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Reasons To Quit Smoking TODAY!
Heart Disease
Research has proved that smoking cigarettes is a leading cause and accelerator of heart disease. Smoking causes or accelerates heart disease by many different mechanisms. Smoking:
- Every 34 seconds a person in the United States dies from heart disease.
- More than 2,500 Americans die from heart disease each day.
- Every 20 seconds, a person in the United States has a heart attack.
- At least 250,000 people die of heart attacks each year before they reach a hospital.
- Studies show that under-educated people are more likely to suffer heart attacks.
- The countries with the highest death rates from heart disease are the Soviet Union, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. The countries with the lowest are Japan, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Canada.
- Almost 6 million hospitalizations each year (in the United States) are due to cardiovascular disease.
- Since 1900, Cardio Vascular Disease has been the number 1 killer in the United States for every year but 1918.
- Every 33 seconds, a person dies from Cardio Vascular Disease in the United States.
- Men suffer heart attacks about 10 years earlier in life than women do.
Research has proved that smoking cigarettes is a leading cause and accelerator of heart disease. Smoking causes or accelerates heart disease by many different mechanisms. Smoking:
- speeds up progression of atherosclerosis
- alters lipid profile, with more LDL and less HDL
- increases heart muscle oxygen demand by 10%
- reduces coronary artery blood flow due to adrenaline release
- diminishes coronary collateral flow reserve
- lowers threshold for angina pain
- interferes with efficacy of medication designed to prevent angina
- raises blood levels of fibrinogen
- alters the clotting mechanism with aggregation of blood platelets
- causes endothelial cell dysfunction, with reduced ability to produce chemicals that dilate the arteries
- Male pattern baldness, hair in the ear canals, and creased earlobes are associated with a higher risk for heart disease in white males.
- Research indicates that genetics are involved in the development of atherosclerosis.
- Men who were clinically depressed had a greater risk for heart disease and heart attack than men who were not depressed.
- Abnormally high blood levels of the amino acid homocysteine are strongly linked to an increased risk of coronary artery disease and stroke.
- People who are sedentary are almost twice as likely to suffer heart attacks as are people who exersice regularly.
- African American women have the highest risk for death from heart disease.
- People who eat beans at least four times a week have a lower level of heart disease (19% lower) than people who eat beans less than once a week.
Lung Cancer
What is lung cancer?
Lung cancer is a growth of abnormal cells inside the lung. These cells reproduce at a much faster rate than normal cells. The abnormal cells stick together and form a cluster or growth, known as a tumour. If the abnormal cells began growing in the lung, this is known as a primary lung tumour.
What are the 2 main types of lung cancer?
Cancers that begin in the lungs are divided into 2 main types, non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer, depending on how the cells look under a microscope. Non-small cell lung cancer, which is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for about 80 per cent of all lung cancers, affects the cells that line the main bronchi (tubes into the lungs) and smaller airways. Non-small cell lung cancer generally spreads to distant organs at a slower rate than small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer, which tends to start in the middle of the lungs and is very strongly associated with cigarette smoking, accounts for about 20 per cent of all lung cancers.
What causes lung cancer?
Cigarette smoking is the major cause of lung cancer. Up to 90 per cent of cases of the disease are caused by smoking. However, it is not known why one smoker develops lung cancer while another does not. Although unusual under the age of 40, the risk of developing lung cancer increases significantly after the age of 50. The younger a person is when they first commence smoking, the higher the risk of developing lung cancer.
Other causes of lung cancer include environmental (passive) smoking, although the risk is less than active smoking, and occupational exposure to asbestos. The greater the exposure to asbestos at work, the greater the risk of lung cancer. This risk is even greater among smokers. Additional occupational exposures possibly associated with lung cancer include contact with the processing of steel, nickel, chrome, exposure to arsenic and coal gas, and exposure to radiation.
How common is lung cancer ?
Lung cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting men and women (excluding non-melanocytic skin cancer).
The incidence and death rates of lung cancer among men is falling along with a declining incidence of smoking among men. Lung cancer incidence and death rates among women have risen, reflecting a growing incidence in the number of women smoking cigarettes in the past few decades.
What are the symptoms of lung cancer?
Lung cancer is very difficult to detect at an early stage, although all tumours are present for some time before they are discovered. Sometimes lung cancer is discovered by chance, such as when a chest X-ray is done before surgery for another condition.
Common symptoms of lung cancer include:
a new or changing cough, along with hoarseness or shortness of breath or increased breathlessness during exertion; and
recurring episodes of lung infection, fatigue, weight loss and swelling of the face or arms.
If the lung cancer has already spread to other parts of the body, it may cause symptoms such as bone pain and headaches.
How is lung cancer diagnosed?
If lung cancer is suspected, several tests can be performed to determine whether or not the disease is present. The doctor will ask about past and current health, and smoking and work history, and will conduct a physical examination. The doctor may then recommend a series of initial tests for lung cancer, including a chest X-ray, CT scan, and sputum test. Your doctor may also refer you to a specialist for a bronchoscopy (a special test that allows your doctor to look inside your lungs and take tissue samples, or biopsies) and further scans. Some of these tests can show whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.
Lung cancer is a growth of abnormal cells inside the lung. These cells reproduce at a much faster rate than normal cells. The abnormal cells stick together and form a cluster or growth, known as a tumour. If the abnormal cells began growing in the lung, this is known as a primary lung tumour.
What are the 2 main types of lung cancer?
Cancers that begin in the lungs are divided into 2 main types, non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer, depending on how the cells look under a microscope. Non-small cell lung cancer, which is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for about 80 per cent of all lung cancers, affects the cells that line the main bronchi (tubes into the lungs) and smaller airways. Non-small cell lung cancer generally spreads to distant organs at a slower rate than small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer, which tends to start in the middle of the lungs and is very strongly associated with cigarette smoking, accounts for about 20 per cent of all lung cancers.
What causes lung cancer?
Cigarette smoking is the major cause of lung cancer. Up to 90 per cent of cases of the disease are caused by smoking. However, it is not known why one smoker develops lung cancer while another does not. Although unusual under the age of 40, the risk of developing lung cancer increases significantly after the age of 50. The younger a person is when they first commence smoking, the higher the risk of developing lung cancer.
Other causes of lung cancer include environmental (passive) smoking, although the risk is less than active smoking, and occupational exposure to asbestos. The greater the exposure to asbestos at work, the greater the risk of lung cancer. This risk is even greater among smokers. Additional occupational exposures possibly associated with lung cancer include contact with the processing of steel, nickel, chrome, exposure to arsenic and coal gas, and exposure to radiation.
How common is lung cancer ?
Lung cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting men and women (excluding non-melanocytic skin cancer).
The incidence and death rates of lung cancer among men is falling along with a declining incidence of smoking among men. Lung cancer incidence and death rates among women have risen, reflecting a growing incidence in the number of women smoking cigarettes in the past few decades.
What are the symptoms of lung cancer?
Lung cancer is very difficult to detect at an early stage, although all tumours are present for some time before they are discovered. Sometimes lung cancer is discovered by chance, such as when a chest X-ray is done before surgery for another condition.
Common symptoms of lung cancer include:
a new or changing cough, along with hoarseness or shortness of breath or increased breathlessness during exertion; and
recurring episodes of lung infection, fatigue, weight loss and swelling of the face or arms.
If the lung cancer has already spread to other parts of the body, it may cause symptoms such as bone pain and headaches.
How is lung cancer diagnosed?
If lung cancer is suspected, several tests can be performed to determine whether or not the disease is present. The doctor will ask about past and current health, and smoking and work history, and will conduct a physical examination. The doctor may then recommend a series of initial tests for lung cancer, including a chest X-ray, CT scan, and sputum test. Your doctor may also refer you to a specialist for a bronchoscopy (a special test that allows your doctor to look inside your lungs and take tissue samples, or biopsies) and further scans. Some of these tests can show whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.
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