Quitting support

There are an unlimited number of health reasons for giving up smoking. The risk of suffering for example from the following diseases decreases:

  • Cancer: lung cancer, mammary carcinoma, ovarian cancer, lip cancer, mouth cancer, throat cancer, oral ???, gullet cancer, pancreas cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, leukaemia.
  • Acne and wrinkles.
  • Erection problems and impotence
  • Childlessness (both men and women), miscarriages
  • Menstrual disorders
  • Female facial hair
  • The mouth diseases: Periodontal disease, tartar, gingivitis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Chronic breathing infections, bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchial constriction
  • Coronary and vascular diseases, coronary thrombosis, cerebral thrombosis and cerebral haemorrhage, cardiac infarction, coronary artery disease, hypertension, stroke
  • Depression and insomnia
  • Erosion of spine and vertebral discs.

More information on the four steps of quitting.
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