Stop Smoking Laser Facts

Being one of the biggest reasons for non-natural deaths among women, smoking is definitely a preventable habit. CDS surveys show that one out of every six women in the US smoke and almost 90% of these women suffer from smoking disorders later in life. Although everyone is familiar with some of the most common smoking disorders such as cancer and heart attacks, there are other, more fatal after-effects that smoking might have, especially on women. In the remaining part of this write up, we would be exploring some of the hazardous effects of cigarette smoking and how they particularly affect women.

Tobacco accounts for almost 40% of all cancer deaths that occur in the world annually. People who smoke are vulnerable to a variety of cancers apart from lung cancer. Breast, cervix, esophagus and throat cancers are other cancers whose occurrence is highly attributed to smoking and substances contained in tobacco. Some forms of leukemia are also supposed to be caused due to smoking itself.

Heart attacks kill more women each year than any other factor and smoking just helps in aggravating a heart stroke due to blockage of arteries and constriction of various blood vessels.
Smoking is known to damage the air passage between the small lung tissues- it does not only clogs and suffocates the air passage; the blood is not able to receive fresh oxygen due to the blockage of this passage, which makes the person look pale and frail. Smoking also restricts blood flow to vital organs in the body, especially in the peripheral organs (such as hands and feet). This limits the daily activity of the person (especially women) and can also lead one into being utterly lazy.

Smoking also puts the reproductive system at risk and 5% of infant deaths in the US are attributed to the fact that their mothers had smoked during pregnancy. Women smokers find it relatively difficult to get pregnant and they also tend to have a menopause at a much younger stage. Smoking also makes the bones brittle and more susceptible to breakage, especially during menopause. This makes smoking women all the more vulnerable to fracture risks, especially in the hip section.