Smoking is not only related to overall health problems, but also related to periodontal disease (gingival disease), tooth loss, and more importantly, it is the main cause of throat and oral cancer.
Here are some facts about how smoking affects one’s health:
Smokers have increased their risk of heart disease, cancer and emphysema. In fact, emphysema is almost entirely found in smokers, and 35% of all cancers are associated with smoking.
Most patients with lung cancer are smokers.
Lung cancer has more breast cancer than women.
As the concentration of nicotine in cervical mucus increases, the smoker's cervical cancer increases 8 to 17 times.
No amount of smoking is free from risk. The exact level of risk depends on the time of smoking and the depth of inhalation. Some genetic factors must also be considered.
Smoking reduces the effectiveness of medications such as pain medications, antidepressants, tranquilizers, sedatives, ulcer drugs and insulin.
Smoking can destroy certain vitamins.
Every time you smoke a cigarette, one person inhales 4,700 different chemicals.
Smokers are 4 times more likely to suffer from gray hair and hair loss.
More than 90% of regular smokers start using tobacco before the age of 18.
People who smoke are more likely to have sinusitis.
