Here's a list of the dangers:
• Smoking is the main cause of lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death in women. Since 1950, lung cancer deaths among women have increased more than 600 percent.
• Smoking also significantly increases the risk of many other cancers in women, including breast, oral, pharynx, larynx, esophageal, pancreatic, kidney, bladder, uterine, and cervical cancers.
• Women who smoke are twice as likely to develop coronary heart disease and 10 times more likely to die from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than nonsmokers.
• Smoking increases the risk of emphysema, bronchitis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, cataracts, lower bone density after menopause and hip fracture. It can also contribute to early menopause , gum disease, tooth loss, and premature skin aging.
• Reproductive-age women who smoke may have trouble conceiving, and pregnant women who smoke are at high risk of delivering preterm or low birth weight infants or having babies with poor lung function, bronchitis or asthma.
• Women over age 35 who smoke and take birth control pills are at risk for developing deadly blood clots.
photo by: Akbar Simonse
1 comment:
I am aware of the risks every time I light up, but it should be my choice if I'm willing to take that risk, same as the risks of diabetes every time we gain too much weight or eat too many sweets, not the government's. I spotted this right after I just did a post on the new cigarette taxes.
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