At tea shops you will often see people smoking cigarettes while sipping tea. To reduce stress, people smoke cigarettes with tea, which is a bad habit. The dangerous combination of tea and cigarettes can take a toll on your health.
Yes, a report says that if tea and cigarette are consumed together then the risk of esophageal cancer increases by 30%. The reason for this is the caffeine found in tea, which when combined with cigarettes can prove fatal. Therefore, those who drink tea and cigarettes together in order to look cool or to get rid of stress, be careful.
According to a report published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine in the year 2023, hot tea damages the cells of the food pipe and when you smoke cigarettes along with tea, the risk of damage increases twice. If you continue this habit for a long time, it can lead to dangerous diseases like cancer.
According to health experts, caffeine is found in tea, which produces a kind of acid in the stomach. It is helpful in digestion, but excessive amount of caffeine can cause harm if it enters the stomach. At the same time, nicotine is found in cigarettes or beedis. If you drink tea and cigarette together on an empty stomach, problems like headache and dizziness may occur.
What happens if you drink tea and cigarette together?
- risk of heart attack
- stomach ulcers
- memory loss
- lung cancer
- throat cancer
- impotence and infertility
- esophageal cancer
- ulcer of hands and feet
People who only smoke cigarettes are also harmful for health. Smoking increases the risk of brain stroke and heart stroke. Many such researches have been done in which it has been revealed that people who smoke one cigarette a day have 7% more risk of heart attack as compared to normal people. If you have the habit of smoking, it can reduce your lifespan by about 17 years.