what are dangers of smoking?
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Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking also increases risk for tuberculosis, certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.
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Your lungs can be very badly affected by smoking. Coughs, colds, wheezing and asthma are just the start. Smoking can cause fatal diseases such as pneumonia, emphysema and lung cancer. Smoking causes 84% of deaths from lung cancer and 83% of deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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The short-term effects of smoking include: Bad breath. Fatigue and a decrease in energy. Reduction in the senses of taste and smell.
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Here's yet another reason to quit: Smoking can increase the risk of both liver cancer and cirrhosis of the liver. The toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke can cause inflammation and eventual cirrhosis. Smoking also promotes the production of cytokines, chemicals that cause even more inflammation and damage to liver cells.
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['Hookah smoke contains high levels of toxic compounds, including tar, carbon monoxide, heavy metals and cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens). ... ', 'As with cigarette smoking, hookah smoking is linked to lung and oral cancers, heart disease, and other serious illnesses.']
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Secondhand smoke -- the smoke you exhale, combined with that from the lighted end of your cigarette -- is toxic for people around you. Studies show that just being around smoke on a regular basis makes people more likely to get cancer and heart disease. Light smoking can shorten your life.
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Smoking inflames and irritates the lungs. Even one or two cigarettes cause irritation and coughing. Smoking also can destroy your lungs and lung tissue. This decreases the number of air spaces and blood vessels in the lungs, resulting in less oxygen to critical parts of your body.
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Smoking can cause cancer and then block your body from fighting it: Poisons in cigarette smoke can weaken the body's immune system, making it harder to kill cancer cells. When this happens, cancer cells keep growing without being stopped. Poisons in tobacco smoke can damage or change a cell's DNA.
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Smoke from all cigarettes, natural or otherwise, has many chemicals that can cause cancer (carcinogens) and toxins that come from burning the tobacco itself, including tar and carbon monoxide. Even herbal cigarettes with no tobacco give off tar, particulates, and carbon monoxide and are dangerous to your health.
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['Headaches and nausea. Smoking affects every system in your body. ... ', 'Tingling in hands and feet. ... ', 'Coughing and sore throat. ... ', 'Increased appetite and associated weight gain. ... ', 'Intense cravings for nicotine. ... ', 'Irritability, frustration, and anger. ... ', 'Constipation. ... ', 'Anxiety, depression, and insomnia.']
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Nicotine is a highly addictive drug with many negative health effects, including increased heart rate and blood pressure, diabetes and lung disease. Young people are uniquely vulnerable to nicotine's long-term effects. It's damaging to brain development and may increase the risk of addiction to other drugs.
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Why is it Important to Not Smoke After Tooth Extraction? Cigarette smoke contains chemical toxins that can delay healing and be dangerous to your gum and mouth tissues. If you smoke and expose your healing gums to these toxins it can result in serious complications, including dry socket, inflammation, or infection.
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While drinking can be a threat to your health, smoking is certainly worse. Unlike alcohol at low or moderate levels, there is no benefit to tobacco use at any level. When you smoke, you inhale various chemicals that can injure cells, causing both cancer and artery damage (e.g. heart attacks and strokes).
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Cigarette smoking is the number one risk factor for lung cancer. In the United States, cigarette smoking is linked to about 80% to 90% of lung cancer deaths. Using other tobacco products such as cigars or pipes also increases the risk for lung cancer.
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The charcoal used to heat the tobacco can raise health risks by producing high levels of carbon monoxide, metals, and cancer-causing chemicals. Even after it has passed through water, the smoke from a hookah has high levels of these toxic agents.
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When combined with other major risk factors, cigarette smoking increases your risk for such heart issues as: Angina: chest pain associated with a blockage in the arteries. Heart attack: damage to your heart muscle because of a lack of blood flow to your heart.