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Compared to non-smokers, those who smoke are more prone to experience certain health problems and get certain illnesses. While some health problems manifest right away, others take time to manifest. The following list of smoking's detrimental health impacts should be particularly essential for women to be aware of.
Issues with reproduction
Compared to women who don't smoke, smokers are more prone to:
Respiratory conditions
Smokers are more prone to develop the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than non-smokers (COPD). Breathing becomes difficult as a result of this illness, which worsens with time. For COPD, there is no cure.
Compared to males who smoke, women smoke over 35 have a slightly higher chance of dying from heart disease.
Smoking increases a woman's risk of heart disease significantly when she is on oral contraception. Women over 35 are most affected by this, as is the case.
Women who smoke are more likely than males to pass away from abdominal aortic aneurysms, which are weakenings of the major blood channel that transports blood from the heart to the body.
Cancer
Smokers are more likely to get many types of cancer, including lung, pancreas, kidney, liver, throat, bladder, and colorectal. More details on the connection between smoking and cancer, specifically for women, are provided below.
Issues with reproduction
Compared to women who don't smoke, smokers are more prone to:
- have more erratic or uncomfortable periods.
- have low estrogen levels, which may cause tiredness, mood swings, and dry genitalia.
- experience menopause earlier in life and with severe symptoms.
- find it challenging to become pregnant.
Respiratory conditions
Smokers are more prone to develop the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than non-smokers (COPD). Breathing becomes difficult as a result of this illness, which worsens with time. For COPD, there is no cure.
- Compared to males, women are more likely to get severe COPD at a younger age.
- COPD claims the lives of more women than males every year.
- Heart and Cardiovascular Problems
- Smokers are more likely to develop heart disease, which is the leading cause of mortality for both men and women in the US. The majority of heart disease cases in those under 50 are caused by smoking.
Compared to males who smoke, women smoke over 35 have a slightly higher chance of dying from heart disease.
Smoking increases a woman's risk of heart disease significantly when she is on oral contraception. Women over 35 are most affected by this, as is the case.
Women who smoke are more likely than males to pass away from abdominal aortic aneurysms, which are weakenings of the major blood channel that transports blood from the heart to the body.
Cancer
Smokers are more likely to get many types of cancer, including lung, pancreas, kidney, liver, throat, bladder, and colorectal. More details on the connection between smoking and cancer, specifically for women, are provided below.
- Cervical cancer risk is raised when a person smokes.
- Most lung cancer fatalities in both men and women are related to smoking. Compared to other cancers, including breast cancer, lung cancer claims the lives of more women. Young women (ages 30-49) are now more likely than young males to get lung cancer in new instances.