What affect does smoking have on how long you live?

Answer 1

Smoking can take years off your life in two ways.

• By promoting diseases such as emphysema and cancer of the lungs or throat. These either spread to other areas or prevent the proper functioning of the lungs and airways. Such diseases can be fatal in a short period of time.
• The same action that causes emphysema also prevents the lungs from obtaining enough oxygen. Tar and other contaminants are dissolved in the fluids of the lungs to create a sticky black film. This can block air flow and also cause irritation and swelling. The collection of fluid can lead to pneumonia, and the blockage of alveoli causes hyperventilation. Both of these conditions cause deterioration of general bodily health.

Fortunately, the destruction of lung functions is slowed by the body's own repair system. It can take many years before the chronic effects become apparent, but by that time significant irreversible damage may have been done. Stopping smoking will reverse many of the lesser symptoms and restore healthy lung conditions.

Answer 2

smoking makes your life smoking because you are effecting your lungs each time and each time you have a cig you are taking five minutes of your life away so i say quit now and life longer

everyday you smoke your family is affect too and others

Okay no offense to the person who typed that out but you have poor grammar and little knowledge of the English language. Smoking is a very bad and a very dangerous thing to do. Smoking can yes and obviously make your life set back less to what it's supposed to. Reason is because every time you smoke the toxins from the ciggarette has many bad things in it which can destroy your lungs totally which causes Lung Cancer. When this happens you will find it harder to breath which means your heart isn't getting enough oxygen as well as your brain. This results in death, I'm sorry to say that but that's the truth.

How ever if you don't smoke good on you! Because you have a longer lasting chance of living then the smoker. I on the other hand do not smoke and never will, in another note if you inhale the smoke from ciggarettes it can also give you lung cancer, which Is why I always hold my breath when going past a smoker because they breath and blow all of the toxins out of there mouths. I just gotta say it's disgusting. Who ever smokes is stupid and an idiot to be honest that's what I say. I recommend never smoking in your life because it kills you faster, if you smoke now QUIT because you won't live much longer.

Answer 3

It stops your growth a bit but doesn't make yourself shorter though. It could be something completely different.It can only make you shorter if you started at the age of 4-5 which is not possible. so mainly......no it cant make you shorter.

Answer 4

yes tobacco can shorten your life span coz when you smoke your lungs turns black

Answer 5

Smoking is known to cause life threatening diseases such as lung cancer

Answer 6

No s***. It shortens you life span by 10 years if you take like 1 or more everyday. One cigarette deacreases ur life by 11 minutes

Answer 7

A lot which is why no one should smoke!