Smoking Problems and The Problems of Smoking

Even though we have been lectured on bad effects of smoking for over forty years, the sad truth has yet reached the ears of all smokers. Even worse, as thousands of people take up smoking every year, many of them even before they turn 21, this addiction is far from being cured.

First, let's discuss what you won't get from smoking. First of all, it is not pleasant. The initial relaxing effects of nicotine wear off soon after you start smoking, leaving you with nothing but an expensive habit. Then, it does not help improve your image. You may feel more adult, but yellow teeth and bad breath make you look sick rather than "macho".

Smoking Kills. Really

The facts can't be contested. Every year there are over four hundred thousand casualties of smoking a year in the United States alone. This is almost a hundred times more than died at the WTC attack and ten times more than the US has lost during the 6-year war with terrorism. The moment a smoker lits his or her cigarette, he or she inhales almost five thousand dangerous chemicals. 69 of those compounds are known to be carcinogenic. The risk is practical - over three quarters of lung cancer fatalities in the US is the direct effect of smoking.

Smoking however, does much more than just cause lung cancer. It affects also the heart making it more probable to have a stroke, and increasing chances for developing allergies, respiratory problems such as asthma and other chronic diseases. This may happen both to smokers themselves, and to those who only inhale the smoke, for example children of smoking parents.

Another problem is the health of children. If a woman smokes during pregnancy, or if she spends a lot of time around smokers, the child will probably develop heart problems and smaller lungs. To tell the truth, this is not even a chance, but a certainty. Those children who apparently do not suffer from such problems had a potential of being extremely healthy sportsmen. They lost that chance only because their mothers inhaled cigarette smoke.

Smokers' deaths are only the beginning…

Most smokers however will claim that all those risks of death are just a chance, and they are ready to take it for the cigarette's sake. The problem is that some bad thing happen to every smoker. You may live for a long time even if you're a chain-smoker. However, you will look like a death warmed up for the better part of your life - and this can't be helped. It's not the statistics, it is the real life.

First of all, smoking affects the color of your teeth, staining them yellow or brown. This makes dental cleaning every year a must. However, the gum problems that develop soon after are not so easily disposed of. Cigarette smoke prevents gums from receiving all necessary nutrients, making them weaker and eventually resulting in inadequate periodontal support for your teeth.

Lack of proper circulation in gums causes severe risk of teeth loss. This is not theoretical! A teenage smoker loses between four and six teeth before he reaches his mid-thirties. Poor blood circulation in the mouth often results also in other problems, most notably complications after dental operations. For example, smokers are more likely to suffer of a dry-pocket.

This does not really need anything else, but we promised the whole truth, and there is one more thing about smoking you should now: the damage it does to your physical appearance. As nicotine has negative effect on the effectiveness of your circulation, your skin and hair suffer first when the nutrients do not arrive there in large enough quantities. The skin changes color into a paler and duller shade, and hair start breaking and getting thinner. The effect takes a few years, so many smokers do not attribute their hair problems to smoking, but in reality the only reason for hairs breaking ups is the cigarette smoke.

The time is running. With every cigarette you smoke, you cause irrevocably damage to your health and (reversible) negative change in your appearance. The only right thing to do is quitting smoking right her and right now. Of course, nicotine is addictive and giving up cigarettes is much more difficult than one may think. Fortunately, Cig-Arette is able to minimize the negative symptoms you may suffer during the withdrawal period. Try it and it'll help you get back in shape faster than you think!