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What Are The Adverse Effect Of Smoking?

hey hi.... i smoke once in a week or in two week..... is it k.... i smoke sometimes and yet not addicted to it....i just wanna ask..... is it harmful in my case.... or it will take long time to show some effect because i know that il quit after some years....m 21 now

Thu, 6 Nov 2014
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Hi, thank you for using health care magic.
I can understand your concern.
Smoking regularly for long term defiantly produce ill effect like cancer.
But smoking ones in awhile also produces adverse effect on cilia in respiratory tract(motility of cilia is reduced). These cilia work to clear the mucus from the respiratory tract. Because of this affected cilia , respiratory tract are prone for infection as they can not clear the respiratory tract properly.
So , smoking has immediate as well as long term adverse effect.
So , i request you to stop smoking even a single time.
Hope this will help you.
Regards.
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What Are The Adverse Effect Of Smoking?

Hi, thank you for using health care magic. I can understand your concern. Smoking regularly for long term defiantly produce ill effect like cancer. But smoking ones in awhile also produces adverse effect on cilia in respiratory tract(motility of cilia is reduced). These cilia work to clear the mucus from the respiratory tract. Because of this affected cilia , respiratory tract are prone for infection as they can not clear the respiratory tract properly. So , smoking has immediate as well as long term adverse effect. So , i request you to stop smoking even a single time. Hope this will help you. Regards.