Smoking can cause multiple problems in the human body which can last for as long as until the person dies, Smoking is responsible for several diseases, such as cancer, long-term (chronic) respiratory diseases, and heart disease. Bladder cancer Kidney cancer, Cancers of the pharynx and larynx (throat cancer) Mouth cancer, Esophagus cancer,Cancer of the pancreas Stomach cancer, Some types of leukemia, Cancer of the nose and sinuses, Cervical cancer, Bowel cancer, Ovarian cancer,and In some cases, also breast cancer. (Http://m.cancer.gov/topics/factsheets/cessation-fact-sheet) Smoking has lasting effects on your physical traits as well as on the inside of your body. Smoking can make your breath stink no matter how many times you brush your teeth. Also even after the cigarette is put out you can still smell the smoke from it.
It causes cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, pancreas, stomach, cervix, and myeloid leukemia. Smoking also causes heart disease, stroke, aortic aneurysm, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, hip fractures, and cataracts. Smokers are also at a high risk of developing pneumonia and other airway infections. Secondhand smoke is the smoke given off by a burning tobacco product, and the smoke exhaled by a smoker. Inhaling secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in nonsmoking adults.
There currently is no cure for COPD however, treatment and lifestyle changes can help patients to feel better and slow down the advancement of the disease. The leading causes of COPD are smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and chemicals. People who suffer from COPD have blocked tubes that carry air back and forth from the lungs. Side effects caused by the disease include coughing that causes large amounts of phlegm, wheezing, shortness of breath, frequent respiratory infections, and chest tightness (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute,
As smokers, they fill the air around them with harmful chemicals and cause health problems for innocent bystander. Though smoking is very harmful the only way to truly stop it is if smokers themselves stop. The effects of smoking on the environment cause damage to the land, water, and to animals. When smokers are finished smoking and their cigarette butts are left on the ground they end up in lakes and rivers. When the cigarettes reach the water all of the chemicals are then transferred to the water.
Cigarette smoking has caused lung cancer to many smokers and even non-smokers. Cigarette tobacco smoke is released from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke exhaled by the smoker. Tobacco smoke pollution causes or exacerbates a wide range of adverse health effects, including cancer, respiratory infections, and asthma. Secondhand smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals. Two hundred of the chemicals are poisons and at least 69 cause cancer and other diseases (Tobacco Smoke Pollution).
Also, smoking produces lethal diseases like cancer and reduces the length and quality of your life. Maybe you don’t notice all the physical effects of smoking immediately, but you surely will be sorry one day. The second reason why you shouldn’t smoke is because of all the money that you spend on it. Maybe you start smoking only when someone offers you a cigarette, but there will be a day when you will feel the need for a cigarette. By this time, you will pay whatever price to smoke, and each time you will smoke more, so you will spend more money.
Tobacco is the worst drug you can have in your system. The number one effect of smoking is lung cancer. Cigarettes contains harmful chemicals, such as tar and carbon monoxide. These chemicals damage your tissues and organs, which causes cancer. statistically there are 480,000 deaths annually caused by smoking cigarettes.
Smoking increases the risk of lung disease, for instance, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is a collective term for a group of diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis. In fact, the rate of decline in lung function can be three times the usual rate in smokers. As lung function declines, breathlessness begins. Another common problem that smoking causes is that it raises blood pressure, which can cause hypertension, and this is a risk factor for heart attacks and stroke. A research of “American Lung Association and American Heart Association” reviewed by “Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC” on May 08, 2012. http://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure says that about 30% of all deaths from heart disease in the U.S. are directly related to cigarette smoking.
Also, if a child grows up in a stressful environment wear adults smoke, they often start smoking at an early age themselves. This essay provides facts about the effects of smoking on your health and the health of others, as well as the cause and effects of early age smoking. Smoking affects ones health in various ways. It is one of the leading causes of cancer, often affecting the lungs. Other cancers include acute myeloid leukemia, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, cancer of the oral cavity, cancer of the pharynx, cancer of the cervix, cancer of the esophagus, cancer of the larynx, stomach cancer and a very aggressive cancer called pancreatic cancer.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general“. The diseases produced and precipitated by cigarette smoking is Lung Cancer- by injuring your alveolar sacs, which are the area of oxygen exchange. It is also the same as true for COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which goes down specifically to Chronic Bronchitis or Emphysema. This phenomenon prompted health personnel to persuade if not order the prohibition of using tobacco or practicing cigarette smoking on the last decades or century. The request to prohibit the practice of smoking in the USA gained a positive and cooperative reaction.