SMOKING..AIN'T IT SILLY? NOT SILLY ANY MORE..

Looking for a safe way to smoke so that you don’t get sick? There would be closed doors in front of you. Replacing any medium to smoke such as cigarette, hookah,pipe or any other tobacco carrier will make no use to your decaying body

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EFFECTS OF SMOKING:

• CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM- Nicotine is an ingredient in tobacco that is basically a mood shifter. It can generally make you feel energetic and later even more tired and crave. When it is taken in, the nicotine hits the nervous system and stimulates it. Tobacco can cause macular degeneration, poor eyesight and cataract along with a loose sense of taste.

• RESPIRATORY SYSTEM- Lungs basically have the ability to sense harmful chemicals and revert back but due to a repetitive intake, it can destroy this ability. Therefore, these substances get stuck in the lungs.

• MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM- Smoking frequently can reduce bone density and tighten certain muscles.

OVERALL EFFECT

Tobacco smoke can cause stomach and intestines inflammation and irritation. Digestive tract ulcer risk is on a high scale with the dangerous substances infusing in the other systems.

SMOKING CAUSES 10 TYPES OF CANCER:

• LUNG CANCER

                       

Lung cancer is the most commonly occurring disease associated to smoking. Most of the cases of lung cancer occur due to smoking. It is one of the most dangerous diseases when compared to the other diseases.

• BREAST CANCER

            

The older studies never found any association between breast cancer and smoking while the recent studies suggests there is a close relation between nicotine and breast cancer. There is nicotine that can increase breast cells causing breast carcinogenesis and also nicotine can right away give in to molecular mechanism of carcinogenesis.

• COLON CANCER

                        

It is cancer that causes in the large intestine in which the it begins with a small, clumps of cells known as adenomatous polyps that then generates to colon cancer or rectal cancer.

• LEUKAEMIA

                

The benzene in the smoke is known to cause myeloid leukaemia in adults whereas passive smoking can cause acute lymphoblastic leukaemia(ALL) in children.

• BLADDER CANCER

                          

Smoking can cause bladder cancer in both men and women. Passive smokers are at a higher risk of bladder cancer as inhaling the smoke which has poisonous chemicals can enhance the bladder cells to cause cancer.

• LIVER CANCER

                      

It is not just alcohol that causes liver cancer but smoking is a dangerous agent to this disease. People who already have hepatitis B are at a higher risk of falling prey to liver cancer.

• PANCREATIC CANCER

The harmful chemicals in tobacco give in to damaging DNA resulting in pancreatic cancer.

• VAGINAL CANCER

                      

There is a six-fold increased risk in women to have vaginal cancer due to smoking. It gets elevated even after five year of quitting smoking.

• MOUTH AND THROAT CANCER

          

Smoking tobacco can directly affect the larynx, oral cavity and oesophagus causing mouth and throat cancer. Around 85% of the mouth and throat cancer occur because of smoking and tobacco chewing.

• KIDNEY CANCER

        

Kidney cancer mainly occurs in men than women in the worldwide ratio. This happens due to the harmful substance which can slowly but powerfully enhance the growth of cancer cells.

5 STEPS TO QUIT SMOKING.

• Tell your friends and family on your decision to quit smoking.

              

• Make a plan on how to quit and what is your schedule of the day.

                                  

• Stay busy. Watch a movie, go out with friends and family, chew gum or hard candy, deep breath breaks, keep your hand busy with a pen or pencil and so on.

                        

• Avoid areas that trigger you to get onto smoking again. Places like pubs, beer bars and hotels. Eating healthy and not that always ravishes your taste buds can be included in your diet.

                    

• Think about quitting smoking for an hour or a day and not forever! Take it slow and steady.

                          

It is not just a quitting that comes within, there is a life that is given birth again and you will the hero in it!

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AUTHOR - Shruti Manmadhan Nair