Tobacco use causes serious health problems and early death. The heart pumps blood through blood vessels to all parts of the body. This is how the body gets the oxygen and food energy it needs. But when a person smokes, the carbon monoxide and nicotine in tobacco smoke make blood vessels narrow and blood pressure rise. The means the heart has to beat faster and work harder to do its job.
Smoking greatly increases the chance of getting heart disease.
Tobacco use will make such problems as high cholesterol or high blood pressure even worse. Cancer Tobacco use is linked to many cancers, including cancer of the lung, mouth, throat, bladder, kidneys, and stomach. The average smoker is 10 times more likely to get lung cancer than a non-smoker. Smoking is the main cause of lung cancer. Ulcers are also more likely to cause death in smokers.