How important are your health, sex life and appearance to you? If you say it doesn't matter, that's okay. If you say you care about your health and appearance, you should read this article.
Here are 14 reasons why you should quit smoking:
Under-eye bags: Don't you hate not being able to get a good night's sleep? And this can be seen on your face the next day. According to one study, if you smoke, your night's sleep is four times more disturbed than non-smokers. Nicotine may be the reason why you constantly turn over or wake up at night. And unfortunately poor sleep can never equal good sleep.
Psoriasis: Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin problem, to be fair you can have this disease even if you have never smoked. However, if you smoke, the likelihood of your skin becoming flaky increases.
If you smoke 1 pack of cigarettes a day for an average of 10 years, the risk of psoriasis increases by 20%. Between 11 and 20 years, this risk is 60%. (The risk increases if exposed to smoke during pregnancy and childhood).
Yellowed teeth: Don't you want to have stunning teeth, just like Hollywood stars? If you smoke, you can say goodbye to this dream. Nicotine stains teeth. As a result, add the price you pay for cigarettes plus the fee you will pay to the doctor for teeth whitening.
Untimely aging and wrinkles: Wrinkles occur in everyone with advancing age, but they can also occur in young people and smokers. Experts agree that smoking increases the effects of aging. For this reason, smokers look 1.4 years older on average than non-smokers.
Why does smoking cause wrinkles on the skin? Smoking blocks the blood flow that keeps skin tissue flexible and healthy looking. Wrinkles appear because the skin does not receive enough blood.
Yellow fingers: The nicotine in cigarettes not only turns your teeth brown (and the walls of your house), but also your fingers and nails. If you research on the internet, you can find home remedies prepared with lemon juice and whitening solution. Isn't it easier and less painful to quit smoking?
Thinned hair: It's like it's causing damage to your skin. As if wrinkles weren't enough, smoking also damages your hair. Experts think that the toxic chemicals in cigarettes can damage the DNA in the hair follicles and free radicals throughout the cell.
The result is that smokers have thinner hair and It turns white earlier than non-smokers. Of course, if he has any hair left to turn grey. A study conducted on men in Taiwan showed that men who smoke have twice the risk of losing their hair compared to non-smokers. The risk of baldness is higher.
Wound healing: Nicotine causes vasoconstriction (narrowing of the blood vessels), which limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood in small vessels in the face and other parts of the body. This means that your wounds will take longer to heal, and you will have larger and redder scars than a non-smoker.
There are many scientific studies showing that smokers cannot achieve optimal healing after surgery. In fact, since smokers do not have sufficient blood supply after plastic surgery and there is a high risk of skin shedding, the operation is not performed until they quit smoking.
Tooth loss: Smoking increases the risk of all kinds of dental problems; including oral cancer and gum disease. A study published in the 'Journal of Clinical Periodontology' showed that smokers are 6 times more likely than non-smokers to suffer from gum disease and, as a result, to lose teeth.
Your natural shine is lost: Smokers have a typical, characteristic face. . These people with wrinkled, pale and gray-looking skin are called 'Smokers Face'.
Cigarettes contain carbon monoxide, causing nicotine to replace oxygen in your skin. This reduces blood flow, making the skin drier and discolored. Smoking also depletes many nutrients that help repair and protect the skin.
Skin cancer: Smoking is the leading cause of lung, throat, mouth and esophagus cancer. Therefore, it is not surprising that it increases the risk of skin cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma develops three times more often in smokers than in non-smokers. This is the 2nd common type of skin cancer.
Elasticity: The nicotine in cigarettes affects your skin. Damages connective tissue and fibers. This causes loss of strength and flexibility.
Weak abdominal muscles: Cigarettes suppress appetite, smokers are weaker than non-smokers. Smokers have more fat in their internal organs. These deep fat pads accumulate in the middle part of your body and increase the risk of many diseases such as diabetes.
Cataract: More than half of Americans have cataracts after the age of 80. Smoking increases the risk of cataracts by increasing oxidative stress in the lens part of the eye.
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