Smoking and the Muscular System: The Facts

The muscular system allows the body to move, pumps blood and helps human beings have an upright posture. It is comprised of a critically important group of muscles (which are also organs) that are can be terribly damaged when exposed to cigarettes smoke—just another...

Why You Shouldn’t Smoke: The Basics

Smoking is one of the worst things that you can do to your body; there is not benefit to smoking, no silver-lining. Yet despite the ubiquity of information on why smoking is bad for you, many people still do it. Thus, it is always worthwhile to remind people of the...

Does smoking increase your chance of ear infections?

  Smoking contributes to a wide variety of internal and external health issues; lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, wrinkly skin to name a few. Smoking, however, can also significantly increase the chance that a common cold will develop into a full blown ear...

Tobacco Haze: Smoking Damages Vision

  Many people are very unaware of how smoking damages eyesight; generally, people associated smoking hazards with heart disease, cancer, and wrinkly skin. But if there is any compelling reason to quit smoking, damaged vision certainly tops that list: nobody wants...

How Seriously Do Teens Take Smoking Risks?

Contrary to popular beliefs that paint teenager as reckless and rebellious, new research from the University of Bristol shows that the youth are paying attention to the risks associated with smoking—provided that cigarette packages have the right kind of aesthetics....