MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Overall, the result is that middle-aged smokers often have as many wrinkles as non-smokers who are 60 or older. It’s estimated that smoking 30 cigarettes a day could make your skin age an extra 14 years by the time you hit 70.

Detailed explanation-2: -Regardless of whether a person smokes five cigarettes a day or two packs a day, the negative impact on the body is significant. When cigarettes burn, more than 7, 000 chemicals are released. At least 69 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cigarette smoking causes premature death: Life expectancy for smokers is at least 10 years shorter than for nonsmokers. Quitting smoking before the age of 40 reduces the risk of dying from smoking-related disease by about 90%.

Detailed explanation-4: -Study finds some individuals have genetic variants that allow them to have long-term exposure to a carcinogen without developing lung cancer.