Why quit smoking?
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Annually only in the United States, smoking takes the lives of 400 thousand people. It is this harmful habit that is the main risk factor for the development of heart disease.
Smoking harms the heart
Smoking increases the risk of a heart attack two to six times, and with each cigarette smoked, the danger is getting closer to the person. If a person continues to smoke even after a heart attack, then he has a significantly increased risk of sudden death from a heart attack.
Smoking increases blood pressure
Every time a person smokes, blood pressure increases for a short time. This is not a chronic condition, but if a person suffers from increased pressure, cigarettes will only aggravate this condition.
Smoking increases the level of fats and bad cholesterol in the blood
Resins that are in cigarettes destroy the inner walls of blood vessels, accelerate the accumulation of plaques in the coronary arteries, which are responsible for supplying the heart with blood. Smoking increases the risk of myocardial infarction due to clogged arteries with fats. According to experts, the average age of death from a heart attack among non-smokers is 67 years, and the average age of smokers who die from an attack is 47 years.
Arrhythmia
Smoking negatively affects the part of the nervous system responsible for the heart rate. This can affect the electrical activity of the heart and cause heart disease, for example, arrhythmia. Arrhythmia is a dangerous condition that can lead to a heart attack.
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Smoking is the cause of many diseases
Smoking causes many diseases such as: lung cancer, oral cancer, cancer of the vocal cords, esophagus cancer, kidney and urinary tract cancer, pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer, chronic lung diseases, including bronchitis, emphysema and COPD. In addition, pregnant women who have poisoned themselves and the baby with poisonous smoke, are threatened with complications, miscarriage, the birth of a dead fetus. Also, the child is at increased risk of sudden death.
It's never too late to quit smoking.
Even if you have been smoking for a long time, then abandoning the harmful habit, you can reduce your risks to the level of a non-smoker.