Smoking is a hard habit to break because tobacco contains nicotine , which is highly addictive . Like other addictive drugs body and mind gets used to it . Most of the adults who start smoking in their teens never expect that they would get addicted to it .
Smoking kills about 114,000 people in UK each year . The products that are most damaging are
Tar a carcinogen (substance that causes cancer )
Nicotine is addictive and increases cholesterol levels in your body
Carbon mono oxide which reduces oxygen in the body .
EXTENT OF DAMAGE
The damage caused by smoking is influenced by
The number of cigarettes smoked .
Whether the cigarette has a filter (the king size filter cigerrates deliver more tar and nicotine than ordinary one so are more dangerous .
How the tobacco has been prepared .
SMOKING IN KIDS
Smoking is one of the worst things kids or adults can do to their bodies . yet every day about 3,900 teens start smoking .
Smoking causes a lot harmful effects . some general ill effects are
Bad breadth
Yellow teeth
Frequent cold and cough
Empty wallet ( these are expensive products )
MEDICAL RISKS
Medical risks are
Fertilioty problems
Worsening of asthma
Increased risk of cataract
High blood pressure
Gum diseases
ON THE TOP OF ALL IT IS CARCINOGENIC
It causes cancer of the lung and has role in the development of other cancers as well , which are
Bladder cancer
Cancer of esophagus
Cancer of kidneys
Cervical cancer
SMOKING A KILLER
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