It is known to almost everyone that smoking is no good to one’s health yet many continue to smoke. It may help if people are more aware and constantly be reminded of the hazards that smoking brings even to non-smokers. Here are reasons people should quit smoking:
1. Smoking is one of the most dangerous habits that can harm your health. It can lead to serious illness and disease. Studies and numerous tests have been done to prove that smoking increases the risk of illness and ultimately death.
2. Smoking is not only harmful to the smoker but also to others. This is because of its high nicotine content that can even affect non-smokers surrounding a smoker.
3. Smoking increases your chance of ending up having a lung cancer by 50-100% for every cigarette you smoked. You may also suffer from other lung disease such as bronchitis.
4. Smoking increases the chance of getting a heart disease up to a hundred percent with each pack of cigarettes consumed.
5. Statistics show that smokers are 27% more likely to get hospitalized and spend twice more time in intensive care in contrast to non-smokers.
6. Each cigarette you smoke takes 5-20 minutes off your life.
7. A smoker doubles the risk of dying before turning sixty-five.
8. Smoking makes you ugly as it damages your skin. It causes poor blood circulation and a loss of oxygen making your skin losing its luster and plumpness.
9. Smoking causes bad breath, stain your teeth and even lead to mouth cancer.
10. Heavy and chronic smoking may also cause infertility. It may lead to low sperm count for men and difficulty in ovulation for women.
11. Smoking also damages many other organs in our body aside from those already mentioned. It may also cause cancer of the kidneys, colon, pancreas and esophagus.
These are not all the harmful effects of smoking. But these are more than enough reasons why one should quit smoking.
1. Smoking is one of the most dangerous habits that can harm your health. It can lead to serious illness and disease. Studies and numerous tests have been done to prove that smoking increases the risk of illness and ultimately death.
2. Smoking is not only harmful to the smoker but also to others. This is because of its high nicotine content that can even affect non-smokers surrounding a smoker.
3. Smoking increases your chance of ending up having a lung cancer by 50-100% for every cigarette you smoked. You may also suffer from other lung disease such as bronchitis.
4. Smoking increases the chance of getting a heart disease up to a hundred percent with each pack of cigarettes consumed.
5. Statistics show that smokers are 27% more likely to get hospitalized and spend twice more time in intensive care in contrast to non-smokers.
6. Each cigarette you smoke takes 5-20 minutes off your life.
7. A smoker doubles the risk of dying before turning sixty-five.
8. Smoking makes you ugly as it damages your skin. It causes poor blood circulation and a loss of oxygen making your skin losing its luster and plumpness.
9. Smoking causes bad breath, stain your teeth and even lead to mouth cancer.
10. Heavy and chronic smoking may also cause infertility. It may lead to low sperm count for men and difficulty in ovulation for women.
11. Smoking also damages many other organs in our body aside from those already mentioned. It may also cause cancer of the kidneys, colon, pancreas and esophagus.
These are not all the harmful effects of smoking. But these are more than enough reasons why one should quit smoking.
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