Still Waiting to Quit Smoking?

For those of you still waiting to quit smoking, I hate to have to break it to you, but the news about this bad habit never gets better.

Smoking has not only been linked to increased rates of atherosclerosis (a buildup of fatty deposits in your arteries) but to higher rates of stroke, bronchitis, emphysema, ulcers, vascular disease, and it causes 80% of all lung cancers. Smoking short changes your body of oxygen. Did I mention it shaves years off of your life? It can cut up to 14 years from the average life span.

The American Heart Association calls smoking the most important preventable cause of premature death in the U.S. "People don't realize that smoking harms almost every tissue in their body. Nicotine causes your heart rate and blood pressure to rise, and carbon monoxide robs your brain of oxygen," said Dr. Clyde Yancy, professor of medicine with University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

Source : http://www.healthytheory.com