Smoking: Long Term Effects Make Long Term Care Insurance All the More Important

Attitudes towards smoking have changed dramatically in the last few decades, but there is still much to be learned about the effects that smoking has in different ways. Smoke intake and exposure to tar and carcinogens all contribute to health problems, which in turn can be compounded over time.

Because smoking causes so much destruction to the entire human body, it is the single most preventable cause of death in the world.  Long-term, expensive medical insurance is almost always a result of a smoking addiction. The damage caused by smoking is so far-reaching that even the people who live and work in close proximity of a smoker can expect to suffer life-threatening medical consequences as a result of the smoker's addiction.

The best way to deal with smoking is to never start.  Once started, it's often difficult to kick the addiction but doing so will prove highly beneficial to the smoker and all in his or her social circles.

This guide sheds light on the various results of long term smoking.

Heart Attacks

• Men and Heart Disease: Fact-sheet with map indicating heart disease rates in U.S. males.

• How it Occurs: Illustrated explanation of how smoking affects cardio systems.

• Female Smokers: Study of heart disease among female smokers.

• Smoking Effects: Animated view of smoke in the cardiovascular system.

• Cardiovascular Disease: Facts on cardiovascular disease and smoking.

Strokes

• Strokes and Smoking: Comparison of instances of strokes among male smokers and non-smokers.

• What is a Stroke: Information on strokes and symptoms.

• How Strokes Occur: Animation of a stroke episode and types of strokes.

• Family History: How a family history of stroke can increase risk in smokers.

• Stroke Statistics: Comparison of U.S., Canadian and world stroke statistics.

• Double The Risk: How young female smokers face double the risk of stroke.

• Smoking and Alcohol: Article showing that smoking undoes the usually beneficial effects of moderate alcohol intake on stroke risk.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Understanding COPD: Detailed overview with illustrations.

• All About COPD: Infections and complications caused by COPD.

• Causes and Symptoms: Resource outlining the factors of COPD and how to be tested.

• COPD and HIV: Information for HIV/AIDS patients.

• COPD Statistics: Statistical data on COPD mortality rates.

• Treatments: Although COPD cure does not exist there are treatments available.

• Complications and Life Quality: Explanation on worsening episodes and living with COPD.

Emphysema

• What is Emphysema: Details on emphysema, symptoms and surgery options.

• Pulmonary Emphysema: Introduction to emphysema and how it is diagnosed.

• Lung Surgery: Information on lung surgery to treat emphysema.

• Emphysema Images: Photographic explanations of emphysema.

• Morbidity Rates: U.S. statistics on emphysema diagnoses and mortality rates.

• Giant Bullae: Information on complications of emphysema and symptoms.

• Children and Emphysema: Childhood second-hand smoke exposure can lead to emphysema later.
  

Lung Cancer

• Lung Cancer: Introduction to lung cancer, symptoms and risk factors.

• Second-hand Smoke and Lung Cancer: Second-hand smoke affects non-smokers.

• Photo Comparison: Real-life comparison of a smoker and non-smoker's lungs.

• Lung Cancer FAQ: Compilation of answers for patients.

• Genetics and Cancer: Why some smokers develop lung cancer.

• Photodynamic therapy: Special treatment for early and late cancer.

• Other Treatments: Additional treatment options for mouth cancer.

Cancer of the Larynx

• Larynx Cancer: Information about larynx cancer and its causes.

• Symptoms: How to detect larynx cancer.

• Stages of Larynx Cancer: Article focusing on the stages of larynx cancer.

• Larynx Cancer in Women: Negative effects on women by tobacco and alcohol.

• Statistics: Trends and mortality rates.

• Prevention: Smoke cessation can prevent larynx cancer.

Cancer of the Mouth

• Oral Cancer: About mouth cancer and how to diagnose it.

• Tobacco Factors: Links between types of tobacco intake and mouth cancer.

• Mouth Cancer Facts: Oral cancer statistics in the U.S.

• Treatments: Various treatments options available.

• Head Cancer Resources: Directory of related websites and associations.

• Taste Test: How smoking negatively affects mouth functions like taste.

Pancreatic Cancer

• How to Tell: Symptoms and how to diagnose it.

• Risk Factors: What exactly encourages pancreatic cancer?

• Smoking Increases Risk: Report on the link between smoking and pancreatic cancer.

• Treatments: Treatments available for patients.

• Side Effects: Negative effects caused by treatments.

• Medical Texts: Advances in pancreatic cancer research, by year.

• Early Outbreaks: Smoking and genetics bring on early pancreatic cancer.