Thanks for your question and you're right in knowing that smoking adversely affects your body and mind. According to a report from the CDC, approximately 440,000 deaths a year are attributed to cigarette smoking. Smoking has been linked to lung cancer, coronary heart disease, chronic pulmonary disease obstruction among others. Not only does smoking affect your physical health, it can affect your mental health as well with one study claiming it actually alters brain chemistry. If you would like more information about the affects of smoking on your body, you may want to take a look at these Web sites.
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Thanks for your question and you're right in knowing that smoking adversely affects your body and mind. According to a report from the CDC, approximately 440,000 deaths a year are attributed to cigarette smoking. Smoking has been linked to lung cancer, coronary heart disease, chronic pulmonary disease obstruction among others. Not only does smoking affect your physical health, it can affect your mental health as well with one study claiming it actually alters brain chemistry. If you would like more information about the affects of smoking on your body, you may want to take a look at these Web sites.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
April 28, 2008 - 8:17amwww.cdc.gov/tobacco
National Cancer Institute:
www.cancer.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services: www.smokefree.gov
Society for Research on
Nicotine and Tobacco: www.srnt.org
NicNet: www.nicnet.org
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
www.rwjf.org
Join Together Online: www.quitnet.org
American Legacy Foundation:
www.americanlegacy.org
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