Harmful Health Effects Of Smoking
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Cigarette smoking is something that is highly popular, and people already know the health risks, but do nothing about it. There are so many different areas in health that can be affected short term and long term from smoking. Being aware of what can be brought into your body and your health could be a life or death decision on your part. Whatever your decision is as far as smoking goes, you should at least know what smoking is doing to your body. Watch This Video As a starting point, let’s start with knowledge of knowing the carcinogenic chemicals that you are actually bringing into your body when you fire up your smoke.
1) Acetone (solvent) 2) Naphtylamine
3) Ammoniac (detergent)
4) Methanol (used as an antifreeze) 5) Pyrene
6) Naphtalene (moth repellent) 7) Nicotine (an alkaloid poison)
Cadmium (toxic metallic element) 9) Carbon Monoxide (found in exhaust fumes)
10) Vinyl Chloride (used in plastic materials) 11) Urethane
12) Cyanhydric Acid (was used in the gas chambers) 13) Arsenic (lethal poison)
14) Toluene (industrial solvent) 15) Polonium 210 (a radioactive element)
16) Dibenzacridine 17) DDT (insecticide)
Anything you put into your body is a reflection of yourself Your health is a reflection of how you treat your body. Take into account the effects of what the previously listed carcinogens are doing to modify your life? Considering the effects, and knowing they exist, should at least bring you to the conclusion that you need to quit smoking NOW.
Now let’s look at what happens when unwelcome substances continue to enter into your body. Chemicals from tobacco attach all the body organs of the smokers body.
1) Your brain suffers from lack of oxygen, and therefore creates damage. Smoking also allows damaging toxins to enter in the brain.
2) Paralysis in the hands and feet are the result of lack of oxygen.
3) The chemicals cause increased heart rates.
4) Crossing the blood brain barrier will bring health risks to pregnant women, and also brings in possibilities in fertility differences of the child’s growth and overall development.
5) Recovery rates are slower in post surgery cases where the body isn’t able to heal itself at the normal rate.
6) The immune system is lower, and can even cause Peptic ulcers.
7) Offensive breath, and early aging of the skin.
Killing of red blood cells prevents you from breathing normally, and will effect your ability to exercise.
9) Heart disease, stroke, emphysema, lung, throat, bladder and stomach cancers, heartburn, peptic cancer, bronchitis, pneumonia, and various respiratory diseases.
10) Secondary smoke still contains enough of the chemicals, and therefore causes other people to become affected with the same conditions.
When you decide to live,and want to become healthy again, live longer, and keep these ailments out, and life impacting diseases, then you have to decide to quit. The difference between knowing and acting can be hard, and very few manage to finally make that so important decision. Are you convinced you can quit? YES you can! When someone is willing to help, you can become a hero to yourself, and start a new way of life. Discover some of the ways you can quit smoking today! We Can Help!! Check Us Out
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