Health Effects Of Smoking
It’s very difficult for some people to understand, but the
health effects of smoking touch more than just your lungs
alone. While many still connect lung cancer with smoking,
they are often
uneducated about just how completely dangerous health
effects of smoking effects can be.
The judge stated that the conspiracy dated back to 1953, when a
group of tobacco companies met together at the Plaza Hotel in
New York City and devised a public relations plan to counter
health concerns associated with smoking. The judge also
ruled that even after the 1964 Surgeon General’s report linked
smoking to lung cancer, tobacco companies continued to deny and
purposely distort many serious dangers of smoking their
products.
It was also found that the tobacco industry marketed their
product to youth groups; that even though the industry claims
it does not want children to smoke, the companies were caught
tracking youth behavior and preferences, thereby ensuring that
“marketing and promotion reaches youth,” even hiding from them
the serious dangers of smoking while their young bodies were
still developing.
Setting aside your own personal health, have you ever thought
about the effects of cigarette smoking on your
pocketbook? Someone who smokes a pack a day will wind up
spending over $700 every year on cigarettes. That’s an
entire month’s rent, two months worth of groceries, three or
four car payments, or the cost of a very nice flat-screen
television. Not to mention how that money could grow in a
nice savings account!
The effects of cigarette smoking also reach out to those around
you as well. Those who are exposed to second-hand smoke
inhale about 15% the amount of nicotine as those who are active
smokers, so for every ten cigarettes you have around your
children, they may as well have smoked one a half cigarettes
themselves.
When thinking about the body’s mid-section, cancers of the
esophagus, abdomen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, and colon are
all traced to the health effects of smoking. The bones
are also not immune to smoking’s effects. Osteoporosis,
spine and hip fractures, and degenerative disc disease can be
traced back to smoking. Infertility is another issue with
heavy and chronic smokers, both male and female. Men can
have lower sperm counts and decreased sperm motility, and women
can have difficulty with ovulation when smoking.
As for the rest of the body, the health effects of smoking are
many, including blood diseases, decreased circulation to the
feet and toes, and difficulty recovering from wounds.
Really, when you think about it, there is not one place on the
human body that does not suffer, and suffer greatly, from
smoking’s effects. Really, is there any reason why it’s
not time to quit?
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