As smoking has become a trend of this era, it is vital for everyone to know the health risks of smoking. The habit of smoking leads to many harmful effects on the body. It is detrimental to human health. Globally, tobacco smoking is the single largest cause of preventable or escapable death. Few developing nations sell cigarettes which are likely to have elevated tar content and tend to be less filtered, significantly increases the susceptibility to tobacco-related disease in these nations. Smokers have an increased chance of over 50 severe health conditions; some may cause irremediable damage to health and some may be fatal.

The health risks of smoking are many and affects ones bodies, from head to toe. Cigarette smoking is injurious as it contains 4000 toxic chemicals, in which more than 60 chemicals are identified as carcinogens.Smoking affects everything from the efficiency of the body’s immune system to the internal functioning of organs. It has a negative impact on human health and is destructive.

The harmful effects of smoking cigarettes are countless and after recognizing it, everyone will come to a common conclusion that – smoking kills! The leading cause of death among smokers is heart disease. The poisonous ingredients of cigarette are hard on the heart. Research suggests that smoking causes 118,000 chronic bronchitis deaths, 850,000 lung cancer death, 1, 69,000 cardiovascular death, worldwide. Cigarette smoking is accountable for 90% of death due to lung cancer. It is also responsible for majority of deaths due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Health is diminished due to smoking. Smokers often suffer from wrinkles around the mouth, yellowing nails and teeth, and bad breath. They also have a higher risk of losing teeth and developing an ashy complexion than a non-smoker. The list of adverse health effects or diseases due to smoking is endless – stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, kidney cancer, cervical cancer, cardiovascular and coronary heart diseases, chronic lung diseases, throat cancer, oral cancer, bladder cancer, asthma, pneumonia, severe tuberculosis, osteoporosis, infertility, leukemia, gangrene, peripheral vascular disease etc…. Smoking also has a bad effect on the mental condition and psychology of the smoker.

It is quoted that “If one cannot stop smoking, cancer will”. Smoking causes numerous diseases, harms nearly every organ of the body and deteriorates the health of smokers in general.