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Your smoking habit is making you 25 times more likely to die of lung cancer. But long before that, you’ll find your lung capacity decreased. You may develop asthma, emphysema, or a major respiratory symptom (cough, phlegm, wheeze) and could be diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), often called “lung rot”. More than 80% of deaths from COPD are caused by smoking.

Smoking is a major cause of heart attacks. Within one minute of your first puff on a cigarette, your heart begins to beat faster. The hardening of arteries and the stiffening of blood vessels raise your blood pressure and force your heart to work harder, which can lead to a heart attack. Your relationship with smoking leads to early signs of heart disease and stroke, even though you are young. Your resting heart rate could already be two to three beats per minute faster than non-smokers.

Smoking can lead to serious illnesses, including throat cancer. Early symptoms can include hoarseness of voice as well as difficulty speaking, breathing and eating.Treatment for throat cancer can involve radiation, chemotherapy and in some cases surgery. Surgery is required when the cancer has destroyed all or part of the vocal cords and the voice box needs to be removed and a hole placed in the throat for breathing and speaking. Smoking really is a selfish jerk.

Lung cancer, the leading cause of death due to cancer in Canada. Smoking tobacco accounts for 85% of all new cases of lung cancer in Canada. Smoking causes genetic changes in the cells of the lung that lead to the development of lung cancer.

Smoking just isn’t worth dying over. If you end your relationship with smoking now, you can move on with your life.

Cigarettes cause bladder cancer.

Toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke damage the lining of the bladder causing cancer. The most common sign is blood in the urine.

Research shows that smoking is a contributing cause of leukemia and cancers of the bladder, stomach, kidney and pancreas.

Research also indicates that your relationship with smoking can lead to oral cancer. Did you know that 4 out of every 5 cases of cancer of the esophagus are due to smoking?

Smoking may increase your risk of age-related macular degeneration, a condition that can cause permanent vision loss. In most cases there is no effective treatment.