Smoking ban delayed?

How Smoking Makes Bones Weaker?

When a person inhales cigarette smoke harmful gases and poisonous substances get mixed up in the blood streams all over the body. This automatically affects the flow of oxygen to the blood present in the bones. Bones become weaker after old age and after menopause stage in the case of woman. Smoking not only reduces the strength of bones but also causes back problems. Since the density of bone gets reduced it takes quiet a long time to cure ailments relating to the bone like fracture, sprain and hairline cracks.

Smoking also harms the blood vessels in your body. The blood vessels are reduced in length and diameter. This suppression makes it difficult for the blood vessels to function. As a result of shrinking the blood vessels supply low quantum of blood to parts of the body. Blood carries essential nutrients to aid in the strengthening of bones. Since the blood vessels are suppressed the amount of blood available to the bones and the amount of nutrients carried by blood decreases drastically.

Bones are an important part of human body. It helps in discharging strenuous and hard manual labour. Even if a person smokes when he is undergoing a treatment for fracture or a wound in the bone he is likely to suffer. Since bones are present all over the body like flesh the infections could take place in a quick span of time and delay the time of his recovery as smoking and bones are interrelated.

Sooner or later, everyone stops smoking!

hi Georgia,

in reply to your response to my post you have taken it totally out of context.  There will always be irresponsible people who drink and drive and cause untold misery to others and even there own families and I do not condone this appalling behaviour whatsoever.  The whole point of the post was to point out how peoples comfort and  health can be affected sitting in a smoke filled bar or restaurant or any public building for that matter. Regarding the mention of alcohol I was also referring to the health issues that can arise by the over consumption of alcohol which affects only the drinker and their family.  Drinking and driving is another thread topic altogether.