Smoking After Getting My Tonsils Removed? Can I smoke now? Posted: 10-16-07 21:01pm
im 15 and i just recently got my tonsils
removed about two week ago.
i am a heavy smoker and i havent had a
cigarette in two weeks.
and i am getting really cranky
would it be ok to have one now as it has
been two weeks after it getting done?
and if not what would be the risks?
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joshhopp
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 5
Posted: 10-20-07 19:55pm
Smoking causes dramatic increases in
cancers of the following organs, to name
just a few:
Oral cavity, including lips, tounge and
gums
Esophagus (~15% 5 year survival chance)
Stomach
Pancreas (5%> 5 year survival chance)
Large intestine
Lung (5-20% 5 year survival chance)
Penis
Larynx
In addition, smokers have about a
twenty-fold increase chance of developing
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, an
incurable disease of the lung airways
associated with significant decreases in
exercise tolerance, repeated infections,
irreversible fibrosis and right-sided
heart failure.
