‘Ageing fears’ help people to quit smoking
A British quit smoking website, quitfullstop.co.uk, surveyed 2 000 of its members and found that for both sexes, reversing the signs of ageing was a major concern.
About 40 percent of the women admitted they were quitting for fears that long-term smoking would damage their skin and cause premature ageing, while 55 percent of men had given up smoking to either reverse or prevent them looking older than their years.
‘Smoking can cause facial wrinkles because it ages the skin by eating away at proteins, thereby restricting blood flow. This results in dry, leathery and wrinkled skin,’ reads a statement by quitfullstop.co.uk.
Smoking is also thought to reduce the skin’s elasticity by causing the breakdown of collagen and hindering collagen production.
About 25 percent of men said they gave up smoking after being diagnosed with some form of erectile dysfunction.
Nicotine restricts blood flow in the body, which would explain why the smokers were struggling to perform in the bedroom. Not only can smoking affect your sex life, but it can also be detrimental to a couple’s chance of conceiving, and 45 percent of women and 10 percent of the men wanted to quit for this reason.
‘Studies have shown that quitting smoking can increase a couple’s chances of conceiving. This is due to changes that happen in the womb and improved mobility of sperm,’ quitfullstop.co.uk explained.
Sources: IOL, Daily Mail
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‘Ageing fears’ help people to quit smoking
by Health-e News, Health-e News
April 15, 2013