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Andrea Pinto Lopez and republished in August 2021

The color of the blood can provide clues about its origin

It tastes bad to kiss them You have to breathe their smoke Their hair and clothes smell Their teeth are yellow They have dirty-looking hands Long Term Effects Skin Smoking makes you look older It makes your skin dry and leathery Wrinkles appear sooner If you get skin cancer, you are more likely to die from it because smoking weakens your immune system Long Term Effects Hair Loss A study in the British Medical Journal has found that smokers are Twice as likely to lose their hair Four times as likely to have premature gray hair Smoking messes up your immune system Long Term Effects Brain Nicotine is addictive as heroin, and it alters how the brain works It acts on brain cells that influence: Mood Concentration Learning Alertness Long Term Effects Cataracts Smoking causes cataracts A cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye The more a person smokes, the greater the chance of getting cataracts Long Term Effects Hearing Loss Smoking constricts (narrows) the blood vessels to the eardrums This causes smokers to start to lose their hearing earlier than people who dont smoke

Thus, more study is warranted on the health effects of hookah smoking, as well as appropriate strategies to deter its use

From gum disease to a grim laundry list of cancers, the health impacts are as real as they are avoidable.One of the major players in uncovering these risks is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has spent decades unraveling the many ways tobacco products affect the body