Smokers body is more likely to have illness and diseases.Every 10 seconds a person dies due to smoking.
Every 10 seconds, someone dies from tobacco use, according to the World Health Organization.
Medical research suggests that those who start smoking in their teens ) 90 percent of smoker do) and continue for two decades or more will die 20 to 25 year earlier than those who never light up. And there is growing evidence that it's not always lung cancer or heart disease that kills them. Below, some of smoker's less publicized side effects-from head to toe. This is bought to you by Colors Magazine, dedicated to smoking cessation.
1. Hair Loss
Smoking weaken the immune system, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease such as lupus erythromatosus, which can cause hair loss, ulceration in the mouth and rashes on the face, scalp and hands.
2. Cataracts
Smoking is believed to cause or worsen several eye conditions. Those who smoke more than 20 Cigarettes a day are twice as likely to develops cataracts, a clouding of Thai's lens that blocks light and may lead to blindness. Smoke causes cataracts in two ways: by irritating the eye and by releasing chemicals into the lungs that then travel up the bloodstream to the eyes.
3. Wrinkling
Smoking prematurely ages skin by wearing away proteins that gives it elasticity, depleting it of vitamin A and restricting blood flow. Smoker's skin is dry, leathery and etched with tiny lines,especially around the lips and eyes: In one study, smokers in their 40s had facial wrinkles similar to those of nonsmokers 20 years older.
4. Hearing Loss
Because smoking creates plaque on blood vessel walls, decreasing blood flow to the inner ear, smokers can lose their hearing earlier than nonsmokers(up to 16 years sooner, according to one study) and are more susceptible to hearing loss caused by ear infections or loud noise.
5. Skin Cancer
Smoking does not cause melanoma) a sometimes deadly form of skin cancer), but it does increase your chances of dying from it(this may be because smoking impairs the immune system), And smokers have a 50 percent greater risk of contracting squamous cell carcinoma-a cancer that leaves scaly, reddish eruptions on the skin.
Medical research suggests that those who start smoking in their teens ) 90 percent of smoker do) and continue for two decades or more will die 20 to 25 year earlier than those who never light up. And there is growing evidence that it's not always lung cancer or heart disease that kills them. Below, some of smoker's less publicized side effects-from head to toe. This is bought to you by Colors Magazine, dedicated to smoking cessation.
1. Hair Loss
Smoking weaken the immune system, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease such as lupus erythromatosus, which can cause hair loss, ulceration in the mouth and rashes on the face, scalp and hands.
2. Cataracts
Smoking is believed to cause or worsen several eye conditions. Those who smoke more than 20 Cigarettes a day are twice as likely to develops cataracts, a clouding of Thai's lens that blocks light and may lead to blindness. Smoke causes cataracts in two ways: by irritating the eye and by releasing chemicals into the lungs that then travel up the bloodstream to the eyes.
3. Wrinkling
Smoking prematurely ages skin by wearing away proteins that gives it elasticity, depleting it of vitamin A and restricting blood flow. Smoker's skin is dry, leathery and etched with tiny lines,especially around the lips and eyes: In one study, smokers in their 40s had facial wrinkles similar to those of nonsmokers 20 years older.
4. Hearing Loss
Because smoking creates plaque on blood vessel walls, decreasing blood flow to the inner ear, smokers can lose their hearing earlier than nonsmokers(up to 16 years sooner, according to one study) and are more susceptible to hearing loss caused by ear infections or loud noise.
5. Skin Cancer
Smoking does not cause melanoma) a sometimes deadly form of skin cancer), but it does increase your chances of dying from it(this may be because smoking impairs the immune system), And smokers have a 50 percent greater risk of contracting squamous cell carcinoma-a cancer that leaves scaly, reddish eruptions on the skin.
6. Tooth Decay
Smoking interferes with the mouth's chemistry, creating excess plaque, yellowing teeth and contributing to tooth decay. Smokers are one and a half times more likely to lose their teeth.
7. Lung Ailments
In the former Soviet Bloc, 88,000 smokers die each year from debilitating lung conditions other than lung cancer, Emphysema, a swelling and rupturing of the lung's air sac, reduces the lung;s capacity to take in oxygen (and expel carbon dioxide). In extremes cases, a tracheotomy helps patients breathe: An opening is cut in the windpipe, allowing a ventilator to force air into the lungs(see image) creates a buildup of pus-filled mucous resulting in a painful cough and breathing difficulties.
8. Osteoporosis
Carbon monoxide, the main poisonous gas in car exhaust fumes and cigarette smoke, binds to blood much more readily than oxygen, cutting the oxygen-carrying power of heavy smokers' blood by as much as 15 percent. As a result, smoker's bones lose density, fracture more easily and take up to 80 percent longer to heal. Those who smoke more than one pack per day are also more susceptible to back problems: One study shows that industrial workers who smoke are five times as likely to experience back pain after an injury.
Smoking interferes with the mouth's chemistry, creating excess plaque, yellowing teeth and contributing to tooth decay. Smokers are one and a half times more likely to lose their teeth.
7. Lung Ailments
In the former Soviet Bloc, 88,000 smokers die each year from debilitating lung conditions other than lung cancer, Emphysema, a swelling and rupturing of the lung's air sac, reduces the lung;s capacity to take in oxygen (and expel carbon dioxide). In extremes cases, a tracheotomy helps patients breathe: An opening is cut in the windpipe, allowing a ventilator to force air into the lungs(see image) creates a buildup of pus-filled mucous resulting in a painful cough and breathing difficulties.
8. Osteoporosis
Carbon monoxide, the main poisonous gas in car exhaust fumes and cigarette smoke, binds to blood much more readily than oxygen, cutting the oxygen-carrying power of heavy smokers' blood by as much as 15 percent. As a result, smoker's bones lose density, fracture more easily and take up to 80 percent longer to heal. Those who smoke more than one pack per day are also more susceptible to back problems: One study shows that industrial workers who smoke are five times as likely to experience back pain after an injury.
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