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Cigarette smoking has disastrous consequences: It damages just about every organ of the body and leads to the general deterioration of the smoker's health. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that cigarette smoking is responsible for nearly one of every five deaths in the United States, or about 438,000 deaths every year. Cigarette smoking is deadlier on an annual basis than HIV/AIDS, motor vehicle crashes, drug abuse, alcoholism, suicide, and murder … combined.
Smoking and Cancer
Cancer was one of the first diseases that researchers linked to cigarette smoking, and it continues to be smoking's most notorious health effect. Cigarette smoking and tobacco use causes about one-third of all cancer deaths in the United States.
Smoking and Respiratory Disease
Breathing in cigarette smoke is terribly harmful to the lungs. The damage starts with the first puff and continues until the smoker quits. About 9 out of 10 deaths from lung diseases are caused by smoking. A cigarette smoker's risk of dying from a chronic obstructive lung disease like chronic bronchitis or emphysema is 10 times that of non-smokers
The Dangers Secondhand Smoke
Cigarette smoking can harm your health even if you're not a smoker. Exposure to secondhand smoke is believed to cause the lung cancer or heart disease deaths of about 49,000 non-smokers every year. Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke in their homes or workplaces have a 25 to 30 percent increase in their heart disease risk and a 20 to 30 percent increase in their lung cancer risk. Children whose parents or caregivers smoke have an increased risk of asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, coughing, wheezing, and ear infections. Babies of smokers have a higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.
Although the health consequences of smoking are dire, it's important to remember that you can take control of your health by quitting. Once you give up cigarettes your body can begin to repair some of the damage smoking has caused.
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Smoking and Cancer
Cancer was one of the first diseases that researchers linked to cigarette smoking, and it continues to be smoking's most notorious health effect. Cigarette smoking and tobacco use causes about one-third of all cancer deaths in the United States.
Smoking and Respiratory Disease
Breathing in cigarette smoke is terribly harmful to the lungs. The damage starts with the first puff and continues until the smoker quits. About 9 out of 10 deaths from lung diseases are caused by smoking. A cigarette smoker's risk of dying from a chronic obstructive lung disease like chronic bronchitis or emphysema is 10 times that of non-smokers
The Dangers Secondhand Smoke
Cigarette smoking can harm your health even if you're not a smoker. Exposure to secondhand smoke is believed to cause the lung cancer or heart disease deaths of about 49,000 non-smokers every year. Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke in their homes or workplaces have a 25 to 30 percent increase in their heart disease risk and a 20 to 30 percent increase in their lung cancer risk. Children whose parents or caregivers smoke have an increased risk of asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, coughing, wheezing, and ear infections. Babies of smokers have a higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.
Although the health consequences of smoking are dire, it's important to remember that you can take control of your health by quitting. Once you give up cigarettes your body can begin to repair some of the damage smoking has caused.
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as we all know smoking is injurious to life. smoking not affect smokers only but it also badly affect the person near them. the chance of chronic bronchitis in a cigratte smoker is 10 times more than a non smoker person. smoking causes chronic bronchitis and emphysema which may be fatal. a servey says in every 9 out of 10 deaths caused due to lungs disease have reason of smoking behind them. smoking is very dangerous because it may cause different types of cancer which may lead to death.
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good morning!
as we all know smoking is injurious to life. smoking not affect smokers only but it also badly affect the person near them. the chance of chronic bronchitis in a cigratte smoker is 10 times more than a non smoker person. smoking causes chronic bronchitis and emphysema which may be fatal. a servey says in every 9 out of 10 deaths caused due to lungs disease have reason of smoking behind them. smoking is very dangerous because it may cause different types of cancer which may lead to death.
hope it will help you.
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