Cigarette

There is a giant reason that each of the cigarette packets carries an alert from Surgeon General. The reason is that smoking is really injurious to the healthiness of the person who smokes. At the same time, it also impacts people who are around the smoker. This is known as passive smoking. If you look at the various health aspects of smoking, you may find that there are not many better options than to give up smoking.

First and most important thing that you must know about giving up smoking is that it’s a lot like losing weight. You will need plenty of perseverance and if you’d like to do it, you will have to start up now, with a powerful commitment, both physical and psychological.

Ciggie smoke is a complicated mix of numerous harmful chemicals. Tobacco smoke contains a whooping five thousand chemicals. Out of these five thousand chemicals at least 150 have severe damaging effects. some of these toxic chemicals include ammonia, carbon monoxide, ethylene oxide, beryllium, cadmium, arsenic, hydrogen peroxide, benzene, vinyl chloride, polonium-210, cyanide, toluene, formaldehyde, chromium and nickel.

Carbon monoxide and nicotine increase the pulse rate and blood pressure thereby straining the heart and the blood vessels. It also cuts off oxygen to your feet and some smokers have to get their limbs amputated. Tar makes a coat on the lungs and ultimately leads to cancer. Carbon monoxide reduces oxygen in the brain and body thereby making the heart beat faster. Smokers often get infected with emphysema, an illness that rots your lungs.Bronchitis is a chase up disease of emphysema.

Smokers are at a 10 times heightened chance of lung cancer than any normal person. It leads to exorbitant fat deposits in bloods vessels and further to cases of cardiac arrest. Pregnant woman should never smoke as it really impacts their baby.

Various estimates have shown that as many as 448,000 people die early deaths due to smoking in a given year. 50 percent of these are caused by cancer and 15% due to diverse heart related problems including stroke. Rest of the 35% die of lung issues.

Apart from being out of danger from the earlier discussed health hazards, quitting smoking also alleviates you of gum diseases, cataracts and bone thinning. In addition, smoking protects you from early ageing or having wrinkles.

Stopping smoking has certain immediate benefits. Blood pressure and heart rate become normal. The level of carbon monoxide declines in the blood. You’ll have improved blood circulation and will stop coughing and puffing. You’ll also not produce phlegm. You’ll observe substantial enhancements in lung function within a few months of quitting.

Also, ex-smokers enjoy a better overall health and suffer fewer breakdowns from influenza and cold viruses after giving up smoking. After about ten years of quitting, your body gets healed off the damage caused to it by smoking. Thus , you must begin today to get rid of this evil habit so that you are able to enjoy a fit body years later.

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Chronic bronchitis is a very common respiratory disease that involves inflammation and infection of the bronchial tubes, mucosal membranes and tissues. The disease is manifested by an overproduction of mucus that results in temporary obstruction of the airways. In the first stages of chronic bronchitis, the disease only affects the major airways, generating milder and less persistent symptoms. However, in more advanced stages of chronic bronchitis all airways are affected, preventing the proper oxygenation of the lungs due to pronounced obstruction of the respiratory tract. As the disease progresses further, chronic bronchitis sufferers may develop serious complications at the level of the lungs. Complicated forms of chronic bronchitis often involve emphysema or pneumonia.

Chronic bronchitis is responsible for causing the so called “smoker’s cough”. This persistent, highly productive cough has a pronounced recurrent character. In the incipient phase of chronic bronchitis, this symptom usually occurs in the morning and clears within a few hours. As the disease progresses, “the smoker’s cough” is ongoing and it rarely ameliorates without the aid of medical treatment. When the cough produces blood or yellowish mucus, it is a major indicator of complications, suggesting the spreading of the disease at pulmonary level.

Although there are various causes of chronic bronchitis, the disease is often linked with cigarette smoking. Recent studies indicate that both active and passive smoking greatly contribute to the occurrence of chronic bronchitis. In addition, smoking facilitates the progression of the disease and decreases the potency of specific medications. Smoking weakens the natural defenses of the respiratory tract, facilitates the proliferation of bacteria and slows down the healing of the soft tissues, membranes and organs involved in breathing.

Recent statistics reveal that there are more than 14 million people with chronic bronchitis in the United States. Around 17 percent of overall chronic bronchitis cases are diagnosed in regular smokers while around 12 percent of cases are diagnosed in former smokers. Studies in the field suggest that regular smokers are 85 percent more exposed to developing chronic bronchitis than non-smokers. The risk of developing chronic bronchitis is directly proportional with the number of cigarettes smoked.

An interesting fact is that chronic bronchitis also has a high incidence among former smokers, suggesting the long-term damage caused by cigarette smoking to the organism. Physicians sustain that it takes several months or even years until the undesirable effects of smoking at the level of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems disappear completely. On the premises of genetic predispositions for respiratory, pulmonary or cardio-vascular diseases, regular smokers are even more susceptible to developing chronic bronchitis.

Smokers that suffer from chronic bronchitis are advised to quit smoking for good. Although it may take a while until the respiratory tissues and organs are completely regenerated and cured from the effects of smoking, timely quitting this self-destructive habit can prevent the occurrence of further complications. Nevertheless, the absence of smoking speeds up the process of recovery from chronic bronchitis, minimizing the risks of relapse.

More informations about bronchitis symptoms or asthmatic bronchitis can be found by visiting http://www.bronchitis-guide.com/

Groshan Fabiola
http://www.articlesbase.com/quit-smoking-articles/cigarette-smoking-a-major-risk-factor-of-chronic-bronchitis-54728.html

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I am 3 months pregnant with twins. My parents, who are both smokers (my mother is a chain smoker), are so excited. We all are. They keep saying how they can’t wait to set up a room for the babies and start keeping them and having them over, etc, etc. Well, I have a problem with that because of them smoking in the house. My mom already has an attitude because I don’t want her smoking around me while I’m pregnant (She always says "I smoked the whole time I was pregnant with you and your brothers, and you are all fine!" Yeah-not the point.) I don’t smoke and neither does my husband. How can I tell them, without being cruel, that these babies will not be spending the night at their house because of all the cigarette smoke?
My husband is adamant that the babies will not be there very much because of the smoking.

Be calm. Be positive.. Be very, very firm.

I would drop the subject for now. Wait till the babies are here. Then, of course, the babies will be with you for ages while still very young & no babysitting. If your mum starts to insist on ‘time’ with her then just say "No. Sorry, they are too young".

As the children get older you have choices.
1) Just always have an excuse for not letting them over to your parents.
2) When you do ‘visit’ your parents try to go outside the house into the fresh air & not sit inside amongst the smoke.
2) Just straight out tell your parents that studies have shown how harmful passive smoking is around ‘anyone’ let alone new children.

You must remain strong on this but don’t get into heated arguments with your parents. You are the parent of these children & it’s your call. Tell your mum you don’t want to take any chances with your childrens health.

Don’t believe your mum if she ‘promises’ not to smoke aroung the children if they are in her care – she will smoke. Her attitude is very selfish.

Relax & be sure that you have made the right decision. There will be plenty of times to share the children without putting them into danger.

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Thanks for all positive comments.

Tobacco is a very dangerous drug. It is legal and widely used.
Thousands of people die every year as a result of smoking cigarettes, cigars and pipes. The combined effects of nicotine, (the main drug in tobacco) and other gases which enter the lungs when smoked, greatly increases the chance of disease and ill-health. Tobacco is a stimulant drug giving smokers a ‘lift’.

Smoking has been directly linked to lung cancer, heart disease and other major illnesses, as well being dangerous during pregnancy for the mother and unborn child.

It is also recognised that secondary smoking or passive smoking can put the health of others at risk. This is one of the reasons why smoking has been so widely banned in public places.

One of every ten deaths around the world is caused by a smoking-related disease. There are over 4,000 chemicals in a single cigarette, some of which are highly poisonous. Examples include naphthalene, which is used in moth repellent; acetone, the main component of nail polish remover; butane, a constituent of lighter fluid; and formaldehyde, used in embalming.

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