Effects Of Smoking On The Body - Disease Caused By Smoking

By Leeanne Utiger
Within this article you will find information regarding smoke and the effects smoking can have on your body. The article will also contain information on what diseases smoking can cause if you persist on smoking. The article will be divided into twp parts. The first part will include the information on the effects that smoking can have on our body, and then the second part to this article will contain the information regarding what diseases smoking can in fact cause us.

The Effects of Smoking on the Body:
Smoking can cause many varying effects on the body. Some effects that smoking can cause the body are far more severe than other effects. In the second part to this article I will go into further detail about those. But death can be a very severe effect of smoking on the body. Dry skin is an effect on the body from smoking. Now who wants to suffer from having dry skin all of the time. Not only is treatment for dry skin costly but also irritable. Smoking effects on the body range from gum disease to headaches and strokes. Smoking harms the body in so many varying ways. The effects smoking has on the body is alarming. Smoking may be causing effects with your breathing. A husky sounding 'smokers' cough is in fact an effect on the body due to smoking. Rapid breathing is another effect on the body from smoking. Effects of smoking on the body truly are astronomical. Smoking can cause major effects to your heart and body. The nicotine found in cigarettes raises blood pressure, which in turn can make the blood that circulates within your body clot easier. Carbon monoxide can steal oxygen from the blood in your body, causing cholesterol to build up on artery walls, therefore causing heart attacks. This is a very serious effect on the body from smoking. And worse case scenario and effect on the body from smoking is obtaining Cancer. Cancer can change your life for good, and even kill you.

Diseases Caused by Smoking:
There are a few diseases that are caused by smoking. I will provide a list of these diseases that are caused by smoking for you below. If you know a smoker, maybe you should show them this list of diseases caused by smoking, it may make them think about weighing up what smoking does for them and whether they really want to end up suffering from one of the diseases that are caused by smoking. Some of the diseases caused by smoking include:

Cardiovascular disease - this can include Coronary thrombosis, Cerebral thrombosis, and Kidney failure.

Cancer - Cancer is a very powerful disease and there are a number of caner related diseases that are caused by smoking. These include: Lung cancer, Bladder cancer, Cancer of the oesophagus, Cancer of the kidneys, Cancer of the pancreas, Cervical cancer.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - this disease covers conditions such as: Emphysema, and Chronic bronchitis both of which are diseases caused by smoking.

Now don't we have a nice little collection of diseases listed above that smoking can cause?! Smoking really can be the cause of so many people obtaining the above diseases and the sooner smokers realize that smoking can be the cause of one of the diseases listed above, they will reduce their chances of contracting such diseases.

Diseases that are caused by smoking are not pleasant and can in fact be the death of a person. Is it worth running the risk of contracting such diseases caused by smoking, simply out of an addiction to nicotine or the chemicals cigarette smoking provide? Wouldn't it be easier to have strength and find a way and willpower to quit smoking, than to have to spend your life being ill with one of the diseases that smoking can cause?

See Also:
Smoking and disease

Use Self Hypnosis to Quit Smoking

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