We all know how bad smoking can get. If it is not so bad, then we won’t find ourselves guiltily smoking a cigarette in hidden corners of our houses or trying to keep a straight face when found right? Smoking at any age is a no-no, more so if you are a senior whose body is at greater risk of having age-related diseases that are usually fatal, if not, really uncomfortable to have. So, in an attempt to further scare you from having another go at that stick of cigarette–and another one after that–here are your top 5 diseases which you can get from smoking:

Before anything else, let me just tell you that smoking is considered as an addiction. Like any other addiction, detecting your problem–or accepting, for that matter–can be quite hard. Listen to people around you, are they starting to notice how much cigarette in a day you are smoking? Or perhaps have joked about it once or twice? If so, then maybe you ought to think about quitting the habit before it’s too late.

* Cancer. If cancer is not scary enough for you then I don’t know what is. As you may know, cancer eats you alive and personally for me, this is the baddest of all diseases a person can have since there is no exact cause hence no definite cure. To be particular, smoking can cause two types of cancers, one being oral cancer and second is lung cancer, both of which can be very painful to have, and yes, fatal too.
* Heart problem. By now, you must know that smoking is one of the leading causes of heart problems. It encourages plaque formation which by itself causes the heart’s arteries to harden and sometimes clog. Smoking is bad for the heart.
* Reproductive system irregularities. Even if you are not planning a baby, it is important for aging adults to protect their reproductive system now more than ever. Women who are known to be smokers have higher risk of developing cervical cancer. For men, your risk for erectile dysfunction also doubles when smoking. Infertility is also a known health condition associated with smoking.
* Lung problem. Of course, this should have been on top of it all as it is very obvious for a person to develop lung problems due to smoking. The most popular ones are chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
* Mouth diseases. Think painful mouth ulcers for starters – and these are your standard-issue, curable by over-the-counter remedies ones which can eventually develop into the more fatal mouth cancer.