TRUE FACTS OF SMOKING

Do you know that that a stick of cigarette contains more than 4000 chemical compounds and about 400 toxic substances. When inhaled, the stick of cigarette burns at 700 degrees centigrade at the tip and around 60 degrees centigrade in the core. This heat will then break down the tobacco to provide various toxins.
The most damaging contents in a cigarette includes:
. Nicotine which is the substance responsible for the smoking addiction;
. Carbon monoxide which reduces oxygen in the body.
The other contents are gaseous components.

Smoking causes deadly diseases like:
. Cardiovascular disease which is a common disease among smokers;
. Cancer consisting of cancer of the lungs, mouth, throat, bladder, oesophagus, kidneys, pancrease and cervix;
. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) which is a group of condition that block airflow and makes breathing difficult.

There are also other effects caused by smoking:
. increasing of blood pressure leading to hypertension, heart attack and stroke;
. infertility problems;
. asthma;
. loss of eyesight;
. risk of cataracts;
. teeth and gum stains, bad breath, and swelling of the gum
. making skin paler and wrinkled due to reduction of blood in skin and low level of vitamin A.

              SMOKERS ARE LIABLE TO DIE YOUNG