Quitting smoking is not easy, but you can do it। To have the best chance of success in quitting, you need to know what you’re up against, what your options are, and where to go for help. You'll find this information here.
Why should I stop?
Your health
Health problems are usually first on the list of reasons people give for smoking cessation. This is a very real concern: About half of all smokers who keep smoking will expire at the dying of diseases related to smoking. (Quit Smoking Aid)
Cancer
Almost everyone knows that smoking can cause lung cancer, but few realize that it is also a risk factor for many other cancers, too, including cancer of the mouth, larynx (larynx), throat (pharynx), esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas abdomen, neck, stomach and some leukemias.
Pulmonary disease
Pneumonia has been included in the list of diseases known to be caused by smoking since 2004. Smoking also increases the risk of lung diseases like emphysema and chronic bronchitis.(Quit Smoking Aid) These diseases are grouped under the term COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). COPD causes chronic illness and disability, and worsens over time - sometimes it becomes deadly.(Quit Smoking Aid) Emphysema and chronic bronchitis can be found in people aged 40 years, but are usually at an older age, when the symptoms are much worse। Long-term smokers have the highest risk of severe COPD.
Heart attack, stroke and blood vessel diseases
Smokers are twice as likely to die from heart attacks if there are smokers. And smoking is an important risk factor for peripheral vascular disease, stenosis of blood vessels that blood in the arm and arm muscles. Smoking also affects the walls of the blood vessels to the brain (carotid arteries), which can cause stroke. (Quit Smoking Aid)Men who smoke are more likely to develop erectile dysfunction (impotence) because of vascular disease.
Blindness and other problems
Smoking causes an increased risk of macular degeneration, one of the most common causes of blindness in older people. It also causes premature wrinkling of the skin, bad breath, bad-smell clothes and hair, yellow fingernails.
Specific risks for women and children
Women have some unique risks associated with smoking। Women over 35 who smoke and use birth control pills, have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and blood clots in the legs। Women who smoke are more likely to miscarry (lose a child), or have lower birth-weight baby। The low birth weight babies are more likely to die or have learning and physical problems.
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