Harmful Effects of Smoking
The Harmful Effects of Smoking Are Numerous.
Anyone that tells you that they can name all the harmful effects of smoking in a few simple sentences probably hasn’t kept up with all the latest research and scientific data available now. It seems that every time some government institute or science lab does some type of study on the subject, there is yet another dozen or so items to add to the list of the harmful effects of smoking.
Many people of course know about lung cancer and easily equate that with the habit of smoking. But did you also know that infertility in both men and women is considered yet another side effect of smoking? In men, smoking chokes out healthy oxygen that keeps sperm healthy and active. Having “slow” or “lazy” sperm is one common cause of a man’s infertility; the sperm are just not healthy enough to make that long trip toward a woman’s egg! In women, smoking can interfere with her ovulation process, keeping healthy blood flow to her fallopian tubes. Not being able to release a healthy egg each month is one major cause of a woman’s infertility – and yet many women don’t know that this decreased ability to conceive a child is a common side effect of smoking!
When speaking of cancer, the lungs are just one area of the body affected. Many smokers contract cancer in the mouth and throat area as well, as obviously any part of the body that comes into such close contact with cigarettes is going to be more prone to cancerous cells.
Because the tar and nicotine from cigarettes is absorbed in the bloodstream, and the body’s blood travels to every cell, there is the chance for cancerous cells to develop in virtually any area of the body. Breast cancer, cervical cancer, cancer of the liver, and cancer of the kidneys are also thought to be additional side effects of smoking. As a matter of fact, many doctors and researchers are tying virtually any cancer into the pollution that smoking brings to the body!
And of course the effects of smoking on the body’s respiratory system are also too many to list. The lungs absorb the toxic smoke from cigarettes but have no way of filtering out all their poisons. Every part of the respiratory system, from the bronchial tubes to the lung sacs themselves, are affected and harmed with each and every cigarette.
So if you’re someone who’s thinking of trying to quit smoking, now is the time. The damage you’re doing to your body is too great to ignore, and the list of the harmful effects of smoking is just too long. It’s time to quit!
Real Health Effects of Smoking
There are some real detrimental Health Effects of Smoking
It’s a strange occurrence that in the last few years, some smoker’s rights groups have risen up to claim that there are really not that many damaging health effects of smoking. Many say that lung cancer is just a disease of old age, as are all the other cancers that are associated with smoking.
So what then really is hype and what is truth when it comes to this habit, and specifically, what has been shown to be the real health effects of smoking?
In short, with every new study and every new research paper that comes out, there is just more and more bad news when it comes to the health effects of smoking. As scientists, biologist, and doctors learn more about the human body and are able to trace smoking’s effects more clearly, they learn more about its damage.
While lung cancer is still the prime concern for many when it comes to the health effects of smoking, in truth, many cancers have been traced to this habit, including bladder cancer, throat cancer, cancer of the larynx, liver cancer, cancer of the tongue and other areas of the mouth, cancer of the large intestine, and even blood cancer or leukemia.
Additionally, smoking works to dry up the arteries around the heart, causing this muscle to work all that much harder to do its job. One of the clear health effects of smoking is recurrent heart attacks, heart disease, and other ailments of the vascular system. Many cases of heart disease and heart attacks happen in non-smokers that can be traced back to secondhand smoke or passive smoking, or of living in a very smoky atmosphere.
And of course cancer is not the only disease of the lung that is a resultant health effect of smoking. Bronchitis, asthma, chronic sore throat, chronic cough with sputum, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and virtually any other disease that one can contract in the respiratory system is somehow linked to smoking.
Believe it or not, infertility is also linked to smoking, for both men and women. A man’s sperm count can be affected by his smoking, as can his sperm motility. A woman’s ovulation is also affected by smoking. In either case, conception can be that much more difficult if one or both smoke.
So the bottom line is that there are numerous health effects of smoking, and none of them are good. It’s not hype; it’s fact that smoking does absolutely nothing but ruin your health and the health of those around you.