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Do you know that smoking do more harms than goodness?

Of course, being a die hard smoker, you will not care about the effects as you are way too addicted to realise what smoking can do to you and your body. In fact, you don’t care what the smoke can do to your family and friends as well.

The truth is, you harm yourself and everyone around you when you smoke.

Let’s read this up to wake up your mind and know the truth about smoking. Smoking is the worst enemy of mankind, destroying lives and family. Below is a list of what smoking can do to you if you don’t smoking now!

After reading it, ask yourself of you want all these to happen to you and your family and friends?

Hair:

• Smell and staining

Brain and Mental Effects:

• Stroke
• Addiction/nicotine withdrawal
• Altered brain chemistry
• Anxiety about harm caused by smoking

Eyes:

• Eyes that sting, water and blink more
• Macular degeneration
• Cataracts

Nose:

• Less sense of smell

Thyroid

• Graves Disease
• Thyroid Disease

Skin:

• Wrinkles
• Premature aging

Teeth:

• Discoloration and stains
• Plaque
• Loose teeth
• Gum disease (gingivitis)

Mouth and Throat:

• Cancers of the lips, mouth, throat and larynx
• Cancer of the esophagus
• Sore throat
• Reduced sense of taste
• Breath smells of smoke

Hands:

• Poor circulation(cold fingers)
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Tar stained fingers

Respiration and Lungs:

• Lung Cancer
• COPD (includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema)
• Cough and sputum
• Shortness of breath
• Colds and flu
• Pneumonia
• Asthma
• Complicates Tuberculosis

Heart:

• Harms, blocks and weakens arteries of the heart
• Heart attack

Liver:

• Cancer

Abdomen:

• Stomach and duodenal ulcers
• Cancer of stomach, pancreas and colon
• Aortic aneurysm

Kidneys and bladder:

• Kidney cancer
• Bladder cancer

Bones:

• Osteoporosis
• Spine and hip fractures

Spine:

• Degenerative Disc Disease

Male reproduction:

• Sperm: deformity, loss of motility, reduced number
• Infertility
• Impotence

Female reproduction:

• Period pains
• Earlier menopause
• Cancer of cervix
• Infertility and delay in conception

Blood:

• Leukemia

Legs and Feet:

• Gangrene
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Beurger Disease

Immune System:

• Weakened immune system

The effects of smoking hold additional risks for women. Those who smoke throughout their pregnancies increase the risk of:

• Spontaneous abortion/miscarriage
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Abruptio placentae
• Placenta previa
• Premature rupture of the membranes
• Premature birth

Risks to the fetus include:

• Smaller infant(for gestational age)
• Stillborn infant
• Birth defects, e.g. congenital limb reduction
• Increased nicotine receptors in baby’s brain
• Increased likelihood of child smoking as a teenager
• Possible predisposition to adult anxiety disorders

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