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| Effects Of Smoking Tobacco |
Question:
What's the latest news on the negative effects of smoking tobacco?
Answer:
While smoking has long been linked to an array of health problems, recent
research shows that the harmful habit is worse than previously known: A new
report from the U.S. surgeon general found that smoking causes diseases in
almost every organ of the human body.
In addition to the well-known negative effects of smoking tobacco, such
as lung, mouth and esophageal cancers, the new report found that smoking is
conclusively linked to leukemia, cataracts and pneumonia as well as cancers
of the pancreas, cervix and kidneys. Other complications linked to smoking
in the report included diabetes complications, hip fractures and
reproductive complications.
The toxins from cigarette smoke can go everywhere the blood flows.
Despite the damaging effects of tobacco use, quitting smoking has immediate
and long-term effects such as improved circulation and a drop in heart rate,
the report found. Even quitting late in life can have positive effects:
Giving up tobacco at age 65 can reduce a smoker's risk of dying of related
disease by 50 percent.
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