EFFECTS of SMOKING vary from person to person but by smoking just one cigarette you can have -- Raised blood pressure and heart rate and decreased blood flow to body extremities
- Stimulated brain and nervous system activity for a short time
- Dizziness, nausea, watery eyes, and acid in the stomach
- Less appetite and awareness of taste and smell
In addition -
- smoking makes you stink
- smoking makes you sick
- smoking causes wrinkles
- smoking costs you a fortune
WARNING - Danger! Danger!
- Smoking during pregnancy can affect the unborn child.
- Women smokers who use a contraceptive pill may be more likely to suffer heart or blood vessel disease.
- Smoking affects the reproductive system and can cause the sex organs of the smoker (male or female) to malfunction.
- Long-term effects increase the risk of developing life-threatening conditions such as respiratory infections, emphysema, heart attack, coronary disease, stroke, cancer, stomach ulcers, and/or peripheral vascular disease.
- Secondhand smoking is DANGEROUS for nonsmokers and can actually cause lung damage, cancer, and heart disease.
Why would anyone want to smoke?
- Because your friends do
- You get bored
- You think it makes you popular
- You think it makes you feel good or relaxes you
- Because it looks great in the movies and magazines
- or maybe you're just addicted?
What you gain if you quit today
- Within one week nicotine and carbon monoxide will be out of your system and your lungs will be working more efficiently
- Your senses of taste and smell will improve
- Your blood flow will improve
- Your hair, fingers, teeth, and clothes will look and smell cleaner
- After 1 2 months the risk of cancer and heart disease is reduced
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