Smoking has been around for generations, not only for the social aspect but also for medicinal purposes ( all you potheads ) ;)
Cigarette and tobacco industries were the ones that changed the game with celebrities advertising smoking, cigarettes and the activity.
For a long time, the idea of smoking causing lung cancer, increase in blood pressure or decoloration of the teeth was rebuked and argued by tobacco companies and smokers.
It took a long time for people to accept the health hazards of smoking.
For years researchers have shown that smoking shoots up the chances of becoming a cancer patient and quitting the habit reduces the chances substantially, although not completely to zero.
So how come some smokers out live even the healthiest of humans?
The answer is simple- our bodies are incredible machines that are capable of repairing themselves, some faster than others.
According to the Southwestern Medical Institute, many of the cancer causing elements of cigarette smoking cause mutations in the lung cell's DNA.
The more mutations caused, the more abnormally the cell behaves until it is eventually capable of growing, dividing and replicating other mutated cells (cancer cells).
One needs to accumulate enough of these mutations before the cell becomes cancerous but some people are simply ,more susceptible to these mutations than others.
An age old theory that has recently come to light describes how people who maintain good health and an active lifestyle are more likey to develop a smoking induced illness.
A very simple explanation is: the cells in your body are already being used to repair your body from day to day activities. This exhausts them because they also need to repair or flush out the toxins (carbon) induced by cigarette smoking.
The statistics show that one in ten smokers will suffer from cancer and one of three smokers will die from a smoking induced illness.
There is no sure way of knowing how capable our bodies are of fighting off the cell mutations caused by smoking, it is a gamble you as a smoker make. Make a wise choice.
Cigarette and tobacco industries were the ones that changed the game with celebrities advertising smoking, cigarettes and the activity.
For a long time, the idea of smoking causing lung cancer, increase in blood pressure or decoloration of the teeth was rebuked and argued by tobacco companies and smokers.
It took a long time for people to accept the health hazards of smoking.
For years researchers have shown that smoking shoots up the chances of becoming a cancer patient and quitting the habit reduces the chances substantially, although not completely to zero.
So how come some smokers out live even the healthiest of humans?
The answer is simple- our bodies are incredible machines that are capable of repairing themselves, some faster than others.
According to the Southwestern Medical Institute, many of the cancer causing elements of cigarette smoking cause mutations in the lung cell's DNA.The more mutations caused, the more abnormally the cell behaves until it is eventually capable of growing, dividing and replicating other mutated cells (cancer cells).
One needs to accumulate enough of these mutations before the cell becomes cancerous but some people are simply ,more susceptible to these mutations than others.
An age old theory that has recently come to light describes how people who maintain good health and an active lifestyle are more likey to develop a smoking induced illness.
A very simple explanation is: the cells in your body are already being used to repair your body from day to day activities. This exhausts them because they also need to repair or flush out the toxins (carbon) induced by cigarette smoking.
The statistics show that one in ten smokers will suffer from cancer and one of three smokers will die from a smoking induced illness.
There is no sure way of knowing how capable our bodies are of fighting off the cell mutations caused by smoking, it is a gamble you as a smoker make. Make a wise choice.
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