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Every time you smoke you do damage to your body. Over time the effects of smoking on your body can lead to serious health problems including cancer and heart disease. 

Heart disease

Every time you smoke a cigarette you fill your lungs with carbon monoxide. Your body becomes short of oxygen and produces more red blood cells to compensate. This makes your blood thicker, places a strain on your heart and increases your risk of circulatory problems.

Lung cancer

Over 80% of all lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking. It’s the chemicals and compounds in tobacco smoke that make smoking so harmful. The more you smoke and the longer you smoke the greater your risk.

Respiratory disease

The major causes of respiratory diseases include chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic asthma, is smoking. Tobacco smoke ages your lungs making their function decline sooner. 

Smoking while pregnant

Smoking during pregnancy has severe consequences on the unborn child and often results in low birth weight, premature delivery, and reduced lung development for the child. It increases the risk of respiratory disorders during early and teenage years