MODERN HEART POISONS – SMOKING (INTRODUCTION)
Posted on Apr 07, 2009 under Herbal | No CommentSmoking is harmful to the heart. We should none of us be in any doubt about this fact, especially women. The question of why women smoke if it is so dangerous to the heart, has many possible answers. One may be found in the assumption that it helps to
assert their liberated status and strengthen their self-image; or it may be the need to imitate whatever is currently popular, for no one wants to be out of step with the prevailing trends. Another reason may be the mistaken idea that smoking calms the nerves and helps to take one’s mind off things. It is a fact that even fifty years ago very few women were smokers. In those days, if a woman lit a cigarette she was eyed with suspicion and dismissed as frivolous, or worse. The relatively new trend of women smoking, and thus exposing themselves to the dire consequences of this habit, may be attributed to the general change in life-style that we have undergone since then. Abundant proof exists that nicotine is harmful, as it constricts the coronary blood vessels and really has the same effect as a slow-acting poison. It is unfortunate that the tragic consequences to a smoker’s sensitive vascular system do not become evident until twenty or thirty years later, so that it is all the more difficult to convince young people to stop smoking or not to start in the first place.
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