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An educational overview of the negative effects and consequences of smoking commercial tobacco.
JUST SAY NO!
Smoking commercial tobacco doesn't only cause coronary heart disease, strokes, lung diseases, reproductive & birth issues, but also notably causes other issues such as:
- Cancer in other parts of the body aside from than the lungs, including mouth, throat, voice box, esophagus, blood, bladder, bowel, cervical, kidney, liver, stomach and pancreatic cancers.
- A lowered immune system, allowing for us to get sick easier.
- Premature aging, such as wrinkled skin, yellowed fingers and fingernails.
-Poor dental health, as well as a dulled sense of taste and smell.
People who smoke commercial tobacco are 4 times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than non-smokers.
Coronary heart disease is the most common heart disease, and it is when the blood vessels to the heart are narrowed or blocked, essentially starving it of blood.
Coronary heart disease can cause chest pain, shortness of breath and heart attacks, which may result in sudden cardiac death.
The toxins emitted from smoking commercial tobacco harden our bodies arteries and stiffen the blood vessels, making our hearts work harder, which can cause heart attacks.
The risk of having a stroke for commercial tobacco smokers is 2 to 4 times higher than non-smokers.
Strokes are caused by either a blood vessel in the brain breaking or rupturing, or due to blood clots or plaque that blocks the blood vessel.
Commercial tobacco smoke contains over 7,000 toxic chemicals that are transferred from your lungs to your bloodstream, changing and damaging cells all over your body, including the blood cells. These chemicals make the blood in our bodies stickier, and more prone to clotting.
Of some of those chemicals, the carbon monoxide from smoking lowers the amount of oxygen in our blood, and the nicotine makes our hearts beat faster, raising our blood pressure; over half of all strokes are linked to increased blood pressure.
Strokes can cause lasting brain damage, long-term disability and even death.
Smoking commercial tobacco can cause many different lung diseases, including:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as Chronic Bronchitis, which is chronic inflammation of the large airways that causes shortness of breath and coughing up mucus for weeks to months, and Emphysema, which is a condition that affects the air sacs in the lungs, causing a shortness of breath, coughing and extreme tiredness.
Lung Cancer is another lung disease caused by smoking, which is caused by abnormal growth of cells, which can cause lumps, masses, or tumors to grow in the lungs. Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer.
Lung cancer generally does not have any symptoms until it is advanced, at which point it could have spread to other areas of the body.
Smoking is the single most preventable cause of cancer.
Smoking commercial tobacco while pregnant cause women and their babies to be at higher risk of many issues, including:
Ectopic pregnancies, which put a mothers life at risk.
Issues with the placenta which is the organ connecting the mother to the fetus. It can make it in the wrong spot or even separate from the mother's uterus too early, which can lead to serious bleeding, early delivery or other complications, which may require the mother to need an emergency c-section.
Premature births, low-birth weights, miscarriages,
still-births, birth defects (such as a cleft lip) & an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in babies are just some of the things smoking can effect.
Smoking also affects both male and female fertility rates.
Second hand smoke lingers long after someone has smoked on their clothing, furniture and food.
Can cause asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, ear infections, breathlessness and coughing in children and damages their immune systems.
In adults, second hand smoke exposure can cause heart problems, lung cancer, emphysema, breathing issues like asthma, excessive coughing, as well as nasal and chest infections.
Every year in Canada, second hand smoke causes around 800 deaths from lung cancer and heart disease in non-smokers.
- Don't allow peer pressure to get to you; regardless of what anyone tries to tell you, smoking and the lifelong consequences of smoking are not worth it! Don't let anyone intimidate you into smoking or even trying a cigarette. Just simply say "No thanks, I don't smoke."
- If someone offers you an e-cigarette or vaporizer instead of commercial tobacco, they aren't safer no matter what they tell you, and have their own health consequences.
- People may tell you smoking will relieve stress, but don't listen. If you need, find healthy ways to relieve stress, such as participating in sports or extracurricular activities you enjoy, getting more sleep, spend some more time outdoors or talk it out with someone you trust about how you are feeling.
- In Canada, it is estimated that approximately 48,000 people die each year as a result of smoking commercial tobacco.
- Each day, approximately 100 canadians die of a smoking-related illness.
- More Canadians die from tobacco-related diseases each year than due to traffic-related accidents in both Canada and the US combined.
- 3 out of 5 people who experiment with having a cigarette will become addicted.
- The younger a person starts smoking, the greater the risk they have of premature death.
- Life expectancy of smokers is at least 10 years shorter than non-smokers.
- Second hand smoke causes approximately 41,000 deaths each year in non-smokers.