Many people and media outlets will tell you exactly what the impact of smoking has on your body. The areas of your body that are most affected include the following internal organs: mouth, pharynx, larynx, food pipe, lungs, liver, pancreas, kidney, stomach, bladder, and cervax.
The cancers and chronic lung infections that come from smoking not only occurs from first-hand smoking, but from second-hand smoking as well.
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, bronchitis and emphysema. All these diseases are terrible to comprehend, but, there is also other statistics you may not be aware of. As reported by the Cancer Research UK team, half of the smokers who die from this habit are also middle aged. To sum it all up, the longer you smoke and the amount of cigarettes you smoke all pose a greater risk of getting any of these diseases.
There is also an increased chance of getting a form of lymph gland leukaemia, more widely known as Hodgkin’s disease.
As mentioned, second hand smoke also poses potential health risks to many people who live or come in contact with smokers. The worst group of people affected, especially from heavy smokers, are children, as they have a higher risk of developing bronchitis, childhood asthma, pneumonia, sore throats, coughs, ear infections and many other high and low-risk illnesses.
The body inside is not the only affected area with smoking, but, also causes your outer body to go through changes. Smoking alters the skin where there is an increase in the age of your skin. It has been found those individuals who smoke have skin that wrinkles up to 20 years earlier than those who don’t. Just look at either yourself or other smokers and one telltale sign of a heavy smoker or a endurance smoker is the area around their mouth. Another great reason to quit smoking .... age reversal!
Another statistic you may not even have realised is that in the UK tobacco contributes to at least 2,000 limb amputations and accounts for at least 30,000 heart disease deaths each year! The American Lung Association also estimates that 440,000 Americans die each year from diseases related to smoking. A rather grim statistic that you shouldn’t be added to.