smoking is BAD
seriously look at these risks of smokeing
and bc
http://no-smoking.o
rg/july01/07-25-01-4.html
1) Smoking while taking birth control
pills is one of the worst things you can
do for your heart health. Smoking, while
taking birth control pills, can increase
your risk of a heart attack dramatically.
The more you smoke, and the older you are,
the higher the risk. In fact, a recent
study found that women over the age of 35
years who smoke 25 or more cigarettes a
day have a 30 times higher risk of
experiencing a first time heart attack!
The risk of smoking while taking a daily
birth control is so well documented and so
elevated, that your doctor or gynecologist
may refuse to prescribe you birth control
pills if you are a over 35 and a smoker
because of the potential damage to your
cardiovascular health.
2) Many doctors recommend that women over
35 who are taking a daily low-dose birth
control pill also refrain from using
nicotine patch or nicotine gum products.
Even though the patch and nicotine gum
products are much safer than smoking, they
can still present a threat to women who
have high blood pressure, or who are
diabetic or overweight.
3) Heart attacks aren't the only potential
dangers that have been identified with
smoking heavily while taking birth control
medications. The chance of suffering from
blood clots or a stroke also rise
significantly as a woman ages, especially
if she is a heavy smoker who regularly
takes birth control pills. Women who smoke
while taking birth control medications
also risk developing high blood pressure.
4) Women who smoke heavily and take birth
control pills are more likely to suffer
from adverse side effects. Most
prescription drugs harbor some kind of
side effect. The chances of experiencing
side effects from your birth control
medications may increase if you are
regular or heavy smoker.
5) Smoking can be harmful to your
reproductive health. If, like many women,
you decide to discontinue use of your
birth control pills to try to conceive,
you may experience difficulty in getting
pregnant. Research has shown that women
who smoke regularly can take considerably
longer to conceive than non-smokers. In
one study, women who smoked 16 to 20
cigarettes each day were 20% less likely
to conceive and give birth within their
first year of trying. If you are trying to
conceive, quitting smoking may be the best
things you can due to increase fertility.
6) Smoking can increase your chances of
having a difficult pregnancy. Besides
hindering your ability to conceive,
smoking dramatically increases your
chances of having a difficult pregnancy.
While smoking is obviously harmful to the
fetus, smoking can also cause spontaneous
abortions or a stillbirth. Some studies
have even found that women who smoke
heavily deliver infants who are at a 25%
higher risk of dying shortly after birth.
7) Besides the potential harm to your
cardiovascular health, smoking while
taking conventional low-dose daily birth
control medications has also been linked
with a significantly increased risk of
developing gallbladder disease, vision
problems, and liver tumors.
What about the
"patch?" Does the risk associated with
smoking and birth control also apply to
other methods of birth control? Yes—at
least all hormonal birth control methods.
The "patch" is a hormonal birth control
method, so the risks of smoking also apply
to the patch. Moreover, the risks of using
the patch become significantly increased
if you are a smoker.
Obviously, the risks of smoking while
taking birth control medications can be
quite serious. What should you do? If you
need to take birth control medications,
you must be willing to quit smoking. While
the risks of developing serious
cardiovascular problems under the age of
30 are quite low, the dangers of smoking
while taking contraceptives quickly become
very pronounced as you age.
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smoking-and-pregnancy/threats/smoking-and-
birth-control-pills-are-not-made-for-each-
other.htm
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-vs/tobac-tabac/youth-jeunes/scoop-primeur
/index_e.html
Tobacco smoke is made up mainly of tar
(which builds up in your lungs), nicotine
and carbon monoxide. It also contains
other poisonous substances like cyanide,
formaldehyde and ammonia.
Smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff)
is also very dangerous to health.
Smokeless tobacco users are more likely to
develop cancer of the mouth, lip, tongue,
gums, and throat. You are also more likely
to develop dental problems such as
cavities, tooth loss and gum disease.
The nicotine in tobacco is one of the most
addictive substances known. About eight
out of every ten people who try smoking
get hooked.
Tobacco use causes many different kinds of
cancer -- and not just lung cancer. Think
mouth, throat, pancreas, bladder, kidney
and cervix. Then there's respiratory and
heart disease.
Young women who smoke and are taking birth
control pills increase their chances for
serious heart disease, stroke and high
blood pressure.
Second-hand smoke can cause lung cancer
among non-smokers.
A Canadian dies every 12 minutes of a
tobacco related disease.
Tobacco smoke kills over 37,000 people in
Canada each year. That's more than the
total of all murders, alcohol-related
deaths, car accidents and suicides.
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