Almost every person in the modern world has heard about the dangers of smoking. However, once again dragging on, no one thinks about the upcoming consequences of cigarettes and smoke from them. We have heard many facts about smoking since school, and some are still covered in the darkness of obscurity. And this is not surprising, since the manufacturer of cigarettes every year tries to reduce the cost of goods by adding more substances dangerous to humans.
General statistics
Facts about the dangers of smoking suggest that the primary blow is taken by the internal organs and systems, which for some time begin to malfunction.
Today it is known that 9% of the world's population dies from diseases that have appeared as a result of regular use of cigarettes and smoke inhalation. Pay attention to the fact that over the past half century, more people have died from the "fever of the 21st century" than during the Second World War.
Tobacco=poison
The facts about smoking become interesting when a person has experienced them. And in order to avoidlife of tobacco poison, it is important to know the following:
- It has been 6 seconds since you are reading this article, and during this time 1 person on Earth has died as a result of smoking.
- The composition of cigarettes is represented by a huge variety, in which you can find more than four thousand poisonous, radioactive or carcinogenic substances. Not the most pleasant supplement for the body every day. Studies show that chemical elements not only harm the body, but also increase the effect of alcohol, hookah and other negative substances.
- 43 chemical elements provoke the development of cancer cells.
Years go by…
There are very interesting facts about the dangers of smoking, showing how many years a person's life can be reduced. This problem is of interest even to international experts who study the effect of tobacco on the respiratory, musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems. It was found that the life expectancy of a smoker (with an experience of more than a year) is reduced by 13 years. This indicator is very weighty given the fact that many do not even live to retirement age.
If you started or continue to smoke after age 35, then every year of bad habit takes away 3 months of the future.
The facts about smoking say that various diseases affect many vital systems at the same time! From the first seconds, smoke penetrates the lungs, creates an impenetrable shell, which makes it difficult for oxygen to enter. The least dangerous consequence of smoking is bronchitis, whichcan easily turn into pneumonia. The most serious diseases of the respiratory system are asthma and oncology. And of course, along with the above ailments, as a "bonus" the smoker gets a disturbed metabolism, malfunctioning of the intestines, gastritis, pancreatitis, and so on.
If I quit?
The facts about smoking are of interest to many, but not everyone thinks about what changes occur in the body if you decide to leave the addiction in the past.
Note that 76 percent are returning to cigarettes - the vast majority! Most re-smoking occurs in the first week after abstinence.
Inflexible statistics suggest that only 7 percent of smokers are able to overcome addiction. As a rule, the number of attempts varies from 5 to 7, ending unsuccessfully. But at the same time, nicotine replacement products increase your chances of successfully quitting addiction by 90 percent.
Surprisingly, interesting facts about smoking become such when it becomes known that 40% of smokers are women! Just imagine, almost half of those who daily suck on a cigarette are future or current mothers, the fair sex, who hardly care about their he alth. Moreover, studies show that women are more prone to addiction if they tried smoking before the age of 10 - and this is 25% of all teenagers who smoke.
When you quitthen…
Of course, you can permanently stop the process of withering of the body, if you give up addiction, and do it the sooner the better!
The first thing you notice after quitting cigarettes is a he althy looking face. You will have dryness, acne, pimples, toxins will gradually leave your body. After quitting smoking, the risk of getting a heart disease will decrease significantly: myocardial infarction, lung cancer, stomach cancer, coronary heart disease will no longer threaten the body. After a few weeks, shortness of breath will pass, the respiratory system will recover, you will be able to run more and more often without experiencing heavy loads. Life will be filled with bright colors and light without cigarettes, which drove many to the grave. Is it worth it to start a deadly red tape of cigarette smoke that can stick to the body like a parasite?
