Harms of Smoking Addiction

The bad habit of Smoking can be very harmful to your body. Smoking can be a cause for many physical ailments, both internal and external and it can even lead you to mental agonies at times. Some of the harms that addiction to smoking can cause you are as follows:

• Smoking is the reason behind most cases of lung cancer. It is roughly estimated that 87 percent of the cases of cancer of the lung is caused by smoking. Smoking is also responsible for other ailments of the lung like chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
  
  
• Smoking is a menace to the heart and the circulatory system. It is believed that nicotine inhaled through smoking tobacco activates the adrenaline glands to produce hormones that increase the blood pressure and the heart rate. The carbon monoxide in the smoke use up the oxygen in the circulatory system diminishing the flow of oxygen to many important human organs
  
  
• Smoking is the mother of all cancers. Cancer of the mouth, stomach, lungs, kidneys, cervix, esophagus, larynx, rectum, colon and certain other organs are results of long habits of smoking. Smoking even causes certain cases of leukemia.
  
  
• Smoking is an enemy to the natural process of reproduction. Smoking can make you infertile. Smoking is responsible for miscarriages in females and impotence among males.
  
  
• Smoking can have a drastic effect on pregnant women. Smoking can lead to complications in the delivery and may impair certain organs in the baby.
  
  
• Smoking can mar your physical appearance and bearing to a great extent. This habit is responsible for wrinkles on your face, and discoloration of your teeth and fingers.
  
  
• Smoking can kill your appetite and your sense of taste and smell. It can prove disastrous in the long run.
  
  
• Smoking can make you an insomniac. Many chain smokers suffer from severe cases of insomnia.

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• Treatment for Smoking Addiction