This might sound like a dumb question if you are already informed on
the dangers of smoking but for a great many who are still trying to make
up their mind here are some medically and scientific proven facts about
smoking.
- Of the 7,000 chemicals found in tobacco 250 where
found to be harmful such as hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and
ammonia. Of these 250 there are 69 that can cause cancer.
- The U.S. Surgeon General reported 7,300 nonsmokers who died of lung cancer due to second hand smoke a year.
- Quitting
smoking will lower your risk of getting cancer and even if you already
have lung cancer quitting will drastically lower your probability of
getting other types of cancer. Thats right cigarettes and tobacco
products don’t only go after your lungs. Smoking has been signaled as
the cause of over 10 other types of cancer among these are colon,
cervix, liver, stomach and pancreatic cancers.
- According
to the American Lung Association other illnesses caused by smoking
are COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), heart disease, stroke,
asthma,reproductive effects in women, premature, low birth-weight
babies, diabetes, blindness, cataracts and age-related macular
degeneration.
