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Smoking

There are several conditions one can increase the risk of having if one continues smoking:
  • Cigarettes contain many harmful ingredients over 4000 toxins!!!
  • Tar is the black sludge found in one lung when they smoke damaging the lungs lining and narrowing the airways
  • Carbon monoxide binds to the blood replacing some of the oxygen one breathes in, this is carbon monoxide poisoining!!!
  • Both and 3998+ toxins cause serious harm to your body

  • Increase chance of Meningitis

  • Increase anxiety and depression (it doesn’t help in long run!!!)

Restless leg syndrome

  • Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea (interrupting ones breathing or airflow during sleep, leading to snoring, anxiety, depression and low sex drive and other long term serious conditions)

  • Increase in blood pressure

  • Increased acceleration of hair loss

  • Increase middle ear infections

  • Cataracts (eyes)

  • Macular degeneration (eyes)

  • Increase in allergies

  • Breast Cancer

  • Cancer (General)

  • Respiratory Conditions (General)

  • Heart (Cardiovascular) conditions

  • Increase risk of Wallenberg Syndrome (neurological condition)

  • Lung cancer

  • Dry cough infection

  • Atelectasis

  • Chesty cough infection

  • Increase in Cold and flu infection

  • Herniated Disc

  • Heartburn

  • Indigestion

  • Diverticulitis

  • Recurrent Genital Herpes

  • Bacterial vaginosis (females)

  • Bladder disease

  • Bladder cancer

  • Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (females) – this condition can lead to infertility

  • Cervical disease

  • Male impotence (males)

  • Erectile dysfunction (male)

  • Sperm count decrease (males)

  • Sperm damage (males)

  • Allergies

  • Actinic Cheilitis (cracked corners of the mouth)

  • Osteoporosis

  • Cellulitis

  • Hidradenitis Suppurativa

  • Reduces oxygen to skin causing Skin ageing quickly and appearing grey and dull?

  • Cold, hands and feet and gangrene (in severe cases)?

  • Clubbing of the fingers

  • Post surgery complications?

  • Delayed wound healing (Vitamin C deficiency)

Inhalation of your smoke can damage other people’s bodies, particularly children/elderly can cause respiratory disease, Lung cancer and heart disease.
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