What is worse smoking or being overweight?

What is worse smoking or being overweight?

A recent study reveals that deaths due to excess body fat and obesity have now overtaken smoking-related deaths in people older than 45.

How can you stand up for your rights and protect your health from the danger of cigarette smoking?

How to avoid secondhand smoke

• If you smoke, quit. There are many resources to help you.
• Do not smoke or allow people to smoke in your house or car. Ask people who smoke to step outside.
• Find smoke-free restaurants, hotels, and rental cars.
• Ask caregivers and relatives to stop smoking around you and your children.

Why is it hard to give up smoking?

Your brain has to get used to not having nicotine around. Nicotine is the main addictive drug in tobacco that makes quitting so hard. Cigarettes are designed to rapidly deliver nicotine to your brain. Inside your brain, nicotine triggers the release of chemicals that make you feel good.

Does smoking affect weight?

Smoking’s effect on body weight could lead to weight loss by increasing the metabolic rate, decreasing metabolic efficiency, or decreasing caloric absorption (reduction in appetite), all of which are associated with tobacco use. The metabolic effect of smoking could explain the lower body weight found in smokers.

How could having an unhealthy body composition affect a person’s health?

Body composition affects all other aspects of physical fitness. While the affects may be subtle, they can make a huge difference in your longevity and quality of life. Excessive body fat (above about 25\% for men and 30\% for women) has been strongly linked to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and stroke.

How are body composition and body fat level related to good health?

Although body fat is generally associated with poor health, some fat is actually necessary for overall good health, as it can help protect internal organs, regulate hormones, and provide us with energy. Body fat should typically make up about 5\% of total body weight in men and about 12\% of total body weight in women.

Why shouldn’t you smoke in your house?

When you smoke indoors, your second-hand smoke lingers in the air. You can’t see or smell it, but it’s there. Every time you smoke, you breathe out second-hand smoke. Children exposed to second-hand smoke are more at risk of coughs, colds, ear problems, and chest infections.

Can I smoke at home?

Smoking is allowed in private areas such as your own home or in your car. However, when it comes to smoking in private vehicles, drivers would need to be mindful that this is only allowed as long as no second-hand tobacco smoke is expelled (i.e. windows are fully wound up) in smoking prohibited places.