Pediatrics, 2015
"When you see the benefits of better-looking skin, you may be motivated to stay nicotine-free." 17 / 26 Everyone knows the lungs take a beating from smoking, but research has pinpointed additional, surprising ways that tobacco affects the body, starting with your bones
And smoking during pregnancy raises the odds of having a miscarriage, premature birth, or delivering a low-birth-weight infant
The highest mutation rates were seen in the lung cancers but tumors in other parts of the body also contained these smoking-associated mutations, explaining how smoking causes many types of human cancer, reports Science Daily
Unfortunately, because of nicotines relationship with your brain, knowing that cigarettes are dangerous doesnt make kicking the habit any easier
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