Saturday, March 7, 2009

Guide to quit smoking (part 3)


Why should I quit?

your health

Health concerns usually top the list of reasons people give for quitting smoking. This is a very real concern: About half of smokers who maintain smoking in all will die from diseases linked to smoking.

Cancer

Almost everyone knows that smoking can cause lung cancer, but few people realize that is also a risk factor for many other types of cancer are many, including cancer of the mouth, voice box (larynx), throat (larynx), esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas and cervical, stomach and some leukemias.

Lung Disease

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome has been included in the list of known diseases caused by smoking since 2004. Smoking also increases the risk of lung diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. These diseases are grouped under the term disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). This disease causes chronic illness and disability, and worse with the passage of time - and sometimes be fatal. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis can be found on the person at the age of 40, but are usually found in later life, when the symptoms worse. Long-term smokers are more prone to develop severe disease.

Heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular disease

The vulnerability of smokers likely to die from heart attacks as well as with non-smokers. Smoking is a major risk factor for peripheral vascular disease, and narrowing of blood vessels that carry blood to the muscles in the leg and arm. Smoking also affects the walls of the vessels that carry blood to the brain (carotid arteries), which can cause strokes. Men who smoke are more likely to develop erectile dysfunction (deficit) due to cardiovascular disease.

Blindness and other problems

Smoking causes an increased risk of Macular degeneration, which is one of the most common cause of blindness in the elderly. It is also too early for reasons of wrinkling of the skin, bad breath, bad smelling clothes and hair and nails yellow.

Special risks for women and children

Some women have unique risks associated with smoking. Women who smoke more than 35 and the use of contraceptive pills may be at risk of heart attack, stroke and blood clots in the legs. Women who smoke are more likely to miscarry (lose your baby), or who have low birth weight and infant. And low birth weight and infant more vulnerable to death or learning and physical problems.

Years of life lost due to smoking

On the basis of data collected in the late 1990s, the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it is estimated that adult male smokers lost an average of 13.2 years of life and female smokers lost 14.5 years of life due to smoking. Given that smoking can cause this disease, which could steal your quality of life long before they die. Smoking-related diseases can limit your activities, making it difficult to breathe, recover, or work to play.

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