People who smoke a pack a day more than double their risk of developing age-related macular degeneration , according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association . Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in people 65 and older. Your smoking increases the chances your kids will smoke as well. Smoking slows recovery from illness and surgery and slows bone and wound healing. Your recovery will be slower, you're more likely to suffer complications and you're far more likely to come down with a respiratory disease.
Cigarette smoking is an expensive habit.
Here's a handy tool to calculate the amount you'd save from quitting. The benefits of quitting begin almost immediately and continue over time. Your breath smells better and you can taste and smell your food. So even if someone is being treated for lung cancer, their responsiveness to their treatment is better if they quit smoking. Cigarette smoke contains 43 cancer-causing chemicals.