There are over 4000 ingredients in smoking tobacco. Some are preservatives, others are designed to make tobacco more addictive, while some chemicals simply enhance the flavor. There are also a host of substances designed solely to mask the side...
Smoking tobacco is known to be harmful to the body. It increases your risk for certain types of cancer, and it affects your health in other ways. According to the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, about 200 recognized...
The health risks of smoking tobacco are widely known, as well as the highly addictive nature of cigarettes. Conversely, you can enjoy numerous benefits from quitting smoking and many tools are available today to help you quit. If you're thinking...
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cigarette smoking accounts for approximately one of every five deaths in the U.S every year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals that 90 percent of all...
Smoking may be portrayed as "cool" and many people may be doing it, but neither of these reasons negates the years of research linking tobacco smoking to many forms of cancer and other diseases. Lung cancer caused by tobacco smoke is 100 percent...
Smoking tobacco has a trickle-down effect on a person's life and livelihood that gets worse as the years go by. The consequences of tobacco use, however, can be diminished and even reversed by quitting. Merely switching to "light" cigarettes,...
Smoking is the No. 1 cause of preventable death in America, according to the American Lung Association. More than 20.6 percent of American adults were smokers in 2008, and in 2007 more than 20 percent of high school students were smokers. Smoking...
Smoking as little as one cigarette a day can damage your health, according to the American Cancer Society. Moreover, a long-term habit can cause premature death from several diseases. The best way to avoid tobacco-related health problems is to...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) calls cigarette smoking the single major cause of cancer death in the United States. Smoking is linked to mortality from cardiovascular disease and lung disorders. Cigarette smoke contains thousands of poisonous...
Many people know that smoking is unhealthy and that it is important to quit. Yet quitting is very challenging because the ingredients in cigarettes are addictive. Cigarette smoking also takes a toll on people's financial health. According to...
Because tobacco smoking is addictive, the diseases that cigars and cigarettes can cause become unavoidable for some smokers. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports a success rate of less than 10 percent for those who try to quit smoking....
Smoking cigarettes can lead to lung cancer, respiratory disorders and impotence. Quit smoking tobacco, and make the decision to improve your life and the health of those around you. Nicotine, a chemical in cigarettes, is addictive as cocaine and...
Twenty percent of people worldwide smoke tobacco products, often in the form of cigarettes. Tobacco comes from the leaf of the tobacco plant, and contains an extremely addictive chemical called nicotine. It is easy to start smoking tobacco, and...
Smoking tobacco is widely accepted to be one of the most harmful things a person can do to her health, and is responsible for 20 percent of all deaths in the United States. It's the leading cause of preventable disease in the U.S.. Regardless of...
Quitting smoking is very difficult for most people, but it is possible -- and 1 million people quit smoking each year in the United States. The first and most important step is to make the decision to quit smoking, and make sure that you're...
According to a report by the Office of the Surgeon General, the single greatest avoidable cause of death and disease is smoking. One set of diseases smoking can cause are those that affect your respiratory system. Three respiratory diseases...
About 20 percent of the adult population smokes cigarettes, cigars or pipes. The American Heart Association reports that tobacco smoking accounts for more than 440,000 deaths each year, many of which are preventable. With those kinds of...
The health risks from smoking tobacco are many and varied. In 2004 the U.S. Surgeon General's Office added cataracts, periodontitis, osteoporosis and a number of cancers to the known health problems caused by smoking. Cigarettes, cigars and pipe...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tobacco use causes over 400,000 deaths a year, more than all deaths due to HIV/AIDS, murders, suicides, motor vehicle accidents, illegal drug use and alcohol use put together in...
Smoking is one lifestyle habit that can cause serious and long-lasting health problems. Among those are cardiovascular and lung disease, and cancer. In order to reduce your risk or prevent these conditions from developing, you should try to quit...
Nicotine is an addictive drug that produces the "high" people feel when they smoke tobacco cigarettes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States; even...
Tobacco is the plant material found in cigarettes, cigars and smokeless products like snuff and dip. Nicotine---the main active compound in tobacco---is highly addictive and has a stimulating effect on the heart and central nervous system....
Some find smoking enjoyable, but the health dangers far outweigh the temporary pleasing feeling that comes from a nicotine fix. The tar, nicotine and hazardous chemicals in cigarette smoke attack your lungs, organs and other parts of your body....
A smoker's risk of lung cancer is 23 times higher than that of a non-smoker, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People who smoke double their risk of coronary heart disease and stroke as well. Considering such statistics,...
Researchers have been studying the health effects of smoking for decades. Tobacco smoke puts a smoker at risk for heart disease and lung cancer and exposes others to these same risks. The carcinogens in cigarette smoke are known for their toxic...
Tobacco is a plant that contains the drug nicotine---a highly addictive stimulant. Despite the well-documented health risks of smoking, tobacco products such as cigarettes are still widely used in the U.S. and around the world. Its easy...
Tobacco smoking affects nearly every organ of the body, and causes or contributes to many different types of cancer. Because tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, it is not surprising that it can cause major harm to the lungs. Lung damage...
Smoking tobacco causes a wide spectrum of health problems and affects many of the major organs in the body. The practice can not only affect the smoker, but can present an environmental hazard for nonsmokers. Children in particular are vulnerable,...
Little by little, tobacco use harms the human body until, in many cases, death occurs. The U.S. Surgeon General holds smoking accountable for one in five American deaths, and the majority of these victims were long-term smokers. In fact, half of...
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