Ripple Effect of Smoking It has become common knowledge that smoking is bad for people’s health‚ nonetheless people continue to smoke. To be honest‚ that is fine. If people want to endanger themselves by smoking then I wish them a swift and peaceful end (though most smokers die a slow and agonizing death). What is not acceptable is the effect that smoke has on non-smokers who have almost no way of getting away from smoke unless they want to stay in their house. Smokers affect everyone
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Smoking and Nicotine Addiction Kimberly Andy Week Three Psy/355 May 13‚ 2013 Dr. Dee Strbiak‚ PsyD.‚ LPC‚ CAC III Smoking is a habit forming and in many instances very hard to stop once started. As the world around grows and increases in knowledge it is becoming more evident that smoking is dangerous not just to the smoker‚ but the people around them as well. There are many reasons that one may start the habit of smoking but are unaware of just how much the body becomes dependent
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Smoking – A Slow Death Do you smoke? Have you ever think about how smoking Tobacco is harmful and dangerous for health and can cause a slow death. I am a non-smoker and I think that there are three main reasons why a smoker should quit smoking. Firstly‚ smoking will affect the smoker body and life. It will cause a lot of serious deceases like lung cancer‚ emphysema‚ high blood pressure‚ stroke‚ heart attack‚ reduces the flow of oxygen to the brain and even can lead to birth effects. According to
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The health consequences of smoking have become evident since early 1960s and numerous techniques to help smokers to become non-smokers have developed. Smoking is the largest preventable cause of cancer‚ and is responsible for more cancer deaths in Australia. It is also directly responsible for many heart and lung diseases. Smoking has effects on the smoker‚ as well as those around them. Changing health-risk behaviour has been shown to decrease morbidity and mortality and enhance a better quality
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