LIFE IS BETTER AS AN EX-SMOKER! by Hera Alam

ISNT IT AMAZING??? SURE IT IS! This is why people have such an idealization of this dangerous product.

There are roughly 50 million smokers in the United States.These 50 million smokers consume incredibly 800 billion cigarettes annually. Cigarette smoking is also increasing rapidly in other parts of the world, particularly in the lesser-developed countries.

The harmful effects of tobacco smoking, and in particular cigarette smoking, on health are now well accepted.Such effects include the direct action of cigarettes on the respiratory tract, causing cancer of the lung, as well as more indirect action on other organs such as arteries and heart. While smoking, almost 500 different gases are released into the lungs and the body, also there is release of roughly 3,500 chemicals including nicotine and large number of carcinogenic chemicals. Some of these chemicals,specially nicotine, lead to strong addiction.

The harmful effects of cigarette smoking on the musculoskeletal system (the bones, joints and muscles) have not been the subject of much publicity, nor have the public or doctors given it the same attention that they have to other diseases caused by smoking.

Scientists have analyzed clinical studies of the effects of smoking on the musculoskeletal system. Their findings are summarized here:

Smoking reduces the amount of available oxygen in the tissues under the skin, due to this healing is affected by smoking, since oxygen is necessary close wounds.It also reduces the blood flow.One study showed that even one cigarette could cause quite severe constriction of the blood vessels in the fingers.So it is obviously highly desirable for smokers to quit smoking before and after any surgery,it definitely aids patient recovery. One study pointed out that smoking decreased bone formation in osteoporotic patients. Another study showed that while a non-smoker can build 1 centimeter of bone in 2 months...it takes a smoker 3 months!

It should be remembered that annually over 500,000 deaths in the United States, and millions more throughout the world, are caused by smoking!

Now if you listen to your heart,I am sure it is telling you - never smoke again. Life can be longer as a ex-smoker, and life is better as a ex-smoker. Consider this whenever external or internal forces call out to you.We shall also move forward to eradicate smoking and shall take steps to keep our place clean from this social evil.

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