Fertility: For those trying to conceive, quitting smoking can improve fertility in both men and women
A 2019 literature review noted evidence that nicotine hijacks the developing brain and nAChRs and can act as a gateway drug to using other addictive substances, such as cocaine. Symptoms of nicotine addiction can appear in teens within days to weeks of starting smoking. If they stop using nicotine, they will experience withdrawal symptoms, such as Nicotine cravings Feeling anxiety or depression Irritability Restlessness Sleeping problems Problems concentrating Its common for people to keep using nicotine products to relieve these symptoms
The first group that started to quit en masse were doctors, who, incidentally, had also been among the heaviest smokers
"When the tobacco industry introduced us to tobacco products, it promised that they were safe, that they were of no harm
Rav Chaim Dovid HaLevi, a former Chief Rabbi of Tel-Aviv, wrote, It is prohibited to purchase cigarettes for others, including ones parents. Rav Asher Weiss states that smoking cigarettes is like eating nevailot uteraifot
