It is well known that smoking is bad for you, but one of the thoughts that tempts people to continue smoking is that my health is not that much worse compared to non-smokers. Perhaps not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer, but the Dutch National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene recently noted that the quality of life of smokers is much worse than that of nonsmokers. The American magazine “Health” also published “20 little-known hazards of smoking”, detailing how the quality of life of smokers is unknowingly reduced.
1, cigarettes carry germs. Recent studies have found that cigarettes carry many germs, which are inhaled during the smoking process. Their pathogenic mechanism is not yet clear, but cigarettes carry germs is an irrefutable fact.
2, smoking affects sexual function. Smoking affects blood circulation and reduces blood flow to the genitals, which leads to difficulty in sexual arousal (both men and women.) A large survey in China in 2007 also found that 20 percent of men with erectile dysfunction were related to smoking.
3, smokers poor sleep quality. A study at Johns Hopkins University found that after a night’s sleep, smokers were four times more likely to remain sleepy than non-smokers. Researchers analyzed that the reason is that smokers sleep at night during the process, the body can not get nicotine, although it seems to whistle, in fact, their sleep will be repeatedly disturbed, the quality of sleep decreased.
4, smokers bones are fragile. Studies have found that women smokers every 10 years, bone mineral density will be reduced by 2,3% to 3,3%, bone density decline will lead to a large increase in the incidence of fractures and osteoporosis. In menopausal women, this risk is greater.
5, smoking increases the risk of deafness and blindness. Recent studies have found that the risk of hearing loss increases by nearly 70% in smokers compared to nonsmokers. A large survey of more than 20,000 men found that smoking also increases the chances of weakened vision in men. Smoking also increases the likelihood of macular degeneration, the number one “killer” of vision.
6, smoking love to get psoriasis. Several studies have shown that there is a great correlation between daily smoking and the increased risk of developing psoriasis. The risk of psoriasis will rise when you smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day.
7, most smokers have cold hands and feet. The actual fact that smoking hinders the smooth running of human blood circulation and makes the blood supply to the hands and feet insufficient, so smokers are prone to cold hands and feet, fingers and toes are also more prone to frostbite.
8, cigarettes + oral contraceptives = heart disease. The latest British study found that women who smoke while taking birth control pills will lead to heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular disease chances increased by 10 times. The reason is that smoking will increase blood viscosity, more likely to lead to blood clots; and contraceptives will also thicken the blood. “Smoking + contraceptive pills” double action, so that the incidence of another 1 times.
9, smoking reduces the effectiveness of the drug. Smoking affects the effect of liver enzymes processing drugs, so smokers sometimes need to increase the amount of medication to produce the same effect. And after quitting smoking, the amount of certain drugs will then drop.
10, smoking can easily induce fire. The survey found that the risk of burn injuries to family members of smokers is 6 or 6 times higher than that of non-smoking family members. The various causes of fatal house fires, smoking accounted for 55% of the first place.
11, smokers look old. Smoking causes damage to blood vessels in the skin, increases skin wrinkles, and reduces skin elasticity. Smoke tartar on teeth can also make a person look ugly. In addition, compared with non-smokers, smokers have a 3 to 6 times higher chance of early gray hair and a 1 times higher chance of shedding.
12, smokers have pets also love to get cancer. A number of studies have shown that secondhand smoke in the home not only affects the health of the elderly, pregnant women and infants, but also increases the risk of cancer in pets. For example, cats can get oral cancer and lymphoma, dogs are prone to lung cancer and nasal cancer, birds are also prone to lung cancer.
13, smokers love to call in sick. A new study in the Netherlands shows that smokers are constantly ill throughout the year, the number of sick days per year than non-smokers 11 days more.
14, smoking does not live a “low-carbon life”. Planting tobacco needs to cut down a large forest; cleaning smoky clothes need to consume more water and electricity. The carbon emissions from smoking are quite high, and quitting smoking is contributing to “emissions reduction”.
15, smokers have more family conflicts. Conflicts caused by smoking can escalate from family nagging to quarrels and even divorce. Cigarettes are an important cause of family unhappiness.
16, Smokers have lower incomes. Data from the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Right to Work Institute survey shows that smokers earn an average of 4 to 11 percent less than nonsmokers. At least 6,000 U.S. companies plan to include employees off-duty smoking and other behaviors in pay performance management.
17, smoking loves traffic accidents. The Canadian Journal of Public Health published a study found that the majority of traffic accidents with smokers, smokers and nonsmokers the risk of traffic accidents than 1, 5:1. The reason is that smoking will increase brain excitement, which increases the possibility of dangerous driving.
18, women smoking infertility rate is high. Smoking can harm women’s ovaries, accelerating the loss of eggs and fertility. The longer you smoke, the more addicted you are to smoking, the greater this damage will be. Studies have found that after quitting smoking for 1 year, female fertility will increase by 1/3.
19, pregnant women smoking increases the risk of miscarriage and premature birth. The chemicals in cigarettes affect the ability of the cells in the ovaries responsible for estrogen production and are more likely to lead to egg abnormalities, spontaneous abortion, pregnancy ectopic, low birth weight and premature birth.
20, smokers have a short life expectancy. Studies have found that for every 1 cigarette smoked, life expectancy is reduced by 11 minutes. However, if you quit smoking successfully before the age of 35, then your life expectancy will be the same as a normal person.