Even today, after all the warnings about cancer, emphysema, and other diseases, people are still "dying for a cigarette". As your nicotine-stained hands reach inside your pocket or purse for yet another cancer stick, you reluctantly know it's true. But did you also know your smoking habit also makes you look old beyond your years?
Smoking depletes your body of Vitamin C, an essential ingredient for skin elasticity and keeping your skin moist. Other essential vitamins and nutrients depleted more quickly include Vitamin A, calcium, and Vitamin D. Vitamin A is a must for beautiful skin, as it helps protect it from free radical damage while giving it a nice, healthy glow. Calcium benefits the skin through cell renewal, lipid barrier function, and antioxidant protection from DNA damage. Vitamin D, a fat soluble vitamin, is a powerful antioxidant and anti-carcinogen.
No doubt about it, smoking almost always makes you look older, less appealing to the eye. Your breath reeks, your clothes stink, and you also help non-smokers inhale 70% of your poison, causing them feel less healthy and age more quickly themselves.
You have a choice: Quit smoking or risk the chances of premature death, heart disease, cancer, or stroke. From a vanity standpoint, you'll most likely look older than your non-smoking friends.
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