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Maternal smoking during pregnancy induces persistent epigenetic changes into adolescence, independent of postnatal smoke exposure and is associated with cardiometabolic risk

The cold turkey method has its drawbacks

While many smokers know that smoking causes cancer and harms the lungs and heart, the new report highlights how it also damages: bones and muscles: smoking has a negative impact on bone mineral density, and causes progressive harm to the musculoskeletal system, including: 25% increased risk of any fracture, and a 40% increase in the risk of hip fractures among men slower healing after injury increased risk of back and neck pain, leading to a 79% increase in chronic back pain, and a 114% increase in disabling lower back pain rheumatoid arthritis, and a reduction in the impact of treatment brain: current smokers are 53% more likely to develop cognitive impairment than non-smokers, and 59% more likely to develop Alzheimers disease teeth: smoking increases the likelihood of tooth loss and decay eyes: smoking damages sight by increasing the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by 78% to 358%, and increasing the risk of age-related cataracts With New Years resolutions approaching and two-thirds of smokers saying they want to quit, new adverts are being used to graphically illustrate the degeneration that smoking causes

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