In life, we often see women smoking. Perhaps they think smoking is cool and beautiful, but is that really the case? Due to the unique physiological structure of women, the harm of smoking to women is greater than to men. Let's take a look at the hazards of smoking for women.
1. Accelerate aging
Smoking can accelerate aging in women, reducing the secretion of estrogen in their bodies, causing premature wrinkles on the lips and corners of the eyes, yellowing teeth, rough skin, and loss of a youthful and elastic appearance.
2. Affect child development
Research shows that smoking during pregnancy has adverse effects on the intelligence and physical development of children.
Children before school age may experience psychological and physiological obstacles, and their reading and arithmetic abilities are worse than those of children of non-smoking women. Their height is also lower than that of children of non-smoking women.
3. Cause menstrual disorders
Nicotine in tobacco can reduce the secretion of female hormones, leading to menstrual disorders. Smoking women experience menopause earlier and menopausal syndrome appears earlier.
Research shows that women who smoke more than one pack a day have three times the chance of experiencing menstrual disorders compared to non-smoking women.
4. Early menopause
If women are exposed to tobacco for a long time, it can not only cause early menopause, but even dementia and sluggishness in old age;
Even the bones will be affected to a certain extent, causing low density and easy fractures.
5. Higher cancer risk
Many women do not know that if a woman smokes the same amount of cigarettes as a man every day, her chances of developing lung cancer are three times higher than that of a man, and the decline in lung function is more severe than that of men;
Smoking women have almost twice the risk of myocardial infarction compared to men.
6. Infertility
Smoking can reduce the fertilization ability of eggs, increasing the possibility of infertility by 2.7 times. If the husband is also a smoker, the situation will be even worse.
Because smoking can reduce sperm count and reduce activity, statistics show that the possibility of infertility in smoking couples is 5.3 times higher than that of non-smoking couples.
7. Miscarriage
Smoking during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, and the risk of miscarriage increases with the amount of smoking.
The risk of miscarriage increases with the increase in the amount of smoking during pregnancy. The risk of miscarriage is 1.07 times, 1.22 times, and 1.68 times higher for daily smoking of 1.9 cigarettes, 10-19 cigarettes, and >20 cigarettes, respectively, compared to non-smokers.
