Smoking has long been associated with the cause of lung cancer as tobacco is made up of cancer producing chemicals like carcinogens. However tobacco smoke also contributes to a number of other cancers which has a detrimental effect on the heart and the rest of the body. Lets face it if you keep putting a mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide present in each cigarette (which will clog the lungs up like soot in a chimney) this is going to put tremendous strain on the heart and the blood vessels.
The costant inhalation of carbon monoxide will rob your brain, heart and muscles of much needed oxygen. This will cause the heart to work harder causing your airways to swell up and get blocked as smoking causes fatty deposits which narrow the blood vessels ultimately allowing less air into the lungs. This can cause not only heart attacks but strokes due to the strain being put on the heart.
Emphysema is an illness which is synonymous with smoking as it slowly rots your lungs. This is caused by the constant coughing that develops due to the sticky constituency of tar which stops the cilia on the mucucous membrane moving allowing a build up of mucus. This constant coughing damages the aveoli making breathing very difficult, allowing the lungs vunerable in contracting bronchitis and pneumonia.
The good news is that no matter what age or how many cigarettes one smokes, the health benefits of quitting is very quick. From the moment you quit your blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal and the carbon monoxide is being elimated from your body as your lungs are able to breath normally so improving circulation.
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