More Problems Caused by Smoking...
LUNG DISEASES
Almost all cases of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are caused by smoking. People with COPD have chronic bronchitis and emphysema, causing shortness of breath, disability and eventually death.
MORE ILLNESS
Colds, infections and may other types of sickness are more common in smokers due to their weaker immune system. They also develop more stomach ulcers, and miss more days of work. Because smokers are sick more often, and need more medical care, everyone pays for a smoker's poor health with increased costs for health insurance.
WRINKLES
Smoking causes wrinkles by decreasing blood circulation to the skin. Smokers look older than non-smokers the same age. And because their skin is thinner, women show it sooner than men.
You may want to look older- but who wants wrinkles?!?
DEATH
On average, adults who smoke cigarettes die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers. In all, approximately 443,000 people die each year from smoking, including about 49,000 just from exposure to second-hand smoke!! Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death in the USA. It is responsible for more than all the deaths from AIDS, alcohol, other drug abuse, car crashes, murders, suicides, and fires combined! Hopefully these needless deaths will decrease now that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally been granted permission to regulate the manufacturing and marketing of tobacco in the USA.
Lesson Progress
- Introduction
- Tobacco: WHY you should be skeptical
- Major Harmful Ingredients in Tobacco
- Tobacco Risks, Hazards & Costs
- Immediate Effects Noticed by New Smokers
- More Problems Caused by Smoking
- Special Concerns About Smoking
- More Special Concerns About Smoking
- When non-smokers inhale
- Cigars Are Cool?
- Smokeless Tobacco
- Smoking Cessation
- More Ideas for Smoking Cessation
- $ UP IN SMOKE $