Smoking and the Problems It Can Cause

Lung disease which includes lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease are all linked to smoking, 400,000 deaths each year are caused directly by cigarette smoking. (article National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) But there is much more to it than that smoking can cause digestive disturbances such: o acid reflux which is due to a weakening of the sphincter valve at the lower end of the oesophagus which is the tube from the mouth to the stomach, when this is weakened it causes stomach acid to come back up through this pipe, unfortunately this pipe, unlike the stomach cannot withstand...