Dangers of Smoking
If you are a smoker, the first way to improve one’s health is to quit all use of tobacco today. Smoking damages not only your body, but second-hand smoke hurts the people around you.
A cigarette contains roughly 4,000 chemicals, most of which are poisonous. Some of the worst of these chemicals are as follows:
- Nicotine: Very addictive deadly poison
- Arsenic: Used in rat poison
- Methane: A component of rocket fuel
- Ammonia: Found in cleaning chemicals
- Cadmium: Used in batteries
- Carbon Monoxide: Same chemical that comes out of car exhaust
If you do smoke, you probably do it because it probably relieves your stress or gives you a slight head buzz. But, smoking does much more harm than good. Smoking can cause wrinkles, stained teeth, more cavities, more likely chances of catching colds including bronchitis and pneumonia, weaker bones and joints, heart problems, slower healing time, and most of all deadly diseases and cancer. 85% of cases of lung cancer in the United States are caused by smoking.
Do yourself one of the biggest favors of your life, quit smoking today. You will save money for much more awarding experiences. If you decided to quit smoking right now, click here to view the calendar of when you will regain the health benefits of a non-smoker.