It’s been known for a while that smoking increases the risk of developing bladder cancer. Actually, it’s the highest risk factor – smokers are twice as likely to develop bladder cancer than those who don’t smoke.
According to the American Cancer Society,
Smoking causes about half of the deaths from bladder cancer among men (48%) and almost a third of bladder cancer deaths in women (28%). Some of the carcinogens (cancer-causing chemicals) in tobacco smoke are absorbed from the lungs and get into the blood. From the blood, they are filtered by the kidneys and concentrated in urine. These chemicals in urine …read more

Wade over at Healthbolt has an awesome post with some even more compelling reasons to quit smoking today, on World No Tobacco Day 2007.
I think one of the main reasons it’s so hard to quit smoking is because all the benefits of quitting and all the dangers of continuing seem very far away. Well, here’s a little timeline about some of the more immediate effects of quitting smoking and how that will affect your body RIGHT NOW.

In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) …read more

May 31 is World No Tobacco Day, so what better day to talk about why you should quit smoking right now? Here are 10 compelling reasons to kick the habit today.

Smoking causes 87% of all lung cancer cases (source), and lung cancer kills more women than breast and ovarian cancers combined. (source)
Smoking causes wrinkles all over your body.
Smoking dramatically increases women’s risk of developing coronary heart disease (source), and heart disease is the leading killer of American women. (source)
Smoking turns your teeth yellow.
Women who smoke risk having a heart attack 19 years earlier than women who don’t smoke. (source)