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Whilst smoking your body is under an increased risk of developing serious diseases and serious health problems. All major organs are put under increased pressure and research shows that smokers compared to non smokers develop a wide range of both short and long term health problems. Anti Smoking campaigns highlight the effect on your body. Below are just a few areas that are damaged.

Mouth and Throat – bad breath, stained teeth, gum disease and damage to your sense of taste. The most serious damage is risk of cancer in your lips, tongue, throat and gullet.

Skin – smoking reduces the amount of oxygen to the skin making it age quicker and look lifeless.
Bones – causes bones to get weak and brittle. Women are 10 % likely to suffer from osteoporosis than non smoker.

After quitting smoking both yours and those around you will start seeing the benefits. You will reduce your risk of developing illness, disability or death caused by cancer, heart or lung disease. For those loved ones around you, they automatically get protected as they will no longer be exposed to second-hand smoke. This in turn reduces the chances of your children developing asthma or glue ear. For yourself the benefits are endless, breathing and general fitness levels improve, fertility levels and a chance of a healthy baby are improved as well so it’s not just you who reap the benefits but your whole family.

As well as health benefits everybody who quits smoking sees benefits in their lifestyle. If you’re a heavy smoker you can see a saving as much as several hundred pounds a month! Just think what you can spend this on and do with the extra cash. As smoking is seen as anti social you become more approachable, relationships also improve between yourself and those around you. For your immediate family and friends, they are no longer being subjected to issues smoking gives such as smells, money being wasted, health issues for them and your children hence and generally this cause a more peaceful atmosphere and less tension.

Second-hand smoke comes from the tip of a cigarette and the smoke that is breathed back out by the smoker – it’s in the air where people smoke even thou it might be almost invisible and odourless. Even with windows open, second-hand smoke will still be present in a room two and a half hours after. Smoking in the car is the worst area to be in due to the concentration into a small space. As well as the smokers themselves, people who breathe second-hand smoke are at the same risk of cancer, heart disease etc and every year smoke causes thousands of deaths. Young children are particularly affected as their tiny bodies are still developing. Half of British children are growing up in homes where at least one parent is a smoker.

Breathing in second-hand smoke increases a non-smokers risk of lung cancer by 24% and heart disease by 25%. Second hand smoke makes the blood more sticky, meaning there is an increased risk of blood clots forming which cause arteries being blocked, heart attacks, strokes and even complete heart failure.

For children cot death is twice as likely to occur in babies whose mothers smoke. Exposure to second-hand smoke increases the risk of children developing asthma and asthma attacks as well as other respiratory infection. Babies and children who are exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to get coughs and colds as well as middle ear disease which can cause deafness.