Your Health and Tobacco
At this point, most people know tobacco is really bad for them. Every now and then someone tells us about their superhero uncle who lived to be 112 years old and smoked, but unlikely things like getting struck by lightning also happen. In reality, tobacco use is the leading cause of disability, disease and preventable death in the United States. Every year, we learn more about how devastating tobacco can be to the human body and how damaging secondhand smoke is to those around it.
Smoking causes coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S.
Smoking causes lung cancer and lung diseases including COPD, emphysema, bronchitis, and chronic airway obstruction.
Health Effects of Smoking
Smoking also causes the following cancers
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Compared to non-smokers, smoking is estimated to increase the risk of:
Coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times
Stroke by 2 to 4 times
Men developing lung cancer by 23 times
Women developing lung cancer by 13 times
Dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases by 12 to 13 times
(such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema)
(such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema)
On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than non-smokers.
What if I Chew or Dip?
Smokeless tobacco products, such as spitting tobacco, dip, chew, snuff and snus, are also harmful to your health and are not a safer alternative to smoking.
Smokeless tobacco users have:
80 percent higher risk of oral cancer
60 percent higher risk of pancreatic and esophageal cancer
Smokeless tobacco use can cause the following cancers:
- Cancer of the esophagus
- Cancer of the pharynx (throat)
- Cancer of the larynx (voice box)
- Stomach cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
Spit tobacco also causes leukoplakia, a disease of the mouth characterized by white patches and oral lesions on the cheeks, gums, and/or tongue. Leukoplakia, which can lead to oral cancer, occurs in more than half of all users in the first three years of use. Studies have found that 60 to 78 percent of smokeless tobacco users have oral lesions.
Smokeless tobacco products have taken a backseat to smoking for decades, but are recently gaining ground in overall usage and use among young people. Smokeless tobacco includes chew, spit, dip, snuff, snus and a host of new dissolvable products. They are simply not a safe alternative to smoking and they can be as addictive as, or more addictive, than cigarettes. Smokeless tobacco causes many significant health problems, including several types of cancer. Smokeless users have an 80 percent higher risk of oral cancer and a 60 percent higher risk of pancreatic and esophageal cancer. Smokeless tobacco products can also increase the risk of a fatal heart attack and stroke.
In addition, there is no scientific evidence that using smokeless tobacco products can help a person quit smoking. Using smokeless tobacco can lead to nicotine addiction and dependence. For example, the amount of nicotine absorbed from a dip of moist snuff tobacco is three to four times the amount delivered by a cigarette. Even though nicotine is absorbed more slowly from chew tobacco than from cigarettes, chew tobacco users absorb more nicotine per dose and it stays in the bloodstream for a longer time.
New to the market are a wide variety of smokeless tobacco products, many of which come in different flavors and are typically more affordable than cigarettes. As the number of smoking bans continue to increase nationwide, these products are being marketed to both smokers and non-smokers. As a result, many smokers are simultaneously using smokeless tobacco products. This dual use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is especially concerning because it can add to the many health risks already presented by smoking.
I am truly against such tobacco activities from the core of my heart, and HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT to smoke. You just not harm yourself but also your near ones through passive smoking which is spread through the air. Quit smoking for your own good, or if not, then for your loved ones who care for you. This is all I wanted to conclude and to help you, below is beautiful guide to quit smoking by www.cancer.org. Below is the link for your help:
That's it for now guys. Keep looking after your health and do your best to stay FIT and HEALTHY!
#FITNESS FIRST!
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