Smoking can lead to diseases and disability as well as any organs of the human body. 20 million Americans generate disease which is generating by smoking and almost 30 people live with a serious smoking disease caused by a high amount of smoking ad pollution.

Smoking can cause illnesses like cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as well as smoking also increases the risk of illness like tuberculosis, certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.

Secondhand smoke exposure contributes to approximately 41,000 deaths among nonsmoking adults and 400 deaths in infants each year. Secondhand smoke causes stroke, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease in adults. Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, middle ear disease, more severe asthma, respiratory symptoms, and slowed lung growth.

Health problems associated with smoking.

  1. Cancer,
  2. Heart disease,
  3. Stroke,
  4. Lung diseases,
  5. Diabetes,
  6. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and many more.

Smoking-Related to Cancer

Smoking can cause cancer and then block your body from fighting it

  • Poisons in cigarette smoke can weaken the body’s immune system, making it harder to kill cancer cells. When this happens, cancer cells keep growing without being stopped.
  • Poisons in tobacco smoke can damage or change a cell’s DNA. DNA is the cell’s “instruction manual” that controls a cell’s normal growth and function. When DNA is damaged, a cell can begin growing out of control and create a cancer tumor.

Prevention

Quitting smoking lowers the risks for cancers of the lung, mouth, throat, esophagus, and larynx.

  • Within 5 years of quitting, your chance of getting cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and the bladder is cut in half.4
  • Ten years after you quit smoking, your risk of dying from lung cancer drops by half.

Heart Disease and Stroke

Smoking is a major cause of CVD and causes one of every four deaths from CVD. Smoking can

  • Raise triglycerides (a type of fat in your blood)
  • Lower “good” cholesterol (HDL)
  • Make blood sticky and more likely to clot, which can block blood flow to the heart and brain
  • Damage cells that line the blood vessels
  • Increase the buildup of plaque (fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances) in blood vessels
  • Cause thickening and narrowing of blood vessels

 And it can cause harmful effects to secondhand Smoke.

Prevention

ABCs of heart health

  • Aspirin: Aspirin may help reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. But do not take aspirin if you think you are having a stroke. It can make some types of stroke worse. Before taking aspirin, talk to your doctor about whether aspirin is right for you.
  • Blood pressure: Control your blood pressure.
  • Cholesterol: Manage your cholesterol.
  • Smoking: Quit smoking, or don’t start.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

COPD is usually caused by smoking. Smoking accounts for as many as 8 out of 10 COPD-related deaths. However, as many as 1 out of 4 Americans with COPD never smoked cigarettes.

Smoking during childhood and teenage years can slow how lungs grow and develop. This can increase the risk of developing COPD in adulthood.

Prevention

Stop smoking.

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