Smoking exerts direct toxicological effects on the cardiovascular system, contributing to conditions such as atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease, and is a leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [6, 7]
Most people who try to quit smoking do so without any external support relying purely on willpower
Irreversible lung damage and diminished lung function : Smoking for an extended period of time damages lung tissue and microscopic protecting hairs (cilia), irreversibly narrowing and scarring the airways
ISBN 038517893X
Your cravings will be intense, but remember that chewing your tobacco, or ingesting it in any other form, isn't an option
Poppendieck: So if you leave that cigarette butt in your car, you leave it in your house for five days, you can multiply that 14% by five, and now youre starting to get up above half the nicotine mass is actually coming off the cigarette butt, as opposed to the act of smoking