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Cancer Sticks
Cancer Sticks - Give Them Up!
Yes, we all know about Uncle Albert who smoked three packs a day and lived to be ninety years old, but let’s face it, his story is an aberration, which is quite possibly the reason it is told over and over, and not the norm. The norms are hospital rooms filled with coughing and wheezing patients, underweight children, and the despair of nicotine addiction.
Cigarette smoke is the leading cause of deadly lung cancer.
Cigarette smoke contains a variety of carcinogens, which have the ability to form all kinds of cancers, such as cancer of the esophagus, bladder, and larynx.
The new low tar cigarette you bought on New Year’s Eve to placate the nagging feeling of guilt is basically worthless in your effort of not having the habit kill you. The risk reduction for lung cancer as between regular tar and low tar is negligible.
Cigar smoke, pipe smoke, and chewing tobacco are slightly different to smoking cigarettes, but have their own hazards and may lead to cancers of the mouth and pharynx.
Smokers are found to be in greater peril than their non-smoking counterparts when it comes to post-operative infection or respiratory illness.
The only way to keep the cancer stick from finally killing you is to keep it out of your mouth and out of your life for good.
What about eating healthily and taking supplements? Won't they help if you absolutely can't give up the cancer sticks?
Well, possibly, but just as likely they won't - such measures could even backfire and increase your risk of developing cancer.
In fact, a rather disturbing study carried out in France suggests that beta-carotene supplements may quite possibly increase the risk of cancer development for smokers. The reverse had been thought to be the case previously. Researchers stressed that smokers should not stay away from beta-carotene rich fruits and vegetables, but only their supplement counterparts.
Smoking has been linked not only to various cancers, but also to the development of osteoporosis and bone fractures. In part, this is due to increasing a woman’s risk to have an earlier onset of menopause, as well as the lack of estrogen production that goes along with that. Smokers and non-smokers alike need to ensure that they have a sufficient calcium and vitamin D intake to counteract this silent disease. Food sources are best to begin the intake of the mineral and vitamin, but supplementation is a good idea all the way around. But smokers need to be especially alert for osteoporosis, due to the leaching effect nicotine has on calcium in the body. Calcium supplement therefore is particularly important for smokers.
Another study has shown that smokers show an alarming propensity for vitamin C deficiency, as well as a lower ratio of folic acid in their systems. Vitamin supplementation may help, but a diet rich in these substances is highly recommended. Because of the findings on beta-carotene, researchers seem to be somewhat hesitant to recommend vitamin supplements for smokers.
As you can see, smokers face a variety of health risks each day, yet some are more hidden, and may even come as a surprise in an individual who thought they were doing something good for her or his body. If you are a smoker, please be sure to let your doctor know about the supplements you are taking. Further, if you are a smoker, please quit! Quitting smoking is the only way to keep the habit from killing you slowly and methodically.
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