1. Smoking Health Tip: An Increased Risk of Dying

Dr. S. Kenfield and her colleagues studied the risk of dying in smokers and non-smokers. The study shows that an increased risk of dying from any cause that smokers have is 281% higher than the risk in non-smokers. Basically, this is equally true for men and for women.

2. Smoking Health Tip: The Risk of Dying from Cancers

There exist different kinds of cancer that are related to smoking: lung cancer, cancers of esophagus, kidney, bladder, tongue, mouth, throat, etc. The risk of these diseases in smokers is 725 % compared to that of non-smokers. Smoking is reported to be bad for any cancer.

3. Smoking Health Tip: Mortality Rate

Women who smoke from the early age have a higher mortality rate and higher respiratory disease death rate.

4. Smoking Health Tip: Giving Up Smoking

The excess risk of dying due to cardiovascular disease decreases when one stops smoking. Isn’t it the best motivation to give up that bad habit?
 
The smoking health tips suggested above are not sensational and familiar to everyone. We stressed on them once more to admit the seriousness of the consequences that smoking might have.
 
Paraphrasing the great Shakespeare, to smoke or not to smoke – this is the question.
 
If you have already started to smoke you should do everything possible to reduce smoking to minimum. The best way to give up smoking is to ask for professional help just by saying “Help me stop”. There exist different organizations that help people stop; the American Cancer Society is one of them (you can easily reach them through www. cancer. org or by calling 800 ACS 2345). Your sincere desire and ability to sacrifice for the benefit of your health will make you a good example not only of a non-smoker, but of a person who could win one’s weaknesses.

Additional information is available in Quit Smoking Tips and your Health Benefits post.

• You Follow the Quit Smoking Tips and your Health Benefits! Point # 1.

Try prescription treatments like Zyban or Wellbutrin – they can help control cravings.

• You Follow the Quit Smoking Tips and your Health Benefits! Point # 2.

Try over the counter treatments like the nicotine patch or gum.

• You Follow the Quit Smoking Tips and your Health Benefits! Point # 3.

Resort to nontraditional treatments like hypnosis, acupuncture and herbal remedies.

• You Follow the Quit Smoking Tips and your Health Benefits! Point # 4.

Consult your doctor (most likely, dentist) concerning your individual plan to give up smoking. Decide on what will work best for you, if necessary, use a combination of treatments to quit.

• You Follow the Quit Smoking Tips and your Health Benefits! Point # 5.


Note that apart well-known heart problems or diabetes that smoking can lead to, dental problems can also appear because of smoking. European dentists claim that smoking is the cause for many dental problems such as oral cancer, receding gums, the diminished ability of taste buds and the rejection of dental devices and procedures. Bad breath and teeth discoloration can also result from smoking.

 
Moreover, smokers are more likely to need a tooth extraction or a major dental cleaning than non-smokers. The loss of jaw bone, and increased plague and tartar build up can also come from smoking.
 
Is there any need to persuade you more that you should quit smoking? Quitting is never easy, indeed, but the health risks are just extreme not to start quitting right now!