Increased Risk of Respiratory Infections Finally, chewing tobacco can weaken your immune system, making it harder for your body to fight off respiratory infections like pneumonia and bronchitis
Model 1: Adjusted for age, income, body mass index status, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, fasting serum glucose, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, medication use (aspirin, antihypertensive medication, antidiabetic medication, and statin), number of chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidemia), Charlson Comorbidity Index at baseline in never smokers
the active lifestyle that needs to be maintained by pregnant moms or new moms, is becoming difficult
Stopping smoking has many other benefits