- Causes of Osteoporosis -
Information and Smoking Facts about Skeletal Tissue

Is smoking among the causes of osteoporosis?

Information about the smoking facts and the harmful effects of smoking on the body skeleton show that bones are not immune to the effects of the toxic ingredients in cigarettes.

The lower blood oxygen level in a smoker's body makes it difficult for skeletal tissue to renew itself. Bones then become brittle and break more easily.

Understanding Osteoporosis
Information About Skeletal Tissue and Bone Health

Did you know that skeletal tissue is living tissue? A human skeleton is comprised of dynamic living tissue that requires an oxygen supply in order to stay healthy.

Like other human tissues, bone cells die and are renewed constantly throughout the life cycle. The renewal of bone cells slows down with advancing age.

A disruption between the fine balance of bone breakdown and renewal is what causes brittle bones.

The causes of osteoporosis are identified as any factors that increase the destruction of bone or decrease the making of new bone cells.

Smoking affects skeletal tissue nutrition and healing.

Smokers have been shown to be more susceptible to back problems especially lower back pain.

Harmful Effects of Smoking on the Body Skeleton

Smoking significantly decreases the delivery of nutrients to all body tissues, even your bones.

Carbon monoxide, is one of the main toxic ingredients in cigarettes that results in the lower blood oxygen level in the smoker. It readily binds to the hemoglobin in the blood making it difficult for oxygen to be taken up and distributed to the rest of the body.

This can lower the body oxygen content in a heavy smoker by as much as 15%.

Because of the many toxic ingredients in cigarettes, smokers have a higher burden of toxicity in their systems which slows down the healing process.

As a result of all these harmful smoking effects on the body, there is less overall nutrition being delivered to the skeletal tissue so there are fewer raw materials delivered to the new bone cells.

As bone cells that complete their natural life cycle die off there are less new bone cells to take their place.

Here are the Smoking Facts

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• Smokers are more apt to develop degenerative disorders and injuries in the spine.


• Women who smoke are at a high risk for loss of bone density and osteoporosis.


• Smokers' bones lose density, fracture more easily and take up to 80% longer to heal.

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