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Restricted blood flow through the capillaries (tiny veins near the skins surface) preventing oxygen and nutrients getting to the skin |
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Increased production of an enzyme which breaks down the supply of collagen to the skin's structure. Collagen supply is vital to the skin's elasticity. It decreases with age but smoking cigarettes accelerates this process. |
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Smoking reduces the body's store of vitamin A which provides protection from skin damage |
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Smoking gets in the way of absorption of vitamin C - a vital antioxidant for skin protection and health |
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Continual puckering from drawing on a cigarette and squinting in reaction to the cigarette smoke create deeply wrinkled skin around the eyes and mouth - classic signs of 'smoker's face' |
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Reduces the quality of a night's sleep due to nicotine being a stimulant |
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Professor Young of Guy's School of Medicine in London was the leader of the team that demonstrated how collagen loss was accelerated by smoking.
"Smoking exerts such a noticeable effect on the skin that it's often possible to detect whether or not a person is a smoker simply by looking at his or her face. Smokers have more wrinkles and their skin tends to have a greyish pallor compared to non-smokers." |
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| By adhering to rule 5 you will at the very least lose your greyish pallor! Not only that but you will feel fitter, your food will taste better, your teeth will be whiter and if that isn't enough, think of the money you will have saved! |
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