Smoking is not only harmful to one's own health, but also to family members. Secondhand smoke poses a particularly great risk to family members. However, avoiding smoking in three specific situations can help reduce the harm. Let's take a look at them together with the editor of Traditional Chinese Medicine Network!
Hazards of smoking:
1. Smoking shortens lifespan.
A cigarette contains 7,000 substances, including hundreds of irritating and cytotoxic substances when the cigarette is not completely burned.
Among them, there are 43 carcinogens. Smoking one cigarette can shorten lifespan by 5 to 15 minutes.
2. Smoking increases the risk of coronary heart disease.
Nicotine increases blood viscosity, causing cholesterol to accumulate in blood vessels and increasing the chance of vascular occlusion.
3. Smoking causes aging.
Long-term inhalation of carbon monoxide reduces the oxygen in the blood, which can lead to asthma and accelerate the aging process.
Long-term smoking can also cause oxygen deficiency in the heart and brain.
Carbon monoxide slows down blood circulation, causing fat accumulation and blood vessel blockage, increasing the risk of coronary heart disease.
4. Increased susceptibility to lung infections.
Tar in cigarettes not only stains teeth and fingers yellow but also impairs the organs' ability to eliminate waste, increasing the chance of lung infections.
Long-term smokers are more prone to pneumonia and have poor mental well-being.
Avoiding smoking in three situations:
1. After waking up in the morning
Many smokers feel the need to smoke as soon as they wake up in the morning, thinking that they haven't smoked all night.
However, the body is in a state of gradual recovery at this time, and smoking can easily allow bacteria to invade the body, causing a series of damage.
Moreover, developing a habit of smoking in the morning can lead to a sub-healthy state, which is very unhealthy.
2. Smoking after meals
One cigarette after a meal, feeling like a heavenly pleasure.
Many people have this feeling now, that they must smoke after a meal, or they can't stand it.
Smoking after a meal is definitely not good. When we finish eating, the circulation speed of our blood increases.
Smoking at this time allows the harmful substances in cigarettes to invade many parts of the body through the bloodstream, causing double the damage to our health.
3. Smoking in the bathroom
Many smokers feel the need to smoke in the bathroom, or they can't have a natural bowel movement.
Smoking affects our attention and makes it difficult for us to focus on bowel movements, leading to constipation.
So it's best to give up the habit of smoking in the bathroom.
