Wednesday 26 September 2012

STOP SMOKING



Bad habits grow unconsciously. My father regularly used to tell this quote in my childhood days. I remember these words when I see people who are smoking. They know the consequences of smoking but they are unable to stop because of addiction.
Almost everyone knows that smoking causes cancer, emphysema, and heart disease; that it can shorten your life by 10 years or more; and that the habit can cost a smoker thousands of dollars a year. So how come people are still lighting up? The answer, in a word, is addiction. Once You Start, It's Hard to Stop. Smoking is a hard habit to break because tobacco contains nicotine, which is highly addictive.


                                                     
Cigarettes contain more than 4,800 chemicals - 69 of these are known to                                                      cause cancer. 


Parents who smoke can create health problems for their children, including exacerbation of asthma, increased frequency of colds and/or ear infections and sudden infant death syndrome. 
The ingredients in cigarettes affect everything from the internal functioning of organs to the efficiency of the body's immune system. The effects of cigarette smoking are destructive and widespread.
highly addictive.



Smoking still remains one of the leading cause of preventable death. Smoking has the dubious distinction of affecting all the systems from head to foot. Smoking causes many diseases like
            High Blood Pressure
            Heart Disease
            Pulmonary Disease
            Vascular Diseases
            Stroke
            Laryngeal Polyps
            Impotence
            Wrinkling of Skin
            Mouth Disease
            Respiratory Infections
            Smoking and Ulcer                             

 Smoking causes delivery complications 
 Increases risk of pre-term delivery 
 Giving birth to low-birth weight baby
 Slows fetal growth 
 Smoking also increases risk of serious health problems to the newborn such as:  
 cerebral palsy
 mental retardation 
 learning disabilities

Effects of Smoking

Several studies have also shown that smoking leads to less stamina 
Interferes with the functions of thyroid 
Causes bone loss leading to bone fractures 
Accelerates the development of the macular degeneration 
Increases the chances of developing multiple sclerosis 
Predisposes to cervical dysplasia



Staying smoke free will give you a whole lot more of everything — more energy, better performance, better looks, more money in your pocket, and, in the long run, more life to live!








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