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SMOKING – how does it affect your body?

Every cigarette you smoke is dangerous.

Smoking is one of the most common

causes of unstoppable deaths all

over the world; it kills approximately

6.5 million people all over the world

each year and accounting for

around 5,300 deaths a year in

Sydney.

23% of all the current smokers in NSW

are planning to quit in the next 30

days… are you one of them? If you

could see the danger right from brain

to toe, YOU’D STOP.

BRAIN

Smoking can be a cause of stroke – in fact, it

increases your possibility of having a stroke by

a minimum of 50%, which causes brain

damage and leads to death. It

damages to the brain due to

complications with the blood flow or

loss of blood into brain tissue.

According to health organizations,

40% of all cases of strokes in

particulars under ages of 65 are

caused by smoking.

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But here’s the GOOD NEWS!

If you plan to quit smoking within two years, your chance of stroke is lessen to

half that of a non-smoker AND within 5 years, it will be the same as that of a non

smoker.

HEART

Your heart can be badly affected by smoking.

Research has proven that smoking tightens

major arteries, increases heart rate and can

also cause an irregular heartbeat , it increases

the chance of having conditions such as heart

attack, vascular disease, stroke, coronary

heart disease and all of which makes your

heart works harder.

Nicotine and carbon monoxide from the

smoke both put pain on the heart by means of

making it work or beat faster. Your risk of blood

clots can also increase. The damage of the

lining of your coronary arteries can be caused

by other chemicals in cigarette smoke.

The GOOD NEWS is…

Within just 20 minutes of quitting smoke, your heart rate will be back to normal.

So how about trying to quit for an hour, days, months and years????? You will

definitely have a series of good changes that continue for years, having a

healthy heart and decrease your chances of having heart diseases.

LUNGS

The most affected part of your body when

you are smoking is your lungs. Colds, coughs,

asthma and wheezing are just a beginning.

Beyond statistics, 84% deaths from lung

cancer and 83% of deaths from different lung

disease are caused by smoking.

What’s the CATCH?

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The longer you don’t smoke, the better your lung condition gets. There are some

cases that lung damage may be constant or permanent, but if you quit

smoking, you are avoiding the damage from getting worse.

CIRCULATION

Blood is our way for delivering nutrients and

oxygen to our body organs and tissues,

without it, they die. When we smoke, the

poison from the cigarette smoke enters

our blood. It then make our arteries

narrow, decreasing the amount of

oxygen rich blood circulating to our

organs, it can also increase the

chance of clot formation and make

our blood thicker. Blockages in the

blood store around the heart can cause

heart attack and further blockages in the

blood vessels storing arms and legs can lead to

serious pain and can cause amputation.

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

According to research, smokers also have an

increased chance of having ulcer and

stomach cancer. As for example,

smoking can help the cause of peptic

ulcer. It’s weakens our liver and more

likely unable to handle drugs and

alcohol. It gives you greater risk of

getting gall stones and Crohns’

Disease. It weakens the muscle and

controls the lower end of your

esophagus and from the stomach, it

allows acid to go in the wrong direction

back up your esophagus, which is a

called reflux.

Research has shown that an old male of 42 years old smoking 15 or more

cigarettes a day has about a 35% risk of dying within 15 years, but if he quits,

that chance is reduced to 1 in 10.

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SKIN

Smoking can increase the skin ageing

process in the skin. Smoking can

increase the skin ageing process in

the skin. It means that it develops

more wrinkles and lines that

droops and become coarse and

dry with broken blood vessels and

unsmooth skin coloring. Smokers

can appear skinny and develop

more grayish or orange complexion.

Studies had shown that smoking may

lead to early ageing of the facial skin; it

reduces Vitamin A levels and skin moisture, it can cause

sudden changes in the elastic fibers of the skin, the heat from the cigarette

directly do burn skin and as it narrows blood vessels, it reduces blood supply to

the skin and can cause collagen loss.

SMOKING AND YOU

Whether you smoke 1 cigarette a day or 40, each one is damaging. You know

the effects…You Know It’s time…

Ring 1300 769 399 to see how we help smokers quit in just a few hours-

guaranteed.

QUIT SMOKING NOW.