Harmful effects of smoking to the body are emphysema, heart disease, lung cancer ,gum disease, and stomach ulcers. All of these result in death. There are more male smokers than female. .

Smoking reduces the rate of lung growth. Teenage smokers suffer from shortness of breath almost three times as often as teens who don't smoke. Tar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney and causes cancer. A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full cup of tar in a year.

Smoking causes health problems for a mother and a child during pregnancy. The child could be born at a low rate are a still birth. Children exposed to cigarette smoke are more likely to be hospitalized for breathing problems. Children have a higher risk of developing asthma from mothers who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day.

More women have increased in there usage of smoking. On average, someone who smokes a pack or more of cigarettes each day lives 7 years less than someone who never smoked. Smoking kills 178,000 women each year. Women who smoke have a higher risk of developing cancers of the mouth , pharynx, larynx , kidney ,bladder And esophagus. Cigarette smokers have a lower level of lung function than those persons who