Health expert reveals how smoking impacts different areas of the body

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Fewer people could be quitting smoking since they started working from home during the pandemic, new research suggests. The decline in smoking rates across England has “stagnated”, with fewer people quitting plus more young people picking up the habit – according to experts at University College London (UCL), who analysed data from 2020 and 2022.

They found before the pandemic, smoking prevalence fell by 5.2 per cent per year, but the rate of decline slowed to just 0.3 per cent per year during it.Lead author Dr Sarah Jackson from UCL, said: “These findings make bold policy action more urgent.

The Government was already not on track to meet its target for England to be smoke-free by 2030.”Here’s what smoking can do to different parts of your body.

According to Dr Suhail Hussain, a private GP based in Hertfordshire, smoking raises blood pressure, damages blood vessels, and increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and heart attacks. “It can lead to the formation of plaque in the arteries, restricting blood flow,” he said – which can be particularly dangerous if clots form.