{"id":1177,"date":"2020-04-04T19:56:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T23:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2020-04-04T23:08:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T03:08:10","slug":"immune-system-tips-6-smoking-destroys-your-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/immune-system-tips-6-smoking-destroys-your-immune-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Immune System Tips #6 – Smoking Destroys Your Immune System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sorry smokers, but this post is addressed at you. I lost my my dad, my father in law and mother in law due to them being smokers. So I’ve seen first hand what smoking can do – kill you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s far from being a mystery to most people that smoking is horrible for your health. It can cause lung cancer, increase your risk of heart disease, and generally poison you as you do it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One aspect of your body that gets\ncompromised by smoking is your immune system. If you smoke, you\u2019re seriously\nincreasing your chances of getting sick at any time, and when you do get sick,\nit\u2019s going to be a lot worse than it would be for a non-smoker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the parts of your body that\u2019s most effected by smoking is your lungs. Since you\u2019re inhaling the smoke, all of those harsh chemicals and poisons are going straight into your lungs, making them work a lot less efficiently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you happen to catch a disease that affects your respiratory system, such as pneumonia, you\u2019re going to have it much worse than a normal person would. This is because your lungs won\u2019t be healthy enough to fight it off, leading to difficulty breathing and harder coughing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smoking has been shown to\ndirectly inhibit many parts of your body that are the most important parts of\nyour immune system. For example, it lowers the rate at which your body produces\nwhite blood cells, which are extremely important to your immune system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are the core of your immune\nsystem, the part that every other component works off of. Without them, your\nbody doesn\u2019t stand a chance against diseases when it gets infected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smoking can also cause certain\nantibodies, which help your white blood cells, to stop working altogether. So\nmany parts of cigarette smoke cause cancer, and you\u2019re putting yourself at\nextremely high risk of getting cancer by smoking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the heavy metals like lead\nand chromium, which are very poisonous, to actual radioactive components, it\u2019s\nextremely carcinogenic. Cancer will demolish your immune system, and it will\nput you out of commission for months, even if you do recover from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By quitting smoking, you\u2019re doing\nso much good for yourself and others. For yourself, you\u2019re saving tons of money,\npreventing yourself from getting cancer or serious diseases, and increasing\nyour immune system efficiency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For others, you\u2019re no longer covered in the lingering stench that comes with cigarette smoke, prevents you from getting certain diseases as well. If you want to stay healthy in any capacity, you need to quit smoking as soon as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please like and share this post if you found the information useful. Leave a comment. Subscribe to my blog to be notified of new posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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