Are you a cigarette smoker?
If your answer to the above question is yes, then we hope this message finds you well.
Before we proceed, let us take this time to wish you a Happy New Year.
Indeed, we understand the excitement and ecstasy that comes with that drag of cigarette you enjoy so much.
While this exciting venture offers you that calm or highness that you seek, there are also some dangerous diseases that come with it.
Smoking cigarettes can kill you, but before you die, you could experience some pretty terrible diseases and health conditions from smoking.
If you have not started experiencing these health issues, it may be a good time to stop or take caution.
Join us as we explore five diseases that awaits cigarettes smokers:
Lung Cancer
More people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. Cigarette smoking is the number one risk factor for lung cancer; it’s responsible for close to 90% of lung cancer cases.
While the survival rate has improved recently, your chance of still being alive five years after being diagnosed is still only 26.6%.
Heart Disease
Smoking harms nearly every organ in your body, including your heart.
It causes blockages and narrows in your arteries, which means less blood and oxygen flow to your heart.
There was a certain time cigarette consumption in the U.S. decreased, at that time, the rates of heart disease also decreased.
Sadly, heart disease remains the number one cause of death in the U.S.
Wondering why?
Your guess is as good as ours.
Blindness, Cataracts and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Smoking can make you go blind. Oh, you think it is a joke? relax, we will tell you how.
Smoking damages your eyes and if not properly managed, the next thing is vision loss.
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Age-related macular degeneration is also caused by smoking. It is the leading cause of blindness in adults ages 65 and older.
Premature, Low Birth-Weight Babies
The effects of smoking not only impact the parent’s health, but also that of the baby.
Smoking while pregnant can cause babies to be born prematurely and/or with a low birth-weight.
Babies born too early or too small have increased risk of health complications and even death.
Stroke
Because smoking affects your arteries, it can trigger stroke.
A stroke happens when the blood supply to your brain is temporarily blocked. Brain cells are deprived of oxygen and start to die.
A stroke can cause paralysis, slurred speech, altered brain function and death.
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