Smoking

Smoking

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  Smoking Danger of smoking
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  • Smoking isone of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK. • Every year around 100,000 people in the UK die from smoking, with many more living with debilitating smoking-related illnesses. • Smoking increases your risk of developing more than 50 serious health conditions. Some may be fatal and others can cause irreversible long-term damage to your health.
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  • You canbecome ill: • if you smoke yourself • through other people's smoke (passive smoking)
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  Smoking health risks •Smoking causes about 90% of lung cancers. It also causes cancer in many other parts of the body, including the: • mouth • lips • throat • voice box (larynx) • oesophagus (the tube between your mouth and stomach)
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  • bladder • kidney •liver • stomach • pancreas
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  • Smoking damagesyour heart and your blood circulation, increasing your risk of developing conditions such as: • coronary heart disease • heart attack • stroke • peripheral vascular disease (damaged blood vessels) • cerebrovascular disease (damaged arteries that supply blood to your brain)
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  • Smoking alsodamages your lungs, leading to conditions such as: • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which incorporates bronchitis and emphysema • pneumonia • Smoking can also worsen or prolong the symptoms of respiratory conditions such as asthma, or respiratory tract infections such as the common cold. • In men, smoking can cause impotence because it limits the blood supply to the penis. It can also reduce the fertility of both men and women.
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  Health risks ofpassive smoking • Secondhand smoke comes from the tip of a lit cigarette and the smoke that the smoker breathes out. • Breathing in secondhand smoke – also known as passive smoking – increases your risk of getting the same health conditions as smokers. For example, breathing in secondhand smoke increases a non-smoker's risk of developing lung cancer by about a quarter. • Babies and children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of secondhand smoke. A child who is exposed to passive smoke is at increased risk of developing chest infections, meningitis, a persistent cough and, if they have asthma, their symptoms will get worse. They're also at increased risk of cot death and an ear infection called glue ear. • Read more about passive smoking.
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  Health risks ofsmoking during pregnancy • If you smoke when you're pregnant, you put your unborn baby's health at risk, as well as your own. Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of complications such as: • miscarriage • premature (early) birth • a low birth weight baby • stillbirth
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  Effects on yourbaby’s health • If you smoke during pregnancy, your baby: • is at increased risk of stillbirth • is more likely to be born early (prematurely; before week 37 of the pregnancy), which can cause feeding, breathing and health problems • won’t cope as well with any birth complications • is more likely to be born underweight and less healthy. On average, babies of smokers are 200g (8oz) lighter than other babies. A low birth weight adds to the risks of stillbirth, and makes your baby weaker and at greater risk of disease with a higher risk of hearing loss, learning difficulties and sight problems, as well as cerebral palsy
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  • is morelikely to have a problem keeping warm • is at increased risk of cot death • is more likely to get infections as a child, such as inflammation of the middle ear, and have health conditions that require hospital treatment, such as asthma • Low birth weight in babies is also linked to problems that develop as an adult, such as: • coronary heart disease: when your heart’s blood supply is blocked • type 2 diabetes: a condition caused by too much glucose in the blood