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What happens to the body when you stop smoking?

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Image source: blog.ochsner.org Smoking is a vice known to usher in illnesses like lung cancer, heart disease, diabetes, liver failure, erectile dysfunction, tuberculosis, and several other severe conditions. Experts like Dr. Paolo Bofetta strongly suggest people to stop smoking to prolong their life. Because as doctors say, the minute you stop smoking, your body begins to heal. And the longer you stop smoking; the more your body can recover. This is what happens to the body when you stop smoking altogether. In just 20 minutes, your heart rate and blood pressure decrease. And after 12 hours of not smoking, the carbon monoxide levels in your body becomes normal once again. These may not seem significant, but you’re already reducing the risk of a heart attack less than 24 hours into quitting. After two weeks, your blood circulation increases because of improved lung function and capacity. You’ll have more energy because of your ability to take in more oxygen. And the more oxygen ...
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Cancer risk factors: Smokeless tobacco

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Aside from smoking tobacco, it can be consumed by chewing, dipping, spitting, or snuffing it. Some people assume that switching from smokeless tobacco reduces their risk of falling ill due to tobacco consumption. The truth is, there is no safe kind of tobacco. The two main types of smokeless tobacco are chewing tobacco and snuff, Dr. Paolo Boffetta shares. Available as loose leaves, plugs (or bricks), or as twists of rope, chewing tobacco is placed in between one’s cheek and lower lip, usually near the back of the mouth. Either kept in its place or chewed, one’s saliva can be swallowed or spit. Snuff is powdered or thinly cut tobacco that can be bought in various flavors and scents. Establishing that there is no safe form of tobacco, studies have found in smokeless tobacco at least 28 chemicals that cause cancer. Tobacco-specific nitrosamines－those that are formed during the growing, curing, fermenting, and aging of tobacco－are the most harmful chemicals in smokeless tobacco...
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Breast cancer risks: What people need to know

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Image source: discovermagazine.com Although Dr. Paolo Boffetta has practiced medicine for years, he has never stopped learning. Even today, he still does research, looking into reports and journals on cancer patients to add to his already vast knowledge on the subject matter. What’s more is that he unselfishly shares what he knows to readers everywhere through his series of blogs. A good example of this can be found in today’s blog, wherein Dr. Paolo Boffetta sheds light on breast cancer risks. Before anything, Dr. Paolo Boffetta defines the term risk factor as anything that increases the possibility of a person developing or contracting a disease. For breast cancer, there are a variety of risk factors that can be grouped in two main categories – controllable and uncontrollable. Dr. Paolo Boffetta mentions that similar to other cancers, knowing about these risk factors and regularly checking them may be helpful. He also notes that the presence of one or more of these factor...
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