From: Chelsea (bhkhxalx@bowenandson.com)
Date: Thu Oct 18 2007 - 12:29:29 PDT
Are you smoker?
Bad news for smokers
- If the mother smoked during pregnancy, her baby will average 6 ounces less and its pulse will be 30% faster than a non-smoker's baby.
- Secondhand smoke from a parent's cigarette increases a child's chances for middle ear problems, causes coughing and wheezing, and worsens asthma conditions.
- The average smoker (30 cigerettes per day) has 4 to 6 times the chance of having heart disease if he's in the 45-54 year age group.
- Smoking causes widespread permanent destruction of the tiny air sacs (alveoli) and narrowing of small blood vessels in the lungs, decreasing the oxygen supply, requiring a higher blood pressure, thus causing extensive circulatory problems and premature heart attacks.
- Smokers have difficulty running and exercising.
- Nicotine, an insecticide, makes the blood more viscous and decreases the available oxygen.
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- If you stop smoking before the age of about 35, your life expectancy is only slightly less than people who have never smoked.
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- Quitting smoking saves money. A pack-a-day smoker, who pays $2 per pack can, expect to save more than $700 per year. It appears that the price of cigarettes will continue to rise in coming years, as will the financial rewards of quitting.
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