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Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases, and reduces the health of smokers in general. 1,2. Quitting smoking lowers your risk for smoking-related diseases and can add years to your life. 1,2
Aug 3, 2017 · This paper provides a broad overview of smoking in terms of: the health effects, benefits of stopping, prevalence and patterns of use, psychological, pharmacological and social factors leading to uptake and maintenance of the behaviour, effectiveness of population level and individual level interventions to combat it, and methods used to reduce ...
- Robert West
- 10.1080/08870446.2017.1325890
- 2017
- Psychol Health. 2017 Aug 3; 32(8): 1018-1036.
Jul 19, 2018 · Along with increasing the risk of most cancers, heart disease, diabetes, and a whole host of other serious illnesses, tobacco use is also linked to reduced fertility, poorer health overall,...
Tobacco, Nicotine, and E-Cigarettes Research Report. What are the physical health consequences of tobacco use? Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ in the body, 1,44 and smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature death in the United States.
Nov 14, 2018 · Key points. Nearly one-quarter of smokers have only a few cigarettes a day, or smoke only now and then. Light and intermittent smoking, or social smoking, is better for you than heavy smoking. But it still increases the risks of heart disease, lung cancer, cataract, and a host of other conditions.
Jul 16, 2022 · Abstract. Cigarette smoking remains a primary contributor to health disparities in the United States, and significant evidence suggests that smoking behavior is socially influenced.
