The health risks of smoking are immense but the most visible of them all is the effect on the skin. People can notice a smoker miles away because the skin looks dry, saggy, wrinkled, impoverished, and in dire need of a makeover. But the makeover won’t come until cigarette smoking is stopped. Experts say the [ Read More ]
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In his book, Everyman’s Guide to Perfect Health, S.N. Khosla describes smokers’ cough as dry, occurring in the early hours of the morning and disappearing after smoking cessation. This cough is said to be caused by excessive smoking and most (not all) smokers experience it. In this article, I’m not discussing smokers’ cough at all. [ Read More ]
There is no doubt about the fact that smoking during pregnancy has negative side effects. They include lower birth weights, stillbirths, poor fetal growth, premature delivery, spontaneous abortions and respiratory problems once the baby is born. The U.S. Public Health Service states that if pregnant women ceased smoking, there would be an 11% drop in [ Read More ]
The health risks of smoking are not only grave but deadly. It’s amazing how people still smoke despite the warnings to the effect. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that tobacco caused 5.4 million deaths in 2004 and 100 million deaths over the course of the 20th century. The American Lung Association states that cigarette [ Read More ]
If you are wondering what the effects of smoking are,you have an answer in this article. There is no doubt about the fact that smoking is harmful. It affects every aspect of our lives; be it physical, fetal and mental health, environment, finances and many others too numerous to mention. However, there are long term [ Read More ]
