Anyone that tells you that they can name all the harmful effects of smoking in one or two simple sentences possibly has not kept up with all the latest research and scientific information available now. It looks that each time some govt institute or science lab does some type of study on the topic, there is like a dozen or so items to add to the list of the harmful results of smoking.
Many smokers naturally know about lung cancer and easily compare that with the habit of smoking. But did you also know that sterility in both men and women is considered yet one more side effect of smoking? In men, smoking chokes out healthy oxygen that keeps sperm healthy and active. Having “slow” or “lazy” sperm is one usual cause of a man’s infertility; the sperm are simply unhealthy 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 having the ability to release a good egg each month is one major cause of a woman’s infertility “and yet many women have no idea that this reduced ability to reproduce is a standard complication 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 also , as glaringly any part of the body that comes into such close contact with cigarettes is going to be more prone to carcenogenic 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 carcenogenic cells to develop in almost any area of the body. Breast cancer, cervical cancer, carcinoma of the liver, and cancer of the kidneys are also considered to be additional side-effects of smoking. As a matter of fact, many doctors and researchers are tying nearly any cancer into the pollution that smoking brings to the body!
And naturally the effects of smoking on the body’s respiration system are also too many to list. The lungs soak up the toxic smoke from cigarettes but have no method of refining out all their poisons making lung cancer the number one killer. Every part of the respiration system, from the bronchial tubes to the lung sacs themselves, are affected and harmed with each cigarette.
So if you’re somebody who’s thinking about making an attempt to give up smoking, now may be the time. The damage you are doing to your body is too great to ignore, and the list of the harmful results of smoking is just too long. It is time to give up!
Stan Taylor started a blog to help people stop smoking. You can find information on harmful health effects, stop smoking aids and lots more.