Even if it isn't externally obvious, the damages of smoking impact both passive smokers and smokers.
Here's a list of the main ingredients of cigarettes, including their pros and cons:
NICOTINE
affects the brain
stimulant
an addictive drug that is difficult to give up
damages the circulatory system by constricting blood vessels, increasing blood pressure
heart coronary disease
TAR
contains some carcinogenic chemicals
can lead to cancer (a benign or malignant tumor may develop)
CARBON MONOXIDE
affects the blood
Carbon Monoxide diffuses from lungs to blood and combines with hemoglobin (cells are deprived of oxygen)
harmful for the mothers' uterus, as chemicals may enter the baby's blood
SMOKE PARTICLES
these particles get trapped inside the lungs (white blood cells activate and try to remove them by secreting chemicals, but this ultimately does not work)
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema
less surface area where gas exchange occurs
As you might have noticed, there are no physically positive effects of smoking. Even if it provides instantaneous and instant gratification, smoking will increase your problems and anxiety by impacting your body.
Quitting smoking significantly reduces the risk of disease and death. The longer you wait to quit, the more difficult it will be. Considering the impact that smoking has, now is the time to take action to change your habits.
Before lighting up a cigarette, ask yourself: is it worth it to ruin your lungs and damaging parts of your body for that one instant, that one cigarette?
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