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Quit Smoking - 30 Day Smoke FREE Challenge

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  1. Week 1 - You Can do this...

    VIVA - Effects of Smoking
  2. Week 2 - Setting Patterns
    VIVA - Smoke Damage
  3. Week 3 - Half way through....leaning towards "habit"
    VIVA - Lung Cancer
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VIVA – Effects of Smoking


Every cell in your body needs oxygen to survive here. You can see red blood cells giving oxygen to a cell to keep it healthy. Red blood cells get more oxygen from your lungs. And so it is very important to keep your lungs healthy. When you breathe in oxygen travels down tubes called bronchitis and then into small SACS called alveoli. These sacks have thin walls so that the oxygen can easily pass into the red blood cells. It is important to have clear bronchitis and alveoli to maintain a good supply of oxygen to yourselves. With each drag of a cigarette smoke enters the lungs through the bronchitis air tubes. There are many poisonous chemicals in smoke and these attack, the lining of the air tubes, making them swollen and red, the body reacts by producing more mucus to try to protect the lungs from the harmful smoke, making the air tubes even narrower.

The smoke continues further into the lungs and causes damage to the tiny air SACS called alveoli the walls of the air SACS breakdown. And the structure changes a condition known as emphysema. This is serious because your cells are getting less oxygen. When this happens, you have to breathe harder and faster to take in more oxygen. You may be short of breath and may have to gasp for air the chemicals in smoke damage, your blood vessels. And this damage can cause blockages called clots that stop oxygen and nutrients, getting to some of your cells. If a clot occurs in your brain, you may have a stroke where part of your brain dies clots in your heart can cause a heart attack. The chemicals can also increase pressure in your arteries, which can damage your kidneys. Smoking can cause circulation problems in the arms and legs leading to amputation damage to the blood vessels in the eyes can cause serious problems with your vision.

Your skin gets more wrinkles and your bones get weaker. Making them break more easily. Smoking can also cause holes in your teeth and gum disease, and may give you stomach ulcers. Smoking can even affect your sex life. Men who smoke often have trouble getting and keeping an erection. It can also reduce the sperm count for women. Smoking can reduce ability to get pregnant and to stay pregnant. If you’re pregnant and smoking, your baby is more likely to be born early, to be born sick or even to die. Smoking increases your risk of developing many types of cancer. It’s the number one cause of lung cancer, but can also cause cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach liver, pancreas, kidney, bladder, and cervix. The good news is that if you stop smoking, your body can get healthier again.

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