Dangers Of Smoking (1)

In addition to the health related risks of smoking, the social acceptance of smokers is dwindling day by day. One reason that smoking is becoming more socially unacceptable is that when you smoke, it not only affects your lungs and life, but it can have dramatic effects on people around you who are breathing in your smoke. If you smoke, your entire family, including your children, can be very negatively affected by your smoking. When parents smoke, especially mothers who are pregnant, their children are more likely to get asthma, ear infections, bronchitis, and many other problems with breathing. In this day with all the information available on how smoking will negatively affect the baby growing inside, it is absolutely unacceptable for expectant mothers to smoke during any part of pregnancy. In addition to the second hand health risks to children by their smoking parents, it is also more likely for children of smokers to start up the habit themselves. This is why it is crucial to set a good example by quitting smoking now. Your children will be grateful for all the newfound energy that you can devote to them, and also for the fact that you’ll live to be with them for a much longer time.
With more and more smokers quitting each and every day, people are increasing their health as well as their life expectancy. Smokers that stop before reaching age fifty amazingly cut in half the risk of dying in the next 15 to 20 years. Some benefits of quitting are gradual, although you will see some results even that same day. For instance, merely twenty minutes after you take that last puff you will already notice the benefits of quitting by your decreased blood pressure and heart rate.