Live Life Team
Men and women across the United States and Europe have become increasingly aware of their physical appearances. Many of them look for ways to appear younger. They seek out preventive measures to insure that signs of aging stay away. The general consensus is…”the younger a person looks, the better he/she feels”.
This being the case, smokers should take a serious look how aging affects – not just superficially – the human body. Premature aging and wrinkling of the skin is associated with biochemical changes caused from tobacco use, smoking in particular. Not only do smokers look older, many of them age more rapidly throughout their bodies.
In the normal non-smoker body, cells are able to do a sort of “self-maintenance”, repairing damage or creating new cells. As we age, this ability reduces slowly, causing the body to ease into a more advanced age without many side effects. Cigarette smoking causes the aging process to accelerate. Cells lose the ability to self-maintain. Internally, the muscles, lungs and liver of a smoker will decline earlier than those of a non-smoker. Physiologically, the smokers become more at risk of disability (including bone and joint problems), disease, and death.
The single most important change a person should make is to quit smoking. The effects on the body will immediately begin to reverse. A more youthful appearance will come through. The cost savings from no longer buying cigarettes will make a lot more sense than spending money on cosmetic procedures that just mask the problem. Kick the habit and watch the renewal begin.
