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Smoking causes cancer. Lung cancer is one of the most average causes of cancer deaths in the world. According to the American Lung Association, 90% of people lung cancer patients develop their disease reason that of smoking. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Smoking is not Good for Health


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Smoking -
  • Ways it affects your health!

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Smoking is not Good for Health
  • We all know that smoking is not good for health,
    but still most people are addicted to it and find
    it hard to quit. Tobacco use is the single
    largest cause of preventable death globally.
  • Nicotine in tobacco also makes it hard for
    people, especially smokers to give up. The
    prolonged use of tobacco increases the risk of
    developing various health problems.

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How Smoking Affects
  • Here are some of the most gruesome diseases
    caused by smoking and other tobacco products

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Diabetes
  • Smoking And Diabetes
  • Because of smoking, the risk of developing
    diabetes is greater as tobacco use increase blood
    sugar levels and lead to insulin resistance.
    Smoking can be even more hazardous for people
    with diabetes as it increases the risk of
    complications including heart disease, kidney
    damage, blindness, rheumatoid arthritis, nerve
    damage.

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Cancer
  • Smoking causes greater risk of cancer and can
    lead to different types of the deadly disease
    with the most prominent one being lung cancer.

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Cardiovascular Diseases Pregnancy
  • Smoking also increases the risk of cardiovascular
    diseases heart, stroke and blood vessel disease.
    It is said that smoking causes 1 of every 3
    deaths from CVD.
  • Woman should avoid smoking as it reduces the
    chance of getting pregnant. Smoking during
    pregnancy have a higher risk of complications
    such as bleeding, abortion, miscarriage,
    premature delivery of baby, stillbirth,
    abnormalities of the placenta.
  • Children whose mothers smoke while pregnant or
    who are exposed to second hand smoke after birth
    develop weaker lungs.

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Respiratory Disease
Smoking can cause lung disease by damaging your
airways and the small air sacs (alveoli) found in
your lungs. Lung diseases caused by smoking
include COPD, which includes emphysema and
chronic bronchitis.
Causes of COPD
In the clear majority of cases, the lung damage
that leads to COPD is caused by long-term
cigarette smoking. Other irritants can cause
COPD, including cigar smoke, second hand smoke,
pipe smoke, air pollution and workplace exposure
to dust, smoke and fumes.
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