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Smoking

Smoking is inhalation and exhalation of the fumes of burning tobacco. After a drying and curing process, tobacco leaves will be rolled into cigars or shredded for insertion into smoking pipes. Cigarettes are the most popular method of smoking. Cigarettes consist of finely shredded tobacco rolled in lightweight paper. Until the 1940s smoking was considered harmless, but laboratory research has since confirmed that tobacco smoke presents a hazard to health. The research found that smoke from the cigarette contains around 4,000 chemicals, some of which are highly toxic and about 43 of which cause cancer. Nicotine from tobacco smoke is both poisonous and highly addictive.

Have you realize that smoking-related deaths are caused by coronary heart disease and chronic airway obstruction. The example is nicotine combines with carbon monoxide in tobacco smoke that damages the lining of blood vessels and makes blood platelets stickier then builds up in artery walls. These effects contribute to the development of heart disease.

Cigar and pipe smoke contains the same toxic as found in cigarette smoke. Study said that the mortality rates from cancer of the mouth, throat, larynx, pharynx, and esophagus are equal in users of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. Rates of coronary heart disease, lung cancer, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis are elevated for cigar and pipe smokers.

Say no to smoke and drug. Promise to your self not to smoke and drug. Let’s start today.