The Effects of Smoking to Your Health

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) there about 1.3 billion people who smoke all over the world and the numbers are growing. And based on their facts, smoking is responsible for ninety percent (90%) of lung cancer, seventy five percent (75%) of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and twenty five percent (25%) of cases of ischaemic heart disease (a disease characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart and is the most common cause of death in most western countries).

Here are some of the effects of smoking to your body;

• Teeth
• Discoloration and stains
• Plaque, loose teeth
• Gum disease (gingivitis)

(Teeth discoloration due to smoking)

• Mouth and Throat
• Cancer of lips, mouth, throat and larynx
• Sore throat
• Reduced sense of taste
• Breath smell of smoke

• Respiration and Lungs
• Lung cancer
• Cough and sputum, shortness of breath
• Colds and flu, pneumonia and asthma
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema
• Complicates tuberculosis

(A healthy lungs and one affected with lung cancer)

•  Liver
• Cancer

•  Kidneys and Bladder
• Cancer

• Heart
• Harms, blocks and weakens arteries of the heart
• Heart attack

These are just some of the harmful benefits that you get from smoking. So before you smoke, better think of yourself and how smoking can harm you and others around you because of that smoke you emit.