Every cigarette you smoke is doing you damage!  As a smoker you know the damage that smoking is doing to your body, but do you really understand the long term effects.
 
  • In the UK, cigarette smoking is the greatest single cause of illness and premature death.

  • About 106,000 people in the UK die each year due to smoking. 

  • Smoking-related deaths are mainly due to cancers, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and heart disease.  

  • About half of all smokers die from smoking-related diseases.  Many of these deaths are not 'quick deaths' - in COPD, the patient suffers for several years of illness and distressing symptoms before they die. 

  • Smoking increases the risk of developing a number of other diseases. Many of these may not be fatal, but they can cause years of unpleasant symptoms.

  • For long-term smokers, on average, your life expectancy is about 10 years less than a non-smoker. 

  • About 8 in 10 non-smokers live past the age of 70, but only about half of long-term smokers live past 70. 

  • The younger you are when you start smoking, the more likely you are to smoke for longer and to die early from smoking.
 
Stop Smoking Hypnosis
Photographs of oral cancer, throat cancer and a laryngectomy.