Stop Smoking..!!! Dangers of Smoking For Body HealthsteemCreated with Sketch.

in stop-smoking •  7 years ago 

Do you know the dangers of smoking for your health? As a start please look at the very scary facts below:

  • Smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in America.Smoking causes more deaths every year than all
  • a combination of the following conditions: HIV, drug use, alcohol use,motor accidents, and crime.
  • Smoking accounts for about 90% (or 9 out of 10) of all deaths lung cancer in men and women.
  • About 80% (or 8 out of 10) cases of death from obstructive pulmonary disease chronic caused by smoking.
  • The risk of death from smoking has continued to increase over the past 50 years in both men and women.
  • Then what is the relation hazard of smoking for our body health, the relation is in substance contained in a cigarette.

There are 4,000 chemical components found inside cigarettes and 250 of which are harmful to human health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention US. Here we describe the dangers of smoking for the health of the body that hopefully can add to your spirit to quit smoking.

  1. Increase the risk of stomach cancer, blood cancer and lymph cancer, because contains levels of 1,3-Butadine, which are chemicals used for producing rubber.
  2. Inhibits DNA repair and can damage the lining of the lungs, because it contains Akrolein, Formaldehyde and Chromium VI (used for making metal alloys, paints and dyes) that could eventually cause lung cancer.
  3. Cause various types of cancer, because cigarettes contain substances Arsenic used to preserve wood.
  4. Cause leukemia because cigarettes contain substances that Benzene actually used to produce other chemicals.
  5. Impaired DNA repair and caused damage to the kidneys and lining arterial blood vessels, because the content of the Cadmium substance is the metal that used for make battery.
  6. The content of tar on cigarettes will stick in the lungs, as well as give rise to color chocolate on teeth and nail.
  7. The danger of smoking for body health next is able causing illness heart and heart attack. Because the carbon monoxide content at cigarette smoke is inhaled into the bloodstream. Carbon monoxide will decrease the amount of oxygen carried in red blood cells then increase the amount of cholesterol absorbed into the inner lining of the arteries, so arterial hardening or atherosclerosis may occur.
  8. Nicotine in cigarettes is a dangerous and highly addictive chemical substance that can causing an increase in blood pressure, heart rate, blood flow to heart and blood vessel constriction. Nicotine also contributes to arterial wall hardening, which in turn, also causes attacks heart. These chemicals can stay in your body for six to eight hours depending on how often you smoke.
  9. Women who smoke or who do not smoke but are often exposed to smoke tobacco tend to give birth to babies with low weight and there an increased risk of premature birth.
  10. The next smoking hazard is that it can cause a stroke very deadly.
  11. Smoking can increase the risk of cataracts (opacification of the eye lens makes you hard to see) as well as related to retinal damage eye.
  12. Causes diabetes mellitus type 2 and can make it more difficult to control blood sugar levels. The risk of diabetes is 30-40% higher on active smokers than non-smokers. Millions of people in the world managed to quit smoking, and with desire, strong beliefs and motivations You can also be free from addiction tobacco. Imagine how happy your life and family is because free from harmful dangers of smoking for the health of your body.
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