The Destructive Dangers Of Smoking

October 15, 2009 · Filed Under Quit Smoking 

It’s very difficult for some people to understand, but the health effects of smoking touch more than just your lungs alone.  While many still connect lung cancer with smoking, they are often uneducated about the dangers of smoking and how completely destructive smoking can be to your health.

Consider these areas of the body that are damaged by smoking.  Your skin is usually touched by premature aging and wrinkles, as one of the common effects of smoking is poor blood circulation and a loss of oxygen, both of which are needed for healthy skin.  A smoker’s mouth usually has discolored and stained teeth and plaque, and teeth can actually become loose as the gums dry up and become brittle.

Cigarettes are not just rolled tobacco, as many people innocently think.  The tobacco industry purposely adds ingredients in order to increase tobacco’s addictiveness.  There are approximately 4000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, many of them toxic. The ingredients in cigarettes affect everything from the internal functioning of organs to the efficiency of the body's immune system.  The effects of cigarette smoking are destructive and widespread, covering your entire body from head to toe.

Setting aside your own personal health, have you ever thought about the effects of cigarette smoking on your pocketbook?  Someone who smokes a pack a day will wind up spending over 0 every year on cigarettes.  That’s an entire month’s rent, two months worth of groceries, three or four car payments, or the cost of a very nice flat-screen television.  Not to mention how that money could grow in a nice savings account!

The effects of cigarette smoking also reach out to those around you as well.  Those who are exposed to second-hand smoke inhale about 15% the amount of nicotine as those who are active smokers, so for every ten cigarettes you have around your children, they may as well have smoked one a half cigarettes themselves.

When thinking about the body’s mid-section, cancers of the esophagus, abdomen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, and colon are all traced to the effects of smoking.  The bones are also not immune to smoking’s effects.  Osteoporosis, spine and hip fractures, and degenerative disc disease can be traced back to smoking.  Infertility is another issue with heavy and chronic smokers, both male and female.  Men can have lower sperm counts and decreased sperm motility, and women can have difficulty with ovulation when smoking.

So if you smoke, it’s time to quit smoking for good.  It’s time to think about how bad this habit really is, how it really touches your life and the lives of those around you.  There are absolutely no health benefits, there is no upside, there is nothing positive about the effects of cigarette smoking.

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