The harm of smoking for girls

Many girls, influenced by TV dramas or the surrounding environment, think that smoking seems cool and that girls smoking seem to have personality. However, girls' smoking can easily make their classmates feel disgusted, which will create a distance between them and their classmates, making it easier for them to go astray and be deceived by some people in society. Moreover, the harm caused by smoking to girls is much more serious than that to boys.

The main six points are as follows:

1. Causes menstrual disorders: Nicotine in tobacco can reduce the secretion of sex hormones, causing menstrual disorders, delayed menarche, menstrual disorders, and early onset of menopausal syndrome.

2. Can cause premature aging: The skin of women who smoke tends to be drier, rougher, less elastic, more wrinkled, more haggard, and gray in color. In particular, there are more wrinkles at the corners of the eyes, upper and lower lips, and corners of the mouth, making the face appear older than the actual age.

3. Decreased fertility: Women who smoke are 2.7 times more likely to suffer from infertility than non-smoking women; if both spouses smoke, the likelihood of infertility is 5.3 times higher than for non-smoking couples. Women who smoke are more likely to have miscarriage, premature birth or ectopic pregnancy.

4. It can harm offspring: Pregnant women who smoke often experience fetal growth retardation, developmental deformities and low birth weight.

5. Prone to cardiovascular disease: Women who smoke 1-4 cigarettes a day are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke as non-smoking women, and those who smoke more than 5 cigarettes a day are more than 5 times more likely to suffer a stroke. It is worth mentioning that if a smoking woman takes oral contraceptives at the same time, her chance of developing coronary heart disease will be 10 times that of a non-smoking woman.

6. Susceptibility to cancer: Women who smoke have a 5.5 times higher risk of lung cancer, a 40% higher risk of breast cancer, a 14 times higher risk of cervical cancer, and a 28 times higher risk of ovarian cancer than non-smokers.

If you are a girl who smokes, when you read this article you will gain some insights and change your values. You must know that your body is your own. If you don’t cherish your body, who else do you expect to cherish you? Reality is not a fairy tale. There is no Prince Charming. The only one who can love and care for you is yourself.