People who smoke put themselves and others at risk for harmful health consequences. Tobacco smoke contains many chemicals that are harmful to both smokers and nonsmokers. Smoking is highly addictive because of nicotine which is responsible for a person’s addiction to cigarettes. On an average, smokers' life expectancy is 10 years less than non-smokers.
Cigarette smoking is one of the main causes of premature and avoidable
death in this country. Smoking harms
nearly every organ of the body and reduces a person’s overall health. Smoking also causes heart disease, stroke, cancer,
lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It also increases risk for tuberculosis,
certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system and rheumatoid
arthritis.
A woman who smokes is at a higher risk of miscarriage, or she
can have a premature delivery and the baby will have an abnormally low birth
weight. It also increases the infants’ risk
of death from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome if the woman smokes during her
pregnancy.
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