How can Tobacco be Dangerous to Health?

Tobacco kills half of its users, with smoking and smokeless tobacco killing nearly 6 million people worldwide. One tobacco death is estimated every 6 seconds. Being the second leading cause of death and fourth leading cause of disease worldwide, tobacco, if continued in the same pattern as it is today will lead to 10 million deaths each year by 2020.

More than 5 million deaths are due to direct tobacco use while more than 600,000 are from the exposure to second-hand smoke. It is the only legally available consumer product which kills people when used as directed.

What are the health risks related to Tobacco?

Tobacco consumption may slowly lead to the following health risks-:

• Cancer of lungs, mouth, throat, esophagus and more
• Frequent colds
• Chronic bronchitis
• Emphysema
• Stroke
• Heart disease

Other health conditions may include :-

• Stained teeth
• Bad breath
• Premature face wrinkles
• Diminished sense of taste and smell

How tobacco affects the body?

While the most affected organ is the liver! Tobacco can totally damage it, the effects on other body parts are as follows-:

Brain

• The drug Nicotine which makes the tobacco addictive directly hits the brain
• Because of the addiction, the drug makes you feel good when you are smoking and trigger the feelings of stress and disappointment as after effects
• It can make you feel dizzy and strain the head.

Heart

• By increasing the heart rate and blood pressure, smoking can trigger heart attacks and heart diseases.

Mouth

• Tobacco stains your teeth
• It can give you bad breath
• It can disrupt your taste buds
• Tobacco causes gum disease leading to mouth and throat cancer

Lungs

• It can slowly damage the lungs leading to problems while breathing
• It causes a lot of coughing with phlegm
• Asthma patients may get frequent attacks if they are a smoker
• It can worsen up to lung cancer

Skin

• You may smell bad, smoking smell can stick to your skin
• It can cause dry, yellow skin and wrinkles

Muscles

• Less blood and oxygen flows to the muscles, which can cause them to hurt more when you engage in physical activities.

Is there any diagnose possible before a disease develops?

The foremost way to eliminate the diseases is eliminating tobacco completely. Staying healthy is the key to cut down the number of diseases from the life. Regular health checkups are necessary to stay healthy and fit. Book diagnostic tests and health checkup packages online to stay known about your body. While the most common excuse is busyness, one can get in touch with health with the help of online pharmacies which helps us buy medicines online with discount!

Get the hassle sorted, eliminate tobacco!

Veraaj is a wrtier in Heycare, an online pharmacy in India offering a wide range of healtcare services with healthcare app in india.