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HARMFUL TO HEALTH
The Latest Research Shows That:
1. Smoking harms nearIy every organ of your body, causing
many diseases and reducing your heaIth in generaI.
2. Quitting smoking has an immediate as weII as Iong-term
benefits, reducing risks for diseases caused by smoking
and improving your heaIth in generaI.
3. Smoking cigarettes with Iower tar and nicotine provides
no cIear benefits to heaIth.
4. The Iist of diseases caused by smoking has been
expanded to incIude acute myeIoid Ieukemia, cataracts,
cervicaI cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer,
pneumonia, periodontitis and stomach cancer.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
RAN
Smoking is a major cause of strokes.
The upper image
shows a dark area of
dead tissue from a
stroke whiIe the Iower
image shows heaIthy
brain tissue.
A stroke occurs when
the bIood fIow to an
area of your brain is
cut off. BIockage or
breakage of bIood
vesseIs causes a
stroke.
Without bIood suppIy,
brain ceIIs start to die,
Ieading to Ioss of
function in that part of
your brain.
A serious stroke can
Iead to permanent
damage, incIuding
memory Ioss, Ioss of
speech, paraIysis or
even death.
Dead tissues
from a stroke
Cataracts are a Ieading cause of bIindness worIdwide.
If you smoke, you have a two to three times greater risk of deveIoping cataracts than a nonsmoker.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
EYE8
The upper image
shows a cataract that
causes the eye's Iens
to turn white (opaque).
Cataracts make it more
difficuIt to read, drive a
car, or see faces of
your famiIy and
friends.
Cataract
Smokers have more periodontitis or gum disease than nonsmokers.
The upper image shows a
serious gum disease
caIIed Periondontitis.
Spaces deveIop between
the gums and the teeth
causing infIammation,
Ioss of bone around the
teeth, and progressive
infection. If Ieft untreated
it can cause teeth to drift
apart and faII out.
The Iower image shows a
heaIthy mouth.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
GUM8 AND TEETH
When peopIe smoke they are at increased risk of getting mouth cancer.
The upper image shows a
cancerous tumour on the
edge of an outstretched
tongue whiIe the Iower
image shows a heaIthy
tongue.
Tobacco can damage ceIIs
in the Iining of the oraI
cavity. Mouth cancer
occurs when ceIIs in your
mouth mutate and grow
out of controI.
Cancer often appears as
Iumps and sweIIing in your
mouth. As with many
cancers, mouth cancer can
spread to other parts of
the body.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
MOUTH
Smoking causes cancer of the Iarynx.
The upper image shows a
severe cancer of the Iarynx,
which has surfaced on the
neck whiIe the Iower image
shows a heaIthy Iarynx.
Cancer of the Iarynx occurs
when ceIIs mutate and grow
out of controI.
Most IaryngeaI cancers
begin near the vocaI cords,
causing hoarseness or
other changes in the voice,
and possibIy spreading to
other parts of the body.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
LARYNX {8OUND OX_
Cancer
Smoking causes cancer of the food pipe (esophagus).
The upper image shows a
cancerous tumor appears in
the food pipe (esophagus)
whiIe the Iower image
shows a heaIthy esophagus.
Cancer of the esophagus
can invade aImost any other
part of the body, incIuding
the Iiver, Iungs, brain and
bones.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
FOOD PPE
Cancer
Smoking causes Iung cancer.
Smoking causes about 90 percent of lung cancer deaths in men and about 80 percent in women.
Smoking low tar-cigarettes does not substantially reduce the risk of lung cancer.
The upper image shows a
Iung with cancerous
tumours whiIe the Iower
image shows a heaIthy
Iung.
Lung cancer occurs when
ceIIs in your Iungs mutate
and grow out of controI.
As with many cancers,
Iung cancer can spread to
other parts of your body.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
LUNG8
Smoking is reIated to asthma among chiIdren and adoIescents.
sthma is a disease that causes inflammation of the airways, causing them to become constricted, and obstruct airflow in and out of
the lungs. There is currently no cure for asthma, which may recur throughout life.
The upper image shows a
coIor scan of the Iungs of
an asthma patient. The
scan shows the
constricted airways.
The Iower image shows a
heaIthy Iung scan.
The above iIIustration
on the Ieft shows a
restricted airway
(bronchioIe) in the
Iungs. The area in the
middIe of the airway
narrows due to asthma.
The right image shows a
heaIthy airway.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
LUNG8
Smoking causes heart disease, which is the Ieading cause of death.
igarette smoking has been associated with all types of sudden cardiac death in both men and women.
The upper image
shows a damaged
heart after a heart
attack.
The damage happens
when the bIood fIow
through the coronary
artery to the heart is
bIocked and not
enough oxygen can
get to the heart
muscIe.
The Iower image
shows a heaIthy
heart.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
HEART
Smoking causes atheroscIerosis, or hardening of the arteries.
!oisons in the blood from smoking cigarettes contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. Most cases of coronary heart disease,
stroke, and artery disease are caused by atherosclerosis.
The upper image shows a
bIocked artery with
arthroscIerosis whiIe the
Iower image shows a
heaIthy artery.
AtheroscIerosis, or
hardening of the arteries,
gets worse over time.
Deposits of fatty pIaques,
and scarring and
thickening of the artery
waIIs causes it.
Narrowing of the arteries
around your heart
(coronary artery disease)
can prevent the heart from
getting as much oxygen-
rich bIood as it needs. This
increases the risk of a
heart attack.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
LOOD VE88EL8
AtheroscIerosis
Smoking causes stomach uIcers.
!eptic ulcers are usually caused by the Helicobacter !ylori bacterium and smokers are more likely to develop them.
The upper image shows a
peptic uIcer in the Iining
of the stomach whiIe the
Iower image shows the
Iower part of a normaI
heaIthy stomach.
In severe cases,
probIems with peptic
uIcers can Iead to death.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
8TOMACH
Peptic uIcer
Smoking causes kidney cancer.
The upper image
shows a cancerous
kidney whiIe the Iower
image shows a heaIthy
kidney.
Kidney cancer often
spreads to the bones
and Iungs. Like other
cancers, it can aIso
spread to other parts
of the body.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
KDNEY8
Smoking causes bIadder cancer.
The upper image shows
a cancerous tumour on
the inside of the
bIadder. The growth has
the appearance of a
cauIifIower at the top
region of the bIadder.
The Iower image shows
a heaIthy bIadder
connected to both
kidneys by a thin tube
caIIed the ureter.
Tumour
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
LADDER
Smoking causes pancreatic cancer.
The upper image shows a
cIose-up image of
pancreatic cancer whiIe
the Iower image shows a
normaI pancreas.
Pancreatic cancer is one of
the most serious and
deadIy of aII cancers. The
Iife expectancy of a person
diagnosed with pancreatic
cancer is approximateIy
three months.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE
PANCREA8
This is the picture of a
five-month oId fetus.
The white umbiIicaI
cord carries oxygen
and nutrients from
mother to the fetus.
Nicotine in cigarettes
may cause the bIood
vesseIs to constrict in
the umbiIicaI cord and
uterus, decreasing the
amount of oxygen the
unborn baby receives.
Nicotine may aIso
reduce the amount of
bIood in the baby's
bIoodstream, which
can contribute to a Iow
birth weight.
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING DURING
PREGNANCY
Smoking is harmfuI during every part of the deveIopment of the baby, and
continues to be harmfuI after a baby is born.
Smoking can cause babies to be born prematurely and to have low birth weight, respiratory diseases, and other illnesses.
Low birth weight is the leading cause of infant death.
UmbiIicaI cord
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