Health benefits of not smoking at all are plenty. One is avoiding smoker lungs. If you are a teenager who is tempted to start the habit, please read further. Let me tell you why you should not smoke. I know there is so much pressure on you...besides your friends who smoke look cool. But really, if you know what consequences they will face in the future...smoking will lose its coolness.
Why you should not smoke?
If you don't smoke, keep doing so and read the other positive health advantages you are getting from your decision.
1) Prevention of Lung Cancer and Other Types
One of the reasons why you should not smoke at all is the prevention of lung AND other cancers such as breast and leukemia.
Surprised to know that not smoking can also protect you from breast cancer and leukemia? Tobacco contains a lot of poisons that are proven to activate the dormant cancerous cells inside your body.
2) Prevention of DNA Mutations
When you light up that cigarette, you are subjecting the cells of your lungs to harmful DNA mutations.
3) Protection Against Respiratory and Heart Diseases
Benefits of not smoking include protection from heart diseases such as stroke and from lung infections such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD).
Prevention of lung infections is very important because people who have been diagnosed with COPD are usually at a higher risk to develop tumors in their lungs.
4) Protection of Your Family Against Secondhand Smoke
The harmful effects of second hand smoke are mind-boggling. If you don't smoke but are always around someone who is a chain smoker, your lungs take a worse beating.
If you choose not to smoke at all, it's not only your lungs that will enjoy the benefits. Your loved ones will also be protected from getting smokers' lungs.
5) Healthier Immune System
The health of your immune system is affected by your lifestyle. Tobacco use has harmful effects on your immune system.
Not smoking at all will also benefit your body's immune functions. A non smoker not only has healthier lungs but also has a much healthier immune system than a smoker. The poisonous chemicals in one cigarette can weaken your body's first line of defense.
Oh yes, those cigarettes will affect how you look eventually. Quitting will help your skin look younger and less wrinkled compared to a smoker. Also, your teeth will look better and your breath will smell sweeter.
If you are thinking that smoking is cool, please know that there are many harmful effects of tobacco. It's best that you don't start the habit.
If you already are smoking, why not read this article: Benefits of Giving Up Smoking. Also, why not quit while it's still early and enjoy the health benefits of not smoking.
