The ill effects of smoking cigarettes are very harmful; the
damage of cigarette smoking most often happens in the respiratory tract and the
circulatory system and can also lead to illnesses like cancer, heart and lung
disease. Unfortunately, it is not only
the smoker who is affected but anyone near the smoker is also in danger – this is
secondhand smoke where a non-smoker is forced to inhale the smoke which comes
from the person who smokes. This is also
called passive smoking which is very harmful to people close to him while he
smokes especially if the smoker often smokes indoors which exposes others in
the room to the cigarette smoke.
When a family member
smokes continuously in front of other members, it can be very harmful
especially in children as their body is still developing and they can succumb
to the effects of smoking. If you live with a smoker the effects of secondhand
smoke are much deadlier. The dangers the
secondhand smoke brings is that the arteries of your heart age faster and has
to work harder by pumping more blood due to lack of oxygen and the presence of carbon
monoxide thus making the heart deteriorate tremendously each time you inhale
cigarette smoke. The lungs are more vulnerable
to a lot of lung diseases like cough, asthma attacks, complicated chronic
obstructive pulmonary diseases, immune system gets weak etc. There are many more ill-effects of secondhand
smoke.
Therefore, it is important for a smoker to quit smoking and live a
healthy life not only for him but also his family and people surrounding him.
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