Smoking can have many different effects on peoples lives. Here are some of the negative effects of smoking:

• The tar in cigarettes can cause throat and lung cancer and stain the smokers teeth and fingers yellow.
• Carbon monoxide can take the bodies oxygen, making the whole body work harder to do simple things. Over time this can cause airways to narrow and  blood pressure to rise. Which can cause a heart attack or stroke.
• Smoking can increase the risk of heart disease.
• A first time smoker will often feel dizzy or sick.
• Reduce brain and nervous system activity.
• Decrease blood flow to hands and feet.
• Decrease appetite, taste and smell.
• Over 400,000 Americans die every year from smoking.
• You can cause harm to the people around you by them breathing in your smoke. This is called passive smoking.
• Once you start it’s hard to stop.
• An average smoker spends about $1000 a year on smoking.