Some Smoking Facts

You need to know the facts about smoking to come to the point where you can take a determined decision to quit smoking. It is true that you have heard lots of voices telling you that smoking is harmful for your health, but you have ignored it, perhaps, because it does not sound very convincing to you. But here are certain facts about smoking that will startle you out of your complacence and urge you to take urgent steps to give up smoking as soon as possible.

 

Facts about smoking – The multitude of diseases

 

Facts about smoking and Lung cancer: It is a well known fact about smoking that more than 8 out of 10 cases of lung cancer are directly related to smoking.

 

Facts about smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD): 8 out of 10 deaths from this disease can be traced back to smoking.

 

Facts about smoking and your heart: one out of seven cases of heart failure is due to smoking.

 

Facts about smoking and other cancers: Cancers of the mouth, nose, throat, larynx, esophagus, bladder, cervix, blood and kidney are more common in smokers than in non-smokers.

 

Facts about smoking and other health problems

 

The most disturbing facts about smoking relate to life style issues. These facts are more disturbing because you can’t relate them directly to smoking. For instance one of the facts is that impotence and infertility are more common in smokers. If these facts about smoking were known to you, would you have taken up smoking in the first place?

 

Another fact about smoking is that it leads to premature ageing. Lines and wrinkles appear on the face and smokers look much older than their age.

 

One of the obvious facts is that it affects the immune system. It makes the smoker more susceptible to catching infections; it reduces bone density, which can lead to gum disease, tooth loss and osteoporosis.

 

More startling facts about smoking

 

·         Smoking-related deaths are not ‘quick deaths’.

·         One of the facts about smoking is that it reduces life expectancy drastically.

·         Children of smokers will typically take to smoking barring a few exceptions.

·         Women who smoke during pregnancy are likely to give birth to unhealthy babies.

·         A very disturbing fact about smoking is that it harms not only the smokers but others who become passive smokers because they have to breathe the smoker’s cigarette smoke called secondhand smoke.

 

The only solution

 

The only solution to the problem of smoking in light of these facts is to quit smoking. There is no short cut or quick-fix solution. And, the good news is that once you give up smoking, you can get back to your normal life style and lead a long and healthy life. Granted that it is easier said than done, but these shocking facts about smoking should be enough to give you a jolt and take a conscious decision to stop smoking.