| Most people understand all the potential health | | | | with someone who smoked also snored.Another |
| hazards associated with smoking. But aside from the | | | | interesting fact they uncovered was that more men |
| commonly known things like cancer, it can also | | | | smoked but the female smokers had a higher chance |
| contribute to a snoring problem.Smokers have a high | | | | of snoring.So just what is it about smoking that leads |
| likelihood of being snorers as well. Smoking causes | | | | to snoring problems? They didn't come up with a |
| swelling in the tissue of the nose and throat, as well | | | | definitive answer to that question, but one of the |
| as damaging the lungs. Nicotine can also cause | | | | theories is that the irritation to the airways caused |
| disruptions in sleep that can contribute to snoring.A | | | | by smoking leads to problem breathing, which in turn |
| group of European researchers studied snoring in a | | | | leads to snoring.Another theory is that the body |
| group of smokers between 25 and 55 years old. | | | | goes through nicotine withdrawal while asleep, which |
| They studied 15,000 people from five different | | | | disturbs the sleeping pattern. This disturbance |
| countries to see if they could find a link between | | | | contributes to the snoring.So you can add one more |
| smoking and snoring.Out of the study group, 24% of | | | | reason for quitting smoking. Not only does it damage |
| the people who currently smoked and 20% of the | | | | your health and your body, it can lead to snoring |
| people who smoked in the past suffered from | | | | problems which can ultimately lead to drowsiness, |
| snoring problems. This was compared to 14% of the | | | | irritability and stress (in both you and your |
| people who did not smoke. They found that the | | | | family).John Lenaghan writes about how to stop |
| more a person smoked, the louder their | | | | snoring and other snoring-related topics for the |
| snoring.Second-hand smoke also created a higher | | | | Snoring Solutions website. |
| likelihood of snoring. 20% of the people who lived | | | | |