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Cigarette
smoking / tobacco chewing is one of the most important
causes of heart disease. Every single cigarette /
tobacco chewing damages your heart further, damaging the
lining of the arteries in your heart, causing the blocks
to form easily, further decreasing the blood flow. |
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Tobacco
chewing is as harmful as cigarette smoking. |
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People,
who quit smoking, live longer than those who continue to
smoke. |
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Quitting
smoking reduces :
• the risk of repeat heart attacks,
• the risk of death from heart diseases,
• the frequency and severity of your chest pain almost
immediately, if you already have a heart disease,
• the risk of lung cancer, chronic lung diseases,
respiratory diseases, strokes and many other cancers. |
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Quitting
smoking also improves the sexual functions, fitness and
endurance. |
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Because
smoking is addictive, it is hard to stop smoking. |
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On
stopping smoking, withdrawal symptoms may occur in the
form of anxiety, irritability, frustration, anger and
difficulty in concentration and restlessness. |
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The urge
to restart smoking causes many ex-smokers to go through
the process of quitting several times before becoming
long-term quitters. |
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However,
quitting smoking is not so difficult either, only if you
decide to do it. |
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Yes! You
too can and should quit smoking, NOW |
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Dr.
Ashok H. Punjabi
M.D. (Medicine), D.M. (Cardiology) |
