Smoking Is Injurious To Health..

.. You all know the harmful effects of smoking on our health, environment and others. Smoking is harmful for each and every organ of the body. In simple words, we can say that smokers are near death stage. Nicotine is a highly addictive drug found in tobacco. The intake of this drug stops your body growth and results in causing various diseases. "A cigarette is a pipe with a fire at one end and a fool at the other". Please don't be the fool... Each cigarette you smoke is supposed to shorten your life by 11 Minutes. It is known to everyone that cigarette smoking is harmful and addictive. But very few know the risks of cigarette addiction. Smoking inflicts body with many irreversible damages and reduces the human life span by 25 years. Effects of Smoking on Body: Heart: Smoking is the biggest risk factor for all heart diseases. It accelerates the process of fat deposition in the inner walls of arteries (atherosclerosis). It increases blood pressure and heart rate. Not only these, smoking increases tendency for the blood to clot. It reduces the capacity of a person to exercise. (Exercises always keep heart healthy). Lungs: Smoking destroys small hairs present in upper parts of airways. In normal persons these hairs protect lungs from germs, dust and other harmful particles. When this natural cleaning system is damaged germs, dust, smoke and other harmful chemicals enter lungs causing infection, cough and lung cancer. The air sacs of lungs (alveoli) get permanently damaged causing difficulty in breathing. Digestive system: Smoking causes heart burn ,delays healing of peptic ulcers, increases risk of Crohn’s disease and formation of gall stones. It affects liver and increases chances of stomach cancer. Legs: Smoking affects blood vessels of legs causing chronic pain in legs. This may further progress to cause gangrene of toes or feet. Eyes: The sensitive blood vessels of eye are easily damaged by smoking. This causes blood shot appearance of eyes and itching. In heavy smokers it may lead to degeneration and loss of eyesight. Smokers are at an increased risk of cataracts. Skin: Due to smoking the skin is deprived of oxygen and it loses its texture. An average smoker looks 5 years older than his healthy non smoking counterparts. The skin loses its healthy glow and takes on a yellowish-gray cast. The more cigarettes smoked, the worse skin will look. Wrinkles start appearing very quickly as smoking affects elastic tissues of skin. Bones: It accelerates the process of osteoporosis Cancer: Smoking causes cancer of lungs, larynx, oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus and bladder. Tobacco smoke contains more than 60 substances which cause cancer. 87% lung cancer death occurs due to smoking. Reproductive system: Smoking reduces fertility in both men and women. In women: Smoking imbalances estrogen hormone in women. It causes dryness of vagina and reduces blood flow to genital organs. Women who smoke can get diseases of fallopian tubes and their egg production is affected. Smoking can cause abortion. It accelerates aging process and can cause early menopause. The growth of baby retards when mother smokes in pregnancy. It affects the brain development of baby and reduces IQ. This happens even when mother is a passive smoker. The chances of miscarriage, premature birth and fetal death increase. In men: Smoking impairs erections and can become a reason for erectile dysfunction. It affects semen and also reduces sperm count and impairs sperm motility. But these are reversed after stopping smoking. Hence quit smoking. Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits for you and your loved ones. There are many people who are aware of ill effects of smoking cigarettes, but there is something that always stops them from quitting smoking. And that fear is the one of gaining weight. Just because of this fear, a person keeps on inhaling the smoke of these killer cigarettes. Cigarette smoking helps to burn calories. A chain smoker will burn up to 200 calories in a day. This helps a person stay in shape. Other reason is that nicotine suppresses the appetite of the person. But, after smoking cessation, your appetite will increase and this will lead to weight gain. To prevent weight gain when quitting smoking, it is advisable to do regular exercise and be careful about your diet. You should also avoid alcohol. There is a wise saying, Known devil is better than the unknown angel. The unending controversy between the smokers, whether cigarette smoking is better or pipe smoking is better may not be of academic interest to the non-smoking community, apart from its entertainment value. Just mention the word pipewith any pipe-smoker and be a patient listener to the facts and figures that he is going to reel out to you in defense of pipe-smoking. Clay is one of the earliest and finest materials used to design, develop and construct smoking pipes. Such pipes used to be heavy in weight. But modern technology has influenced smoking pipe manufacturing units as well. Very useful pipes, very unique in design, lightweight and comfortable are available in the market, and they are made of the stuff of the finest hand selected Grecian Plateaux briar. Pipe smokers always compare themselves to cigarette-smokers and not to non-smokers. They are confident that their system of smoking is less dangerous to human health than cigarette-smoking, nevertheless dangerous! Operational advantage: The nicotine that you inhale deep, while smoking the cigarette is the real damage causing activity. The inhaling process is less intense, while smoking a pipe. Since the flavor part in pipes is intense, it is itself joy-giving and there is no necessity to transport the smoke into your lungs. Moral of the story: Pipes are safe; cigarette smoking is injurious to health! Structural advantage: In pipes, no nitrate paper is used. Pipe tobacco contains much less additives. Once again pipe scores over cigarette smoking. Both are damaging to human health- doubt it not, in spite of hearing lesser evil and more evil arguments!