How does smoking affect your body?

What are the short term effects of smoking?

Brain - Increase in carbon monoxide and reduced oxygen may lead to sub-optimal brain functioning.

Ears - Reduced blood flow causing deafness.

Eyes - Watery, sore eyes which may impair vision.

Mouth - Unpleasant sense of taste and sensation in lips, tongue, and throat.

- Bad breath and mouth infections.

Nose - Reduced sense of smell.

Skin - Decreased skin temperature

- Early wrinkles on the face.

Lungs - Difficulty in breathing and reduced athletic performance.

What are the long term effects of smoking?

• Cancers (e.g. of the Lung, Breast, Mouth-throat and Intestine).
• Heart diseases.
• Strokes.
• Lung diseases (e.g. asthma, bronchitis).
• Mouth and gum diseases.
• Ulcer (stomach, peptic).
• Osteoporosis (bone thinning).
• Infertility (unable to produce babies).
• Low sex drive.
• Impotence.