Many of the deaths and ailments caused by smoking do not occur quickly. It may take awhile before the chemicals in cigarettes takes its toll on certain individuals. Heart diseases caused by smoking can be a slow and painful process. Smokers may develop heart disease because smoking causes the body’s bloodstream to be contaminated with nicotine, the active component of cigarettes which stimulates the brain and provides a rush of adrenaline. A rush of adrenaline may provide a “high feeling” or a sudden rush or shot of energy. However, while these moments of being high are being enjoyed by a smoker, he or she may already be exposing the heart to serious risk. Adrenaline caused by nicotine may speed up the heart rate, tighten the arteries, and strain the heart. When the nicotine levels of regular smokers falter, they usually experience withdrawal symptoms that may include restlessness, irritability, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and craving for another smoke. These smokers need to smoke regularly in order to feel normal, a condition that may lead to addiction — making it more difficult for smokers to quit smoking.

Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, 60 these chemicals are carcinogenic and are also present in secondhand smoke. Formaldehyde, arsenic, cadmium, benzene, and ethylene oxide are only some of the substances found in cigarettes — all of which can cause cancer. These dangerous components may stay in the air for hours and may harm one’s health in many ways. These chemicals may accelerate the development of artherosclerosis, a disease that affects the large and medium arteries. This condition damages the blood vessels making them difficult to relax. Smoking may also cause the artery walls to stiffen the artery walls and cause pieces of plaque to clog some arteries. Once this plaque clogs the arteries, the heart may become starved for oxygen. In the long run, these conditions may lead to the development of heart diseases like coronary heart disease and angina (severe chest pain).

The risk of acquiring certain conditions like cataract, macular degeneration, psoriasis, tooth loss, osteoporosis, and many more may be increased by smoking. However, it is never too late to quit smoking. Stopping the habit can drastically improve one’s cardiovascular fitness and overall health. Individuals who are having a hard time cutting the habit may try using quit smoking products in the market. These products, however, cannot do all the work. The best and effective to quit smoking involves determination, discipline, and commitment to stop the habit permanently. Using these products can help smokers cut the habit by making them more comfortable and complacent to adjust to life without cigarettes. Many quit smoking products are available over the counter, it is best to seek the approval of health professionals to clarify side effects and drug interactions that may be developed while under medication. With the right tools and attitude, quitting smoking and reducing the development of heart diseases can be easier than others think.

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Another potential effect that smoking has on the overall health of the body has also been recently suggested, with some data indicating that smoking might have detrimental effects to the success of dental surgery. According to the findings of a study recently published in the Journal of Periodontology, smokers were more likely to have unfavorable results related to dental surgery than non-smokers. The study followed the dental records of two groups of people, smokers and non-smokers, and studied the overall success of various dental procedures done to them.  While smoking has always been known to have the ability to damage the gums, it was unexpected when the researchers realized that the surgical procedures done to the smoking group were in overall worse condition as opposed to the other group. This was particularly true when it came to procedures that involved the gums, which were found to be in more rapid recession after surgery if patients were smokers.

It has been known for many years that healing after a surgical procedure is impaired by smoking, but what was unknown prior to this study was that smoking also had one more detrimental effect. Long-term smoking was capable of undoing any surgical repairs done to the gums, rendering anything done during the procedure unable to stay intact for a long-term period. Theoretically, the more a person smokes, the more damage is incurred and the shorter the period that the repairs will remain. The researchers found, based on analysis of their data, that the best results were achieved if smoking was stopped for a period before and after the surgery. This was speculated to be the time needed by the gums to fully recover from any damage done by exposure to the components of tobacco.

The Journal also found that it is not just cigarette smokers that have this problem. Cigar and pipe smokers are also likely to experience rapid decay of gum repairs because of their habit. While the damage done has been confirmed, there is still no concrete data on whether or not cigarette smokers had it worse off than pipe or cigar smokers. For the time being, some believe it would be safe to warn smokers of the potential dangers as if all three posed the same risks.

Second-hand smoke was also found to have a damaging effect on surgical procedures.  Studies are still being made to determine the extend of damage wrought by second-hand smoke on dental works.   Tests conducted on rats showed that second-hand smoke was capable of undoing any repairs done via surgery to the gums, but it is still unknown just how much exposure was needed to do damage, or if the damage was lesser or greater than for actual smokers.

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The growing gap between the amounts spent by states on smoking prevention programs compared to the record sums tobacco companies are spending to market their products is affecting progress in reducing youth smoking, according to a coalition of public health organizations.

An annual report titled “A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Seven Years Later” was released by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and American Lung Association.

The multi-state tobacco settlement, signed by 46 states and the major tobacco companies in 1998, calls for an estimated $246 billion to be paid out to the states over the first 25 years for tobacco prevention purposes.

While the states’ prevention efforts can’t keep pace with the tobacco industry’s marketing, some private companies may be able to pick up the slack.

“Some of the tobacco settlement money might be better spent on products that directly benefit smokers who are trying to give up the habit,” said John Chapel, president of Safer Smokes, a company that produces a tobacco-free smoke called Bravo.

The product has all of the characteristics of a regular cigarette with three key differences: no nicotine, no tobacco and few known carcinogens derived from cigarettes.

In fact, Bravo is not required by the Food and Drug Administration to carry the Surgeon General’s warning on its packs. This clinically tested product encourages smokers to quit the habit gradually because it gives them the experience of smoking a cigarette without addictive nicotine.

One of the greatest influences in starting and continuing to smoke cigarettes is the observation of friends and family smoking.

“If we can get the parents and friends to use Bravo to quit gradually, we will make a difference in the years to come in reducing our overall smoking population,” says Dr. Puzant Torigian, founder of Safer Smokes.

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These are the 4 reasons of why you should quit smoking.
1. it kills
2. it harms people around you
3. it makes you age quicker
4. it is expensive
1. Smoking Kills.
Did you know?
-Each year, smoking kills 5 million people worldwide.
These are some dangerous chemicals that can be found in cigarettes:
Nicotine
Nicotine is a stimulant drug. Like any drug, nicotine can be very addictive. Nicotine inhalation stimulates the central nervous system, making a person more relaxed and less sensitive to pain, but in large doses nicotine acts as a depressant. One drop of nicotine can kill a horse.
Tar
Tar transports chemicals to your bloodstream. Tar gets collected in your lungs and also, stains your teeth. Tar has proven to be the major cause of lung cancer.
Acetone
Acetone is an extremely dangerous substance, it can be found in nail polish removers. Acetone is also used to make fibers, plastic, drugs and other chemicals.
A long-term exposure to acetone can cause kidney and liver damage.
Mercury
Mercury is a chemical element, also called “quicksilver”. Mercury is a toxin, easily absorbed through the skin; it attacks the central nervous system, also Mercury affects gums and teeth. A long-term exposure to this chemical, can cause brain damage and death.
2. Smoking Harms People around You.
Your smoking can harm others. None-smokers, exposed to second-hand smoke are at risk of many health problems related to direct smoking.
Did you know?
- When you smoke in public, people around you could experience: dizziness, nausea, headaches, sore throat and eye irritation.
- Passive smokers have an extremely high risk of heart disease and lung cancer.
- Each year, 20% of people dying from lung cancer worldwide, are passive smokers.
- Children of smokers have a 70% increased risk of respiratory illnesses and middle ear infection.
3. Smoking Makes You Age Quicker.
Smoking makes you look older by narrowing the small blood vessels in your skin. Your skin loses its elasticity and shininess; instead, it will look dry, old and wrinkled.
4. Smoking is Expensive
Not only does smoking damage your health, it is also expensive. Depending on where you live, smoking a pack of cigarettes a day can cost you up to $4000 dollars a year. It is a lot of money that you could spend on something more important in your life. If you think, that $4000 a year is a lot, try to calculate, how much drugs and medical care services would cost you, to get rid of all of the side-effects and illnesses caused by smoking.
So, to sum it up:
Smoking kills you, harms people around you, makes you age quicker and costs a lot of money.

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Lung cancer is a smoke-related ailment that is caused by smoking or inhaling secondhand smoke, exposure to environmental pollutants like asbestos and radon gas, and family history of lung cancer may increase the risk of developing lung cancer of certain individuals. Smoking marijuana is also considered another factor that may contribute to the development of lung cancer. In addition to these causes, individuals whose lungs were damaged by other lung conditions may also increase their lung cancer risk.  Among these causes, smoking is the major source of this ailment and has taken the lives of about 80-85 percent of lung cancer patients.

Most lung cancers originate in the cells that line the bronchi, a caliber of airway in the respiratory tract that transfers air into the lungs. It may take years before lung cancer develops and hamper the function of the lungs. Shortness of breath could be the early signs of lung cancer because tumors may block movement of air through the bronchi and the lungs. In addition, tumors may also hamper the normal movement of mucus up into the throat, this may cause mucus buildup and lead to infection. If not diagnosed and treated in its early stages, lung cancer may spread to other parts of the body.

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It is possible to give up smoking in a number of different ways. I know that this is often easier said than done.Neverthelesss it can be accomplished Giving up smoking can be all about a number of different things

Quitting smoking (or smoking cessation for want of a better description) describes the action of giving up the inhalation and consumption of a smoked substance that doesn’t just have to be conventional cigarettes but can also include cannabis and other narcotic substances.

As has been mentioned there are a number of methods that have been used to help smokers give up but in all cases there has to be a deep desire to actually give up before to be brutally frank there is much likelihood of any success. What are the range of treatments and methods available to the average smoker now that we have crossed this particular issue of motivation and desire.

One of the most popular methods used by at least 80-90% of all smokers when they successfully give up smoking is that of total withdrawal and all of the attendant side effects this brings such as “Cold Turkey”. A wide variety of other methods are used to help smokers give up and these range from various aspects of spiritualism to antidepressants and rug therapy.

If it is at all possible then let’s try and put together some sort of compiled list of methods and techniques used to help Smokers kick their habit.

Straight up first of all there is the most basic and that is just stopping immediately.

Next we have quitting fairly quickly but with a degree of counselling and support. Alongside this has seen the introduction of the use of patches of nicotine to be worn on the arm or other areas of the body to allow for the efficient absorption of the nicotine into the body to act as a support to alleviate withdrawal symptoms. Next we find the usage of limited antidepressants such as bupropion. As a further development of the usage of drugs we also have noted the increased usage of nicotine receptors as well After this we have noticed an increase in the use of injection therapy whereby the user is given an injection which primes the immune system to produce antibodies which attach themselves to the nicotine and thereby prevent it from reaching the brain. Alongside this we also find that there are various forms of hypnotherapy in use.

At the same time as some of the medically orientated therapies to help smokers kick the habit there has also been a considerable rise in the usage and provision of self help analysis and also books of what can be described as of a more spiritual basis. How successful are they and do they work? Yes and no has to be the honest answer but the real clincher in all of this possibly has to be the will power of the person or persons involved. If they want it to happen then there is an increased chance that the therapy or treatment will be successful.

Think carefully about what you have just read. Articles of a Medical nature should always be taken with consideration to your own medical circumstance.

It is prudent and wise to remind you of this fact. You should always check advice independently. Your professional advisor should be contacted and his or her advice sought.

The reason for our recommendation to seek independent advice is as follows. With matters like these it is always prudent, in these litigious times, to get independent advice that should confirm your initial belief.

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