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6 Ways Smoking Affects Your Sleep

Posted by Circadiance on Mar 10, 2015 10:21:00 AM

Here are six ways smoking destroys the quality of your sleep!

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  • Smoking changes your natural circadian rhythm.
  • Smoking increases your risk of developing sleep apnea.
  • Smokers wake up more frequently during the night.
  • Smokers have trouble falling asleep, and feel restless in the morning.
  • Smokers are more likely to suffer from insomnia.
  • Once you start smoking, your sleep will never be the same again.

A Huffington Post news report examines the several ways smoking can destroy the quality of a person’s sleep.

Scientists have linked the smoking of cigarettes specifically to the development of several serious cancers, heart disease, routine infections, anxiety and depression. While the toxic chemicals and heavy metals consumed during smoking are to blame for these destructive health risks, nicotine — the substance that makes smoking so addictive — is often disruptive to another aspect of health entirely: sleep. Smoking regularly can wreak havoc on the body’s natural sleep routine, and some of that damage cannot be undone.

To read the full article visit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/how-smoking-affects-sleep_n_6792954.html

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A Huffington Post news report examines the several ways smoking can destroy the quality of a person’s sleep.

Scientists have linked the smoking of cigarettes specifically to the development of several serious cancers, heart disease, routine infections, anxiety and depression. While the toxic chemicals and heavy metals consumed during smoking are to blame for these destructive health risks, nicotine — the substance that makes smoking so addictive — is often disruptive to another aspect of health entirely: sleep. Smoking regularly can wreak havoc on the body’s natural sleep routine, and some of that damage cannot be undone.

- See more at: http://www.rtmagazine.com/2015/03/six-ways-smoking-affects-sleep/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=RT+Daily+3%2F9&spMailingID=10837313&spUserID=NDMzMzY0MDI5MTES1&spJobID=500628629&spReportId=NTAwNjI4NjI5S0#sthash.GKEMTLHa.dpuf

Topics: Sleep Health