Health Risks of Smoking and Benefits of Quitting

Every year about 5 million deaths worldwide are attributed to smoking. We understand that cigarettes consist of tobacco, nicotine and flavoring agents but in fact they have around 5000 chemicals, over 40 of which are carcinogenic in nature. Cigarette smoke consists of tars, toxic gases and heavy metals which are very harmful for health. Health warning and ghastly images of cancer patients on cigarette boxes remind people of only some of the risks involved. Although cigarette smoke consists of 5000 different substances, nicotine is considered as the most addictive of them all. The nicotine in the cigarettes binds itself with