Health Effects of Smoking on the Body

Medical research has shown that smoking increases the risk of developing lung cancer. Men who smoke increase their chances of developing lung cancer by 22% compared to non-smokers. Women who smoke increase their chances of developing lung cancer by 12% compared to non-smokers.

Not only does smoking increase a persons’ chances of developing lung cancer but many other cancers as well; including lip, oral, pharynx, esophagus, larynx, pancreas, cervix, bladder, and even kidney. The effects of smoking on the body can also include emphysema, heart attack, underweight newborn children, miscarriage, stroke, cataracts, and impotence.

Clearly, the effects of smoking on the body are not to be ignored. Smoking affects almost every major organ of the body and causes damage to such organs. However, the good news is when a person quits smoking the body begins to repair much of the damage that has been caused and the smokers’ chances of developing certain types of cancer and illnesses associated with smoking is greatly reduced.

1. Smoking harms nearly every organ of your body, causing many diseases and reducing your health in general.

2. Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits, reducing risks for diseases caused by smoking and improving your health in general.

3. Smoking cigarettes with lower tar and nicotine provides no clear benefit to health.

4. The list of diseases caused by smoking has been expanded to include abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute myeloid leukemia, cataract, cervical cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, pneumonia, periodontitis, and stomach cancer.

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Health Effects of Smoking on the Body

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Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today
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New Smoking Cessation Guideline Confirms That Now Is The Time To Quit Smoking
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published an update to its 1996 Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, which contains revised and improved recommendations to providers and clinicians so that they can better assist smokers in quitting. The guideline also confirms that there has never been a better time for smokers to quit than right now.
Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 03:00:00 PDT

AAPA Endorses 2008 Public Health Service Guidelines For Treating Tobacco Use And Dependence
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), representing nearly 70,000 physician assistants (PAs) practicing in the U.S., is pleased to join other national organizations in endorsing the Public Health Service-sponsored guidelines on Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update.
Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

When Doctors Tell Patients To Quit Smoking, They Listen
Doctors who take a few minutes to talk with patients about their smoking maybe passing along a leaflet or a sample of nicotine gum make a difference when it comes to helping them quit successfully, according to a recent review of studies. "Assuming an unassisted quit rate of 2 to 3 percent, a brief advice intervention can increase quitting by a further 1 to 3 percent," write reviewers led by Lindsay Stead, of the University of Oxford in England.
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Quit Smoking Message Not Getting Air Time In Mental Health Care
People with mental illness are not receiving the support they need to stop smoking, despite high rates of nicotine dependence and deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses.According to Professor Steve Kisely, from Griffith University's School of Medicine, health services are failing to provide appropriate smoking cessation strategies to people with problems including depression, schizophrenia or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Publ.Date : Tue, 13 May 2008 03:00:00 PDT

Brief Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke Bad For Health According To New Study
Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) offers TobacAlert™ Urine, an easy-to-use test for second-hand smoke exposure that requires no special equipment or training and can be used for at home or at the workplace. A new study has shown that even a brief exposure to second-hand smoke may hurt human blood vessels.
Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT

New Guidelines For Treatment Of Tobacco Dependence Released
The U.S. Public Health Service released an updated version of the clinical guidelines for treating tobacco dependence. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update contains strategies and recommendations designed to guide doctors and other medical professionals to help smokers quit. The guidelines, updated for the first time since 2000, call attention to the need for clinicians to understand that there are multiple effective treatment options for tobacco dependence.
Publ.Date : Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT

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