Effects of Smoking
Why do people start smoking? ... But even though it is relaxing there are still many problems that occur from smoking. ... Smoking can cause heart disease which affects those mostly in their thirties whose rate of a heart attack is five times greater than a nonsmoker of that age also the severity of a heart attack is greatly increased. ... Smoking is the cause of 85% of all cases of Lung Cancer which is expected to kill nearly 170,000 Americans in the year 2005. ... Neurological Disease of smoking includes a risk of two and a half times greater for a stroke for those who smoke more than a pack a day. ... Nicotine has proven to have positive effects on the brain, which include improved concentration, better short term memory, and it also blocks protein activity that is linked to the cause of Parkinson’s disease.