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title: "10 ways how smoking kills you"  
description: "Smoking affects nearly each and every organ in the body and is responsible for more than 7 million deaths worldwide each year."  
author: "Jyoti kumari Sah"  
published: 2024-07-09  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4471/10-ways-how-smoking-kills-you  
category: "health and fitness"  
tags: ["Smoking", "health"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# 10 ways how smoking kills you

![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/76be858c-fd89-4ade-a265-9bd59b9e6ad9.jpeg) ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/cadd64d5-e8df-4572-90d0-a334c61cd2ca.jpeg) Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, the carcinogens in tobacco smoke damage lung cells, leading to cancer. ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/46e475c4-1832-4ec7-8e15-78471f26ccc0.jpeg) Smoking damages the heart and blood vessels, increasing the risk of heart disease. ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/d8200bfb-5480-444e-a70f-7d04c8ac1ea5.jpeg) Smoking is a primary cause of COPD. ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/cf864d55-5672-4817-baeb-5aec1040e884.jpeg) Smoking increases the risk of stroke by damaging blood vessels , which causes blood clots which leads to block the blood flow. ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/844b88f0-a1f9-4bab-b053-7684ebf36bd4.jpeg) Smoking causes Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/a3f16755-90ee-45f9-99cb-031e6ac1bbd8.jpeg) Besides the lungs, smoking can cause cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, stomach, cervix, and more. ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/031e4ce4-70df-4fe0-b8dc-a338409c54aa.jpeg) Smoking weakens the immune system, causing smokers more susceptible to respiratory fatal infections like pneumonia. ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/1093ce0a-52cf-4deb-83ae-41691b5a3709.jpeg) Smoking can cause an aortic aneurysm, a dangerous bulging in the wall of the aorta, which can burst and lead to death. ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/dbfceb85-590e-4884-8380-a5d58ac2d378.jpeg) Smoking compromises the immune system, making it harder for the body to fight off diseases and infections. ![10 ways how smoking kills you](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bc1b562f-5a25-40ab-aca3-3c351971ce1d/images/1f8b3b71-f2a3-4fd6-8b07-a16b98fe4b84.jpeg) Smoking during pregnancy can lead to complications such as ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, premature delivery, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

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