There is Nothing Safe From the Effects of Cigarette Smoking

Dangers Of Smoking Video

It’s very difficult for some people to understand, but the health effects of smoking touch more than just your lungs alone.  While many still connect lung cancer with smoking, they are often uneducated about just how completely dangerous smoking effects can be.

Consider these areas of the body that are damaged by smoking.  Your skin is usually touched by premature aging and wrinkles, as one of the common effects of smoking is poor blood circulation and a loss of oxygen, both of which are needed for healthy skin.  A smoker’s mouth usually has discolored and stained teeth and plaque, and teeth can actually become loose as the gums dry up and become brittle.

Cigarettes are not just rolled tobacco, as many people innocently think.  The tobacco industry purposely adds ingredients in order to increase tobacco’s addictiveness.  There are approximately 4000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, many of them toxic. 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, covering your entire body from head to toe.

The industry was also faulted for denying publicly that second-hand smoke is dangerous, the judge citing internal acknowledgement that this was the case.

In 1999, the Clinton administration accused the tobacco industry of racketeering as part of a coordinated plan to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking, and to cover up the knowledge they had to the contrary.

Under the ruling, the tobacco companies were also ordered to stop using such descriptions as “low tar,” “light,” “ultra light,” “mild,” or “natural,” or any other descriptions that might seem as if these cigarettes posed less of a health hazard or in any way were an attempt to downplay the dangers of smoking them.

So if you smoke, it’s time to quit.  It’s time to think about how bad this habit really is, how it really touches your life and the lives of those around you.  There are absolutely no health benefits, there is no upside, there is nothing positive about the effects of cigarette smoking.

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