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Risks for Smokers

Cigarette smoking can lead to all sorts of health risks, for the individual smoking and for others that are surrounding him. Cigarette smoking can bring about harm to almost every possible bodily organ, according to research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  1. Cancer

    • The CDC states that cigarette smoking puts individuals at greater risk for developing a wide variety of potentially fatal cancers. These cancers include lung cancer, uterine cancer, stomach cancer, bladder cancer, cervical cancer, kidney cancer, esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, throat cancer, mouth cancer and acute myeloid leukemia.

    Breathing Problems

    • In addition to causing lung cancer, smoking can also destroy the lungs' airways and air sacs, which could lead to breathing disorders including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. that is not the sole damage that can be inflicted upon the lungs by smoking.

    General Health Problems

    • Smoking can also disrupt a person's general health by causing unpleasant problems such as halitosis (bad breath), a bad complexion (due to the restriction of the blood vessels), higher chance of catching illnesses (such as pneumonia, influenza and the common cold) and higher chance of injury (along with a significantly slower healing process). Harmful toxins due to nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide all lead to these issues. Smoking also puts you at risk for fertility issues, including risk of stillbirth, infertility and low birth weight for babies.

    Heart Disease

    • The Cleveland Clinic reports that smoking also places people at risk for developing heart disease. Some of the cardiovascular issues that are often caused by smoking include coronary heart disease, the swelling of the aorta and peripheral vascular disease, which can arise from the narrowing of the arteries.

    Secondhand Smoking

    • The American Cancer Society finds that one of the biggest possible dangers of smoking cigarettes is inflicting secondhand smoke on others that are around you. Passive smoke consists of denser carcinogen concentrations, which could bring upon the risk of cancer for others. Also, passive smoke is composed of tiny particles that can slip into bodily cells with much more ease.

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