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What you should know before the first puff...
EFFECTS of SMOKING vary from person to person but by smoking just one
cigarette you can have -
- Raised blood pressure and heart rate and decreased blood flow to body extremities
- Stimulated brain and nervous system activity for a short time
- Dizziness, nausea, watery eyes, and acid in the stomach
- Less appetite and awareness of taste and smell
In addition -
- smoking makes you stink
- smoking makes you sick
- smoking causes wrinkles
- smoking costs you a fortune
WARNING - Danger! Danger!
- Smoking during pregnancy can affect the unborn child.
- Women smokers who use a contraceptive pill may be more likely to suffer heart or blood vessel disease.
- Smoking affects the reproductive system and can cause the sex organs of the smoker (male or female) to malfunction.
- Long-term effects increase the risk of developing life-threatening conditions such as respiratory infections, emphysema, heart attack, coronary disease,
stroke, cancer, stomach ulcers, and/or peripheral vascular disease.
- Secondhand smoking is DANGEROUS for nonsmokers and can actually cause lung damage, cancer, and heart disease.
Each day 1,205 people in the U.S. die from cigarettes.
Why would anyone want to smoke?
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