What's wrong with smoking?
26 Oct 2009

There are many rather nasty and scary things about cigarettes and smoking that you need to be aware of.

Cigarettes and tobacco contain a powerful drug - nicotine. This drug enters the body very quickly – just a matter of seconds when smoked. Nicotine affects the heart and changes your blood pressure. It is actually deadly in high doses, and has been used as a pesticide in the past!

Nicotine is said to be more addictive than heroin or cocaine – so it can be very hard to stop using tobacco and cigarettes once you've started.

What else does smoking do? It gives you:

•       smelly breath
•       wrinkles
•       a reduced range of tastes and smells

Worst of all – smoking kills you. Smoking has been liked with:

•       heart attacks
•       strokes
•       emphysema
•       cancer
•       and many more illnesses and conditions.

For more information, check out our topic Smoking.

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