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Effects Of Smoking Linger Long Afterward

When you think about the effects of smoking you think about a person who has developed lung cancer. There are, however, many other side effects of smoking that are not usually thought about by the nonsmoker. You might know about one or two these, but there is an entire list of consequences for someone who smokes.

Did you know that the effects of smoking include not only lung cancer but also emphysema, strokes and heart attacks? Most people do not connect these diseases to smoking, but researchers have found a direct link back to people who smoke.

What about the other effects of smoking that do not directly relate to your physical health? Have you ever thought about how you, your clothes, car and home smell? If you are a regular smoker, everything will smell like stale cigarettes. There will probably be ash trays with nasty cigarette butts in them. You may also have yellow or brown stains on your teeth and even on your hands and fingers and you will be spending an exorbitant amount of money on your nasty smoking habit.

This is probably starting to sound very unpleasant and you had not even thought about these effects of your smoking. Did you also know that it is more difficult and costly to obtain health and life insurance? You are a high-risk person because you smoke. Then, there is the problem of finding a place to have a cigarette. The longer term effects of smoking are becoming more known by everyone because of the media attention being given to it.

The effects of smoking can also have a direct negative affect on your family. Did you know that second hand smoke is considered to be more harmful to people than if they actually smoked the cigarette themselves? Researchers today are telling us that the second hand smoke has about double the nicotine and five times the carbon monoxide. If your spouse is complaining about the effects of smoking on your children, you might want to listen a little more.

The effects of smoking on everyone around you can not be ignored. Your children might suffer and pay the consequences for your bad habit of smoking around them. They are more likely to get pneumonia or bronchitis than children from nonsmoking families. In addition, medical research has shown that children who live with smokers have more ear infections, lung diseases and have a tendency to develop allergies and asthma.

When you think about the long term effects of smoking are you really willing to gamble with the health of your children and spouse? While you enjoy smoking, are the consequences worth it? You might be the one enjoying a good smoke now, but you will also be the one in the emergency room in the middle of the night with a child who can not breathe because they are having an asthma attack. The choice is yours.