JICM HEALTH and WELLNESS CENTER

Tobacco is the only legal product in the USA that when use correctly kills one out of every four of those who use it. It is responsible   for the death of over 450,000 person each year. Smoking leads to a variety of painful and terminal illness.  The greatest number of smoke relating deaths are from heart attack, stroke and cancer. Two of the most frightening and distressing diseases associated with smoking are emphysema and burger’s disease. Emphysema is a progressive disease in which the lungs are slowly destroyed resulting in slow suffocation. Burgers disease is characterizes by   clogging and inflammation of the capillaries cutting off the blood supply   and can result in gangrene of the fingers and toes which starts out as numbness especially when sitting for long periods.  Even if it does not kill you right away some of the effects are just so bad. It weakens the bones and a risk factor for back pain. it causes impotence and premature menopause