Audrey Hepburn, breakfast at Tiffany’s smoking a cigarette and looking oh so fab! Not so apparently, Audrey picked up the habit of smoking and easily smoked three packets of cigarettes a day and as a result died of lung cancer at the age of 63.
The rate of lung cancer deaths among British women is the highest in Europe after many took up smoking to lose weight.Researchers say it is three times higher than in Spain, the country with the lowest rate. An estimated 15,632 women will die from lung cancer this year in the UK, up from 14,900 in 2007, according to a study published today. Lung cancer causes the most deaths from cancer in women in Britain.
Experts blame the epidemic on the fact women took up smoking in large numbers later in the 20th century than men – often in an attempt to control weight.
If you smoke you get lines, sagging skin, wrinkles and grey skin a face which is now referred to as smokers face. This whole combination easily adds up to two decades making you look 20 years older
Why does this happen if you smoke:
- Smoking increases enzyme production, this breaks down precious collagen vital for skins elasticity. Smoking speeds this up.
- Your lips age as you pucker up for another ciggy. You get lip lines which are perfect smoker face symptoms
- It blocks vitamin C Absorbtion – a major antioxidant
- It blocks Vitamin A Absorbtion – a major skin ageing defender
- It enhances free radical formation and speeds up skin cell damage. This starts the skin ageing and wrinkling process.
If I stop smoking can I fix the damage?
Yes you can. Eat a healthy diet, take supplements and protect yourself with a good anti wrinkle skin care treatment program including Collagen VP. This will fix and heal the damage and add years back onto your life.
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