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     • Smoking can cause long-term negative effects on the body, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Whether smoked or chewed, tobacco is dangerous to your health. Tobacco products contain unsafe substances, from acetone and tar to nicotine and carbon monoxide. The inhaled substances can affect your lungs and the other organs in your body.
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     Health Effects of Smoking on Your Body

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   How does smoking affect a person's health?

   • Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer.1 Smokers are at greater risk for diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease). 1,2 Smoking damages blood vessels and can make them thicken and grow narrower. This makes your heart beat faster and your blood pressure go up.

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   Is smoking bad for your health?

   • Whether smoked or chewed, tobacco is dangerous to your health. Tobacco products contain unsafe substances, from acetone and tar to nicotine and carbon monoxide. The inhaled substances can affect your lungs and the other organs in your body. Smoking can lead to ongoing complications and long-term effects on your body systems.

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   How does quitting smoking affect your health?

   • The good news is that quitting smoking can reduce many risk factors for the conditions and diseases below. Smoking can harm the organs in your body and negatively impact your overall health. Smoking can increase inflammation throughout your body and negatively affect your immune system. This may make you more susceptible to infection.

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3. www.cdc.gov › tobacco › data_statisticsHealth Effects of Cigarette Smoking | CDC

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   Learn how smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases, and reduces the health of smokers in general. Find out the risks of smoking for death, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, cancer, and other health problems.

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4. www.healthline.com › health › smokingHealth Effects of Smoking on Your Body

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   Smoking causes lung damage and tissue loss that never comes back. Damage to the respiratory system can also make you more susceptible to certain infections that affect the lungs, like tuberculosis and pneumonia, and increase the possibility of death from those illnesses. Smoking can cause you to develop a chronic cough. It can also worsenTrusted So...

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   Lung damage from smoking can cause lung disease or lung cancer. Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, and people who smoke are 20 times more likely than nonsmokers to be diagnosed with lung cancer.

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   People who smoke are at higher riskTrusted Sourcefor chronic nonreversible lung conditions such as: 1. emphysema, the destruction of the air sacs in your lungs 2. chronic bronchitis, permanent inflammation that affects the lining of the breathing tubes of the lungs 3. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a group of lung diseases 4. lung ca...

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   Babies may be born with underdeveloped lungs if the pregnant person smokes during pregnancy. Children whose parents or caregivers smoke cigarettes may also experience certain health conditions at a higher rate than children whose caregivers do not smoke. These can include: 1. coughing 2. wheezing 3. asthma attacks 4. pneumonia 5. tuberculosis 6. br...

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   Smoking can cause serious health problems, such as cancer, heart disease, and lung damage. Learn how smoking affects your body systems, from the central nervous system to the digestive system, and how to quit smoking.

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5. www.lung.org › health-effects › smokingHealth Effects of Smoking | American Lung Association

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   Smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide, and harms nearly every organ in the body. Learn about the health effects of smoking, the statistics, the quitting methods and the resources from the American Lung Association.

6. www.cancer.org › cancer › risk-preventionHealth Risks of Smoking Tobacco | American Cancer Society

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   Smoking can cause cancer, lung diseases, heart problems, and other health issues. Learn how smoking affects your lungs, heart, blood vessels, reproductive system, and more.

7. www.cancer.gov › about-cancer › causes-preventionHarms of Cigarette Smoking and Health Benefits of Quitting

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   Learn about the harmful chemicals, health problems, and risks of tobacco smoke to smokers and nonsmokers. Find out how quitting smoking can improve your health and lower your risk of cancer, heart disease, and other diseases.