Lots of people die every year prematurely because of their smoking. Scientists have calculated that each cigarette shortens life by about 10 minutes. This means for example that a man who smokes 20 cigarettes a day for 20 years shorten his life by approximately three years.
Smoking increases the risk of:
Lung cancer - For a smoker increases the risk about the whole of cigarettes smoked per day. 20 cigarettes per day provides 20-fold increased risk and so on.
Laryngeal cancer - Is 10-12 times more tasteless among smokers.
Oesophageal cancer - Is 10 times more tasteless among smokers.
Stomach cancer. One out of five cases are linked to smoking.
Pancreatic cancer - 30 percent are linked to smoking.
Cancer of the bladder and cancer of the kidney - In men half of all those cancers are linked to tobacco. In women, the corresponding figures are 37 and 12 percent.
Uterine cancer - 30 percent are linked to smoking.
Leukaemia - 20-30 percent are linked to smoking.
Aortic Aneurysm (hernia of the aorta) - 60 percent of cases by smokers.
Heart arrhythmias with fatal outcome - thought about for 40 percent of cases could be linked to smoking.
Poor blood circulation in the heart (ischemic heart disease) - Depends for 30 percent of the cases.
Myocardial infarction - For a woman who smokes about 25 cigarettes per day increases the risk of heart assault by 5.5 times.
Stroke - anyone who smokes 35 cigarettes per day increases the risk of stroke 4-fold compared with those who do not smoke.
Spontaneous air leaks in the pleura - This risk increases 30 times for the male smokers and 14 times for the female smokers compared with non-smoker.
Deaths due to continuing obstructive pulmonary disease, ie emphysema and continuing bronchitis - The risk are increased 10-12 times in smokers.
Goiter (thyroid enlargement) - Smokers have twice the risk of goiter.
Toxic goiter with eye complications - The risk is increased 8 times for the smoker.
Mortality of peptic ulcer - The risk is 3 times higher among smokers.
Back Diseases - A smoker has more brittle disks of the spine and therefore a higher risk of herniated discs and other back problems.
Femoral fractures - Older smokers break the femoral twice as often as those who do not smoke. The cause is osteoporosis.
Visual impairment - Smokers suffer from visual impairment (cataracts) 2-3 times as often as non-smoker.
Wrinkles - Smoking represents a 4.7-fold higher risk of developing wrinkles. That figure compares with immoderate sunlight, which is 3 times greater risk of wrinkles.
Impaired fertility - Infertility among women and men.
Unsuccessful artificial insemination - The chances for a thriving artificial insemination is only one fifth of smokers compared to non-smoker.
Impotence - 60-70 percent of those who seek medical guidance for impotence in urological clinics are smokers.
The risk of tooth loss is 4-6 times greater for those who smoke.
Pulmonary Lung Disease:Stop Smoking - Symptoms, Diseases, and Other Side consequent From Smoking
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