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These are the consequences of smoking;
stained teeth, fingers, and hair;
increased frequency
of colds, particularly chest colds and bronchitis;
asthma;
neuralgia;
gastrointestinal difficulties, constipation,
diarrhea, and colitis;
headaches;
nausea;
convulsions;
leukoflakia (smoker's patch);
insomnia;
heart
murmur;
Buerger's disease (inflammation of blood vessel linings);
shortness of breath;
arthritis;
smoker's
hack;
nervousness;
wrinkles and premature aging;
tension;
gastric, duodenal, and peptic ulcers;
lung cancer;
cancer of the lip, tongue, pharynx, larynx, and bladder;
emphysema;
high blood pressure;
heart disease;
artherosclerosis
& arteriosclerosis (thickening and loss of
. elasticity of the blood vessels with lessened blood flow);
inflammation
of the sinus passages;
tobacco angina (nicotine angina pectoris);
pneumonia;
influenza;
pulmonary tuberculosis;
tobacco amblyopia;
impared hearing and decreased sexual activity.
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Want to quit? Here are a few numbers that should make it easier...
- More than 80% of all adult smokers started in their teens.
- 450 children start smoking every day in the UK.
- Recent research suggests that people who smoke are over 50% more likely than
non-smokers to have serious relationship problems, including a greater likelihood of suffering from anxiety and depression.
- Breast-fed babies whose mothers smoke are exposed to nicotine through their
milk, often up to half a cigarette's worth a day.
- 50% of all regular long-term smokers will be killed by their habit.
- In one decade, a 20-a-day smoker will blow around 51,331.25
Aussie dollars on cigarettes.
- Psoriasis is a medical condition that leaves the skin looking red, raw and
scaley. one in four cases are thought to have been triggered by smoking.
- Smokers are more likely to suffer from lower self-esteem than non-smokers.
In a recent survey by the HEA, 17% of smokers planned to drop out before taking their GCSE's, compared to just 10% of non-smokers.
- Approximately one tree in 25 cut down in the world are burnt to cure tobacco
and make it ready for smoking.
- Nearly 500 million people alive today will eventually die from smoking-related
diseases.
- One puff on a ciggie delivers over 4,000 different chemicals into your
body. Many are known to cause cancer.
- Christopher Columbus first introduced the world to tobacco in 1492, having
come across Native Americans rolling their own for ceremonies. When the habit took off, millions of Africans were shipped
across as slaves to help grow the crop for profit.
- All around the world, 6,000,000,000,000 cigarettes are smoked each year.
- Smoking is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the UK. More than
120,000 people die each year from smoke-related diseases.
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