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I found this interesting picture somewhere in the web yesterday.  I admit it’s hard to get the meaning at first, but then I realized that the picture brought an important message.  Did any of you ever know that smoking have a relationship with your penis? Heheheh..interesting right?

In 1999 British Medical Association (BMA) and the anti-tobacco group has sent a report about the relationship between smoking and erectile dysfunction.  The report said that approximately 120,000 men in Britain are impotent as a direct result of their tobacco smoking habit.  “Poor British man…” is that what you’re thinking?  Don’t be too happy about it.

Well it’s not as straight as saying that “if you smoke then you are impotent” though.  But scientific research has shown that smoking does have a significant association with erectile dysfunction.  BMA reports even said that smoking is associated with 50% increase risk of suffering erectile dysfunction for men. The damage smoking causes is cumulative, which mean the longer you are exposed with smoking the higher risk of suffering erectile dysfunction you get.

The reason for these findings mainly is because smoking causes a buildup of fatty deposits in delicate blood vessels.  Fatty deposit, in case it block the blood flow to the heart can cause a heart disease.  But in case the blood flow to your penis is the one that being blocked, then erectile dysfunction will raise as the result.  Aside from it, nicotine which is one of the main components of cigarette can cause rapid contraction in penile tissue or damage a valve that traps blood in the penis which will result eventually in erectile dysfunction.

So no wonder if in some country there’s a rule to apply a warning in the cigarette box and in the cigarette ads that stated:

“WARNING: SMOKING CAUSES MALE SEXUAL IMPOTENCE

 WARNING: SMOKING DAMAGES SPERM

 WARNING: SMOKING MAY DAMAGE YOUR SEX-LIFE”

It’s a controversial issue of course.  Many smokers will deny this issue and say I smoke a lot and I’m still the tough guy on bed.  Well my friend, you have the right to believe or disbelieve this information.  But remember again, smoking effect are cumulative, you might not feel it today but you will someday in the future.  So does it worth taking risk?

So quit smoking, don’t just thinking with your brain but also think with your penis emoticon  cheers!

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Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is the amount of smoke that actually released by a smoker to his/her environment.  Scientifically it is estimated that 90% of smoke created by a smoker is becoming ETS.  So of all the dangerous chemicals contained within the cigarette smoke, the smoker only took 10% for himself.  This means if you standing around a smoking person then you have the chance to get as much of those chemicals as or even more than that smoking person him/herself.

According to CDC, ETS can become a cause of many adverse health effect to those who are exposed with it.  Below is the list of those effect:

• ETS exposure causes heart disease and lung cancer in non smoking adults.
• Nonsmokers who are exposed ETS at home or work will have increased risk of having heart disease by 25–30% and increased risk of having lung cancer by 20–30%.
• Breathing ETS has immediate harmful effects on the cardiovascular system, with increased risk of having a heart attack as the result.  The risk is even higher to people who already have a heart disease. 

There is no risk-free level of ETS exposure. Even brief exposure can be dangerous.

Children gain an even  bigger threat,especially when they live with a smoking parents. According to WHO data, environmental tobacco smoke exposure can bring severe effect on children.  Those effects are:

Unfortunately there are many children who are exposed with ETS, in fact almost half of the world’s children are regurarly exposed to ETS.  And your children can be one of them! 

So for you my friend who smoke,quit smoking is not only about saving yourself.  Quit smoking is not just about preventing you from illnesses.  Quit smoking is about caring other people.  SO if you are a smoking parent, then quit because you care with your children.  If you are a smoking husband/wife, then quit because you care with your beloved soulmate.  If you are a smoking teacher, then quit  because you care with your student.  And if you are just simply a smoking person, then quit because you care with other people who live around you.

 

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We’ve been talking about the importance handwashing and the correct technique of handwashing.  So now the question is how long should we wash our hands to get an optimum result of hand washing?  Well, scientifically it is recommended to wash your hands in a minimum time of 10 second.  and In case of teaching your children, you can teach your children to sing happy birthday song twice while washing their hands. 

so the sequence of hand washing would be like this:

Wet your hands with flowing water, and apply hand soap to your palm.

Now let’s start singing

   " Happy birthday to you"                                 "happy birthday to you"                

                                             

 "Happy birthday"            "happy birthday"          "Happy birthday to you…."

                 

Then here we go again…….

  "Happy birthday to you"                                  "happy birthday to you"

                                                 

  "happy birthday"            "happy birth day"         "happy birthday to you…."

                      

Now rinse your hands with flowing water.

Take a clean towel/hand tissue to dry it.

and don’t forget, use the tissue/towel to switch the water off.

 

 

 

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We’ve been talking about how much smoking cost you on a monetary basis. Now let see what you can get and what you can give from smoking.

• What you get

It has been scientifically identified that tobacco smoke contains more than 4000 chemicals.  Among those at least 400 are poisonous and more than 50 are the cause of cancer.  Basically tobacco smoke has three main components.  Those components are:

Tar

Tar is a black sticky residue which usually produced from coal as a byproduct of coke production, petroleum, peat or wood.  Normally it is used for covering the road surfaces. Yes, ROAD SURFACES. It can clog in your lungs and predisposed you with the risk of having a lung cancer.

 

Nicotine

It is a powerful and addictive drug.  Nicotine is a stimulant, which means it will give you the feeling of energized.  It can make you feel fresh and spirit full in doing your daily activity.  It makes your heart rate and blood pressure rises and increases the diameter of the blood vessel.  This is actually the reason why it is difficult for a smoking person to quit smoking.  Yet do remember that in the end it will also predisposed you for having a heart attack or a stroke.

Carbon Monoxide

It’s a gas, the same gas with what you found in the car exhaust smoke.  When entering you body, carbon monoxide will rob the oxygen for your muscles, brain and body tissue making your heart work even harder.  Over time it will also swell up your airways and let less air to enter your lung.  So no wonder a heavy and chronic smoker usually suffer from short of breath and lack of stamina.

 

Now you see what you actually get when you smoke a cigarette.  Is it bad? Well if you think so there’s an even worse fact you should know.

• What you give

Smoking not only mean you to get “things” but it also mean you have a big chance to give.

Of all the smoke you make when smoking, you only take about 10% to your body.  The 90% goes away to your surrounding as an environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).  In other word the one who get the most tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide is actually the people around you.

ETS could,

	•	causes lung cancer in people who have never smoked before.
	•	causes heart attack, especially among the spouses of smokers. ETS also increases the risk of repeated heart attacks if one has suffered from heart attack before.
	•	increases the risk of heart disease, lung disease, asthma, allergies, sinus problems, blood vessel disease or worsen the symptoms if one is already suffering from these.

 

You could be glad and thankful for this fact.  Yet bear in mind that the term “people around you” could also mean “your children”, “your spouse”, “your parents”, or in a single term “your beloved one”. 

So quit smoking is not only about caring yourselves, but for most it is about caring people you loved around you.

 

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