A lot of people know that been a passive smoker or smoking can cause lung cancer, but it can also cause many other types of cancers and illnesses.

Smoking kills around 115,000 people in the United Kingdom every year.

Of these deaths, about 41,500 are from smoking related cancers, 31,600 from cardiovascular disease and 28,100 will die very slowly from emphysema and other chronic lung diseases.

How do cigarettes damage your health overall?

Cigarettes do contain more than 4100 chemical compounds and at least 410 toxic substances.

When you suck on a fag or inhale, a cigarette burns at least 690°C at the tip and around 65°C in the core. This heat breaks down the tobacco to produce various toxins. It’s like accelerated composting.

As your cigarette burns, the residues are concentrated towards the butt where you sucking on.

The products that are most damaging are:
* carbon monoxide reduces oxygen in the body

* tar, a carcinogen (substance that causes cancer)
* nicotine is addictive and increases cholesterol levels in your body
* components of the gas and particulate phases cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).

The damage caused by smoking is influenced by:

* On how the tobacco has been prepared.

* On the quantity or number of cigarettes smoked

*Or whether the cigarette has a filter