This is because nicotine cause thinning of your blood vessels and slows down the natural rate of blood flow. Smoking also leads to premature aging as it tends to speed up the wrinkling of your skin. Bad breath, discoloration and gum disease destroy your smile and ultimately your social life will suffer because your confidence tends to slowly wane with the beauty of your smile. One of the things smoke ruins is your teeth. Smoking also has adverse effects on your appearance, and every singer knows that the longevity of their career depends on their appearance just as much as it does on their talent.
However, it’s advisable to go for a check up if the situation hasn’t changed or is worsened in two weeks. Many people overlook this, especially if it’s accompanied by a running nose and other flu-like symptoms. It usually affects the quality of your voice, and more often than not, your vocal range tends to suffer. Throat cancer is another effect of smoking, and the most common symptom is voice hoarseness. If you can’t breathe properly while walking, be sure that your vocal range, and ultimately performance, will be affected. This is a major concern as singing requires one to either hold a note in one breath, or go through a couple of them without a break. These conditions weaken your lungs as the air that flows from your throat to your lungs decreases significantly. First, you’ll probably end up with laryngitis and bronchitis. Before we even skip to the cancer, which is obviously the final stage in the death of any smoker’s music career, let’s look at what happens before you get there. This fact should be able to stop most smokers who sing from lighting up that cigarette- but it doesn’t. It’s not a secret that smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer.
Smoking is also known to reduce proper function in your lungs. Acid reflux could also lead to the development of a persistent cough which may cause a number of lesions to form in your throat. This is because the acid causes swelling in your cords and this disrupts their normal vibration, thus changing how your voice sounds. However, you should know that even the smallest amount of belched up hydrochloric acid could destroy your singing voice for good. This sounds like an easy problem to solve, as most people tend to get acidity from the foods they eat occasionally. Tobacco smoke is also known to cause acid reflux. Moreover, you may develop a cough which further irritates your cords. One of the effects it has is that it tends to dry up your vocal cords, thus resulting in a build up of mucus in your throat, which could affect your vocal projection. Many people develop hoarseness as they get older.Smoke- be it from marijuana or tobacco- is a harmful irritant to your throat, and medical professionals have stated that even being in a smoky room could affect your voice negatively. It makes you cough and can give you a hoarse voice This can happen if you have a cold, an allergy or because you smoke. post nasal drip - when mucus drips from the back of your nose down into your throat.acid reflux - when stomach acid leaks up into your oesophagus (food pipe).
Smoking can also cause hoarseness because it irritates the throat lining (mucous membranes).
So it is important that you go to your GP as soon as possible if you notice worrying symptoms. The earlier a cancer is picked up, the easier it is to treat it and the more likely the treatment is to be successful. Having a hoarse voice for more than 3 weeks is one of the most common symptoms of laryngeal cancer.
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