Smoking Causes Cardiovascular Disease!

Guys, do you really think smoking will makes you look smart? Those who feel this way are totally wrong! Smoking harms nearly all organs in the body; which in turn causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general.

Comparing with the non-smokers, smoking is estimated to increase the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke by 2 to 4 times; both are fatal CVD.

Let me tell y'all how smoking leads to coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in almost every developing and developed countries.

1. The chemicals damage the structure and function of your heart and blood vessels. This increases your risk of getting artherosclerosis.
2. Cigarette smoking reduce the blood flow by narrowing the arteries (blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from heart to body cells) by increasing blood clotting tendecies; which causing the obstruction of the large arteries in the arms and legs, in long run, causing peripheral vascular diseases.
3. Smoking causes abdominal aortic aneurysm, the swelling or weakening of the major artery that runs through the abdomen.
4. Damage your blood cells, particulary the red blood cells; which play an important role in transporting oxygen in your body.
5. Tobacco smoke contains high levels of carbon monoxide which reduce the amount of oxygen the blood is able to carry. This means that your vital organs do not always receive sufficient oxygen to perform daily functions.
6. Nicotine in tobacco smoke causes an increase in heart rate and blood pressure.
7. Indirecty, tobacco smoking also lead to the decreased HDL-cholesterol levels, increased trigylcerides, decreased exercise tolerance, increased glucose intolerance, increased blood clotting tendecy; other risk factors that lead to CVD!
   

   

   
   

For those didn't smoke, don't that you are free from this disease cause non-smokers who are exposed to second hand smoke will have an increased risk for heart disease by 25 to 30%. Acording to the American Heart Association, about 37,000 to 40,000 people die from heart and blood vessel disease caused by other's smoke! Inhaling secondhand smoke has immediate harmful effects on cardiovascular system with the same risk as tobacco smoking, the people who already have heart disease are at especially high risk! Those who did'nt smoke, should stay away from those who smokes. And for those who smoke, should quit smoking now!