Question 1

how smoking affects my body?

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Lungs/blood vessels: Right away the use of tobacco lowers you ability to fight lung infections. This bad effect takes about 4-6 weeks to wear off. With years of smoking, blood vessels are thickened and narrowed and blood can't flow easily through them to places like the feet, the heart, the brain, and the penis. Without adequate blood flow these organs don't work well - heart attacks, strokes, and impotence result.

Question 2

can smoking affect your body forever?

Accepted Answer

Smoking: Chronic use affects lungs & cardiovascular systems. When emphysema and atherosclerosis start, it can be.

Question 3

what are the effects of smoking to the body?

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See below: Smoking anything exposes you to lung disease, cancer, heart disease, stroke,  and other issues.

Question 4

what does smoking do to the body across time?

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LOTS: Smoking is harmful to every system in the body.  From damaging lung tissue to building up placques in blood vessels to loss of skin elasticity can all be attributed to smoking!

Question 5

what does smoking a cigarette do to your body?

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Smoking: Nothing good!  wrinkles, cancer, vascular disease including heart attack and stroke and artery blockages in the legs, etc.   If only 1 cigarette then stop now - also can be addictive!

Question 6

which part of body is damage with cigaret smoking everyday?

Accepted Answer

Lung: Primarily the lungs, but also the mouth, throat, lips, stomach, heart, kidneys and bladder. Brain is included too. In fact every organ and tissue in the body is exposed to poisons from smoking.

Question 7

can your body start to heal itself, even after 30 yrs of smoking?

Accepted Answer

Not really: After you quit smoking, your risk of various cancers decreases and you can regain some lung function with exercise and healthy habits. However, the effects of long-term smoking like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema are permanent. Treatment can help alleviate symptoms, but they do not cure these conditions.

Question 8

is there any way to reverse the long term damage of smoking on the body?

Accepted Answer

Not reaLLY: You can reverse some bad effects by quitting smoking as soon as possible.It can take upto a decade to come to the level of a nonsmoker.The part of lungs destroyed like emphysema can not be reversed at all.

Question 9

can your body heal after 46 years of smoking cigs? i quit november1, 2012.

Accepted Answer

Yes!!!: Congratulations on quitting! back in june, a study was published demonstrating that the longer one stops smoking, the better. This study also show benefit can be gained even in those who are older than 80yo. In other words, there's no age at which it's too late to quit smoking. Check out my interpretation of study at http://alvinblin.Blogspot.Com/2012/06/our-older-smokers-should-they-quit.Html.

Question 10

how long can it take for your body to recover from the effects of smoking?

Accepted Answer

About 15 years: Your cancer risk will go back down to baseline after 15 years. However any damage done to lung capacity is permanent. (emphysema changes). At 33, now is a good time to stop and you should be fine. 
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