How harmful is smoking to the body?

Tobacco contains more than 20 kinds of toxins after burning, and nicotine is the most harmful to life. In this respect alone, smoking has three major hazards:

1, which can kill directly.

Some people have obtained the following amazing results through animal experiments: even a big horse can't stand nicotine injections for 8 times and will soon die; A lively dog can be killed without injecting a drop of nicotine into the vein; In addition, after smoking for a long time, some animals can find that there is an obvious trend of vasoconstriction and even hardening.

2, it can destroy the nutrients of the human body.

Smoking will hinder the absorption of vitamin C. Nicotine has a direct destructive effect on vitamin C. If the human body lacks vitamin C for a long time, there is the possibility of scurvy.

3, can induce a variety of diseases.

Three Harms of Smoking

Because the smoke inhaled in the body has a malignant stimulating effect on respiratory tract, digestive tract and other organs, some people think that it is an inducing factor for gastric and duodenal ulcers, respiratory tract infections and even cancers such as oral cavity, lips, tongue, esophagus and respiratory tract.

From this point of view, smoking is harmful to human health. So try to quit smoking or smoke less. Non-smokers had better not get into this hobby.

What effect does smoking have on morbidity and mortality?

1.

Coronary artery disease: the probability of smokers causing coronary heart disease is about 8 times that of non-smokers.

2.

Cerebrovascular diseases: Smoking is also one of the important risk factors of "stroke".

3.

Atherosclerosis: The peripheral blood circulation of smokers is worse than that of non-smokers.

4. Hypertension: Although smoking is not the direct cause of hypertension, it will aggravate hypertension and directly lead to death. At the same time, smoking will also interfere with the efficacy of antihypertensive drugs, so that hypertension can not be effectively controlled.