Why I dislike smokers and being near them.

My mom, my auntie, my uncle passed on from cellular breakdown in the lungs with a long agonizing time of ailment and two of them had additionally lung emphysema with trouble in relaxing.

It was difficult to follow them during their last time. They were generally enormous smokers in their day-to-day existence.

My mom quit smoking late in life however the other smoked almost until the end. That settled on my choice solid about smoking and what it means for individuals' lives.

The actual smoker as well as individuals around them.

Furthermore, indeed, I have likewise been a smoker myself. I concede that and am likewise embarrassed regarding that, it was the dumbest I did. I quit smoking 35 years prior and I trust it will not have impacted my life to an extreme.

Hopefully, unlike my mother, the outcome will be different.

 

That's why I dislike smokers and being around them. 

It doesn't affect only them.

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So, now it's time for some facts.

The numbers in this article are in Sweden and the death toll in Sweden is around 92000 totally per year. 

Smoking is one of the most dangerous things you can do to your body, and it is the leading cause of disease and premature death worldwide.

Tobacco usage causes a variety of illnesses, particularly in the heart, blood vessels, and lungs.

It's not just the smoker who suffers. 

Children can get asthma from passive smoking, and babies born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy have a narrower trachea.

In Sweden, passive smoking is thought to kill roughly 500 people each year.

Living with a smoker increases your chances of dying from heart disease or lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent.

Particles and fumes containing up to 8,000 chemical compounds are emitted with each flare.

Tobacco contains harmful chemicals such as hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and about 60 carcinogens, in addition to the addictive nicotine.

The body's defenses are broken down every day by noxious flares, resulting in our most feared and deadly folk diseases.

Because these toxic compounds travel via the blood, they reach all parts of the body in large concentrations. In Sweden, over 14,000 people die each year as a result of smoking.

Smoking and cardiovascular disease 

Tobacco smoke is harmful to the heart and blood arteries, and it is estimated that 2,500 people die each year from heart attacks and strokes as a result of smoking.

Tobacco smoke contains carbon monoxide, which inhibits red blood cells and lowers the body's ability to absorb oxygen, making it more difficult for the heart to perform.

Tobacco contains nicotine, which raises blood pressure and speeds up the heart rate. Other toxic chemicals in tobacco cause atherosclerosis by triggering the pathways that cause atherosclerosis. Angina, heart attack, stroke, and window disease are all increased by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis affects nonsmokers as well, although the particles and chemicals in tobacco smoke hasten the onset of atherosclerosis.

Smoking also increases your chances of having type 2 diabetes by a factor of two.

Smoking and lung disease 

Every year, almost 3,000 people in Sweden die of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, and almost 4,000 die of lung cancer. 

Smoking is the biggest underlying cause of both of these diseases which is still on the rise, especially among women. 

Historical data also suggest that the cigarettes sold today are more dangerous than before and increase the risk of COPD and lung cancer. 

In lung cancer, the carcinogens in tobacco smoke have affected the genome of lung cells so that they change their natural cell division behavior and grow into tumors. 

Tobacco smoke irritates the airways and creates an inflammation that causes increased mucus formation with coughing and coughing. The lung tissue is attacked, which can lead to the walls of the alveoli, the alveoli, breaking down so that large cavities are formed in the lungs. 

The condition is called emphysema and means that both oxygen uptake and lung capacity are greatly impaired. 

Emphysema in combination with inflammation of the small airways forms the disease picture in COPD. Anyone who has asthma and smokes risks that the asthma disease worsens. Smoking asthmatics also respond much less to treatment with cortisone than those who do not smoke.

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Risks compared to non-smokers 

Anyone who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day is at risk compared to those who do not smoke the following: 

-Fifteen times higher risk of getting lung cancer 

-Ten times higher risk of getting COPD 

-Ten times higher risk of getting esophageal cancer 

-Five times higher risk of having a heart attack before 50. 

-Three times higher risk of having a heart attack after the age of 50 

-Three times higher risk of having a stroke 

-Three times higher risk of getting bladder cancer

Furthermore, smoking raises the chance of tooth loss, age-related eyesight, osteoporosis, and erection issues.

Smokers are also more likely to develop severe atherosclerosis in the great carotid arteries and large vessels in the legs, a condition known as claudicatio intermittens, which can lead to amputation. Nine out of ten people with significant leg vasoconstriction are or have been smokers.

So, if this isn't enough to quit smoking, so what is.

Yes, one more thing.

Droopy eyelids, bags under the eyes, creases between the nostrils and lips, wrinkles on the upper and lower lip, and a tendency to double chin are all more common in smokers.

This must be enough!

Facts from the Swedish Heart and Lung Fund

Scientific responsible: Hans Giljam, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.