Have you ever realized that the smoking is number one killer in America although it is the most preventable? Do you know that smoking is the major cause of heart attack? The statistic shows that it’s responsible for 40 percent of all heart attacks in people under sixty-five.
Smoking contributes to reduced bone marrow which causes bone and hip fractures. It also has an bad effect on your skin. It causes wrinkles around the eyes and mouth and gives skin a leathery appearance in some people.
Smoking is also associated with cervical cancer, stomach ulcers and cancer, kidney and bladder cancers, coronary heart disease, and lung cancer. It can also contribute to cancer of your voice box and throat. Add erectile dysfunction to the list. It is said that one in every five deaths in the United States is smoking related.
According to the 1990 report of the US Surgeon General, ‘Smoking is probably the most important modifiable cause of poor pregnancy outcome among women in the United States.‘
The Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health, 1964 stated that ‘the habitual use of tobacco is related to psychological and social drives reinforced and perpetuated by pharmacological actions on the central nervous system, the latter being interpreted subjectively as a stimulant or a tranquilizer depending on the individual response‘.
All you must know is that smoking really harms your health seriously!
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