Smoking has been linked to cancer. While this is a solid reason to develop a quitting plan in the long run, you may also want to know the short-term impacts of smoking. Each time you smoke, you are using up thirty milligrams of vitamin c and this becomes a big deal when you consider the fact that you don’t eat too many fruits or vegetables. Low levels of vitamin c may trigger Clinical Scurvy and you may even end up ruining your taste buds.

What’s more alarming is that smoking goes well with coffee and alcohol- items that use more of vitamin c, leaving you more vulnerable to pro-oxidant damage. With oral cancer emerging as the tenth most common cancer in Australia, you may want to redesign your lifestyle, change your habit, introduce antioxidants or dietary supplements, or do anything that will make things better for you.

Today at the Good Doctors, we will discuss the short-term effects of smoking. Stay tuned as we present facts that will shock you and encourage you to change your attitude about smoking.