Wake Up With Unbelievable Information on Smoking!!

Everyone says that “Smoking is harmful for health” but nobody actually knows how and to which extent, it is hazardous for health. Here given below are some useful and relevant information regarding smoking which will force you to think twice before lighting a cigarette.

 A report was submitted by WHO in the year 2002, according to which more than 26% of males and 9% of females died due to smoking. This estimation is only of the developed countries, just think of the undeveloped and under developed countries. Not only this, Infact close to about 440,000 USA citizens die every year due to tobacco related illnesses and about 1,205 per day. Smoking is the leading cause of death in the U.S.

 An international team of researchers proved that people under 40 are 5 times more likely to have a heart attack if they smoke. Popularly known as “British doctor’s study”, it is a team of British scientists headed by Richard Doll. This team has carried out a longitudinal study of 34,439 medical specialists from 1951 to 2001. They revealed that smoking reduced life expectancy by 10 years and that is almost half of the smokers died from illnesses possibly caused by smoking i.e. cancer, heart disease and stroke.

 A recent research states that the possibility of impotence is approximately 85% more in male smokers as compared to that of non-smokers. Furthermore, the main health complications associated with smoking is mainly of cardiovascular system (hear attack) respiratory system (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), asthma, emphysema, lung cancer, larynx and tongue cancer) etc.

 Cigarettes are found to have more than 19 carcinogens. The term carcinogen is used for any substance, radionuclide or agent that is responsible for causing cancer. Furthermore a cigarette contains close to about 4000 chemicals and nearly 400 toxins that are highly devastating for your health.