How smoking affects your body internally:

A. Smokers have a limited sense of smell.

B. Both active and passive smokers are at a greater risk of developing chest infections.

C. Smokers are at greater risk of developing cancer, especially in the throat, lungs.

D. People with asthma who are exposed to smoke may experience significant worsening of their condition.

"How Smoking Affects Your Body"

Each cigarette you smoke shortens your life by 14 minutes...do the math. That's over 4 hours per pack!

You can eat salad and broccoli till your face turns green, exercise more than Madonna, watch your carbs and your calories, but if you don't stop smoking you're destroying your insides!

I'm sure this looks incredibly appealing!

When the smoke gets in your eyes...
Did you know that smoking is the leading cause of blindness???

Smoking is one of the most common causes of visual impairment and blindness in wealthy countries.

The blood vessels in the retina are sensitive, and can be easily damaged by smoke.

Substances in cigarettes cause a kind of chemical inflammation in the ocular conjunctiva, giving rise to a bloodshot appearance in the mucous membrane of the eye, as well as an itchy sensation.

Smoking can cost you your eyesight.

Macular degeneration is the deterioration of the retina of the eye, resulting in the gradual loss of eyesight. Today, macular degeneration is the most common form serious visual impairment and blindness in the wealthy countries of the world.
The condition affects heavy smokers twice as much as non-smokers. Unfortunately, the risk of macular degeneration is only slightly reduced after giving up smoking.

Increased risk of cataracts
In addition to macular degeneration, smokers also run an increased risk of cataracts. According to a major American study, smokers are 60 per cent more likely to suffer from age-related cataracts. This applies particularly to the form of cataract that appears on the inner surface of the lens of the eye. Cataracts of this type (posterior subcapsular cataracts) affect smokers 2.6 times more than non-smokers.

Yuck! You put that in your mouth?!

Smoking affects these parts of your mouth:

A. Lips.
B. The floor of the mouth, under tongue.
C. The tongue.
D. The palate.
E. The root of the tongue.

Smoking causes oral cancer.

Smoking is dangerous for your teeth and gums. The teeth may fall out, as smoking can cause periodontal disease. Smoking delays the healing of wounds, and stains the teeth, gums and fillings. The worst consequence is the increased risk of mouth cancer.
Periodontal disease is a condition where the tissues that support the teeth - the gums and the bone - slowly deteriorate, and the teeth become loose and finally fall out. Anyone can suffer from periodontal disease, but smoking increases the risk. Heavy smokers are six times more likely to suffer from periodontal disease than non-smokers.
The risk of contracting periodontal disease depends on how much you smoke. If you smoke 30 cigarettes a day, you are six times more likely to contract periodontal disease than a non-smoker.

If you smoke 10 cigarettes a day or less, the risk is still three times higher than for a non-smoker.

If you smoke, the risk of contracting cancer of the mouth is four times higher than for a non-smoker.

Smoking Kills Your Looks
The appearance of wrinkled, pale and grayish skin is four to five times more frequent in smokers than non-smokers. In 1971 an extensive study showed that the facial skin of long-term smokers was so terribly wrinkled that they looked as if they were 20 years older! Talk about not aging well!

Smoking causes the microscopic muscle fibres in the walls of the blood vessels to contract. This is why smokers have pale skin. Some smokers even say their fingers become cold when they smoke. A single cigarette can reduce the blood supply to the skin for more than an hour. Giving up smoking will improve the blood supply to the skin and give previously pale skin a more 'natural' appearance.

Lack of vitamin A
A smoker's skin is also wrinkled because its vitamin A content is low compared with that for a non-smoker. Vitamin A protects the skin against strong chemical substances that may damage or destroy it.

A smoker's lung. Yuck!