| There is strong medical evidence that smoking | | | | |
| tobacco is related to more than two dozen | | | | What about cigar and pipe smoking? |
| diseases and conditions. It has negative | | | | |
| effects on nearly every organ of the body and | | | | People who smoke cigars or pipes seem to have |
| reduces overall health. Smoking tobacco | | | | a higher risk of death from coronary heart |
| remains the leading cause of preventable | | | | disease (and possibly stroke), but their risk |
| death and has negative health impacts on | | | | isn't as great as that of cigarette smokers. |
| people of all ages: unborn babies, infants, | | | | This is probably because they're less likely |
| children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. | | | | to inhale the smoke. Currently there's very |
| | | | little scientific information on cigar and |
| Smoking leads people to develop health | | | | pipe smoking and cardiovascular disease, |
| problems like cancer, emphysema (breakdown of | | | | especially among young men, who represent the |
| lung tissue), organ damage, and heart | | | | vast majority of cigar users. |
| disease. These diseases limit a person's | | | | |
| ability to be normally active - and can be | | | | Smoking Cause Acne In Women |
| fatal. Each time a smoker lights up, that | | | | |
| single cigarette takes about 5 to 20 minutes | | | | New findings link Acne in women who smoke. |
| off the person's life. | | | | Italian researchers from the San Gallicano |
| | | | Dermatological Institute in Rome have found |
| How Does Smoke Affect Cholesterol? | | | | that smoking causes acne in human and affects |
| | | | women the most. They discovered a particular |
| Smoking tobacco in any form, even cigars, | | | | type of acne known as NIA (non inflammatory |
| will have the effect of increasing LDL | | | | acne), which is common in smoker. This type |
| cholesterol and decreasing HDL cholesterol. | | | | of acne in smoker is characterised by blocked |
| It also slightly increases triglycerides. | | | | pores, large blackheads, which are less |
| This is a triple whammy because it negatively | | | | inflamed than normal acne. |
| affects all your cholesterol levels. | | | | |
| Cholesterol levels have a direct correlation | | | | Increased risk of illness. Studies show that |
| with coronary artery disease also known as | | | | smokers get more colds, flu, bronchitis, and |
| atherosclerosis. | | | | pneumonia than nonsmokers. And people with |
| | | | certain health conditions, like asthma, |
| Smoking Cause Heart Disease | | | | become more sick if they smoke (and often if |
| | | | they're just around people who smoke). |
| The current data demonstrate that the ill | | | | Because teens who smoke as a way to manage |
| effects of secondhand smoke result from many | | | | weight often light up instead of eating, |
| components of tobacco smoke. These include | | | | their bodies lack the nutrients they need to |
| carbon monoxide, nicotine, polycyclic | | | | grow, develop, and fight off illness |
| aromatic hydrocarbons and others. | | | | properly. |
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| The carbon monoxide produced by passive | | | | The report concludes that smoking reduces the |
| smoking competes with oxygen for binding | | | | overall health of smokers, contributing to |
| sites on red blood cells. This reduces the | | | | such conditions as hip fractures, |
| blood's ability to deliver oxygen to the | | | | complications from diabetes, increased wound |
| heart and compromises the heart muscle's | | | | infections following surgery, and a wide |
| ability to use oxygen to create adenosine | | | | range of reproductive complications. For |
| triphosphate. The carbon monoxide also | | | | every premature death caused each year by |
| increases the amount of lactate in venous | | | | smoking, there are at least 20 smokers living |
| blood. | | | | with a serious smoking-related illness. |