EFFECTS
- You may get a smokers face, including many wrinckles, subtle gauntness of the facial features with prominence of the underlying bony contours and an atrophic - slightly pigmented grey appearance or other harsh tones of the skin.
- Your skin gets 25%-40% thinner
- Pot bellies, smoking causes fat to be distributed incorectly, putting most of it on the persons waste, and not all over.
- Smoking damages blood vessels, inhibiting blood flow, which means, smoking cigarettes can (negativly) affect the size of your erect penis.
- Smokers suffer in the bedroom (Less sex, Less satisfaction and Poorer sperm quality)
- Also all smokers are at extra risk for
Coronary heart disease (e.g., heart attacks)
Peripheral vascular disease (circulatory problems)
Aortic aneurysm
High blood pressure
High cholesterol (LDL)
Lung cancer
Cancer of the mouth, throat and voice box
Cancer of the pancreas
Cancer of the kidney, and urinary bladder
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
Pneumonia
Influenza (the "flu")
The common cold
Peptic ulcers
Chronic bowel disease (Crohn's Disease)
Tooth decay (cavities)
Gum disease
Osteoporosis
Sleep problems (falling asleep inappropriately and/or frequent waking)
Cataracts
Thyroid disease (Grave's Disease)
- Female smokers are at an extra risk for
Cancer of the cervix (womb)
Menstrual problems
Fertility problems
Spontaneous abortion (miscarriage)
- Male smokers have an extra risk of
Erectile dysfunction (impotence)
Fertility problems (problems with sperm)