Many people know that smoking affects your heart and can cause cancer. What people don’t know is that smoking affects you whole body right down to your feet.

People who smoke have thinner skin on their feet. They also develop a red shiny color too. Because your feet are farther away from your heart, it does not get the blood circulation as other parts of your body.

The most major affect that smoking has on your feet is PAD, know Peripheral Arterial Disease. It is Plaque buildup in the arteries in your legs and feet. Smoking causes your arteries to shrink and get hard, therefore the blood cannot circulate through your feet and legs properly. If PAD is left untreated, you legs will feel like you are carrying concrete blocks tied on to them and your feet and toes begin to draw up. If left untreated, you will have a stroke.

This disease not only works on your feet and legs but your whole body. If you   have PAD, you have a greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.

If you smoke, don’t you think it’s time to quit. Think about what being a slave to nicotine is doing to your body. How is what you are doing to your body going to affect your family.