6 Ways Smoking Affects Your Sleep

  • Posted in Sleep Apnoea
  •  By Loran Simon

Smoking cigaretteSmoking has for a long time been linked to the development of routine infections, depression, anxiety, heart disease and cancers. Smoking is addictive due to the active substance nicotine that also disrupts sleep. Smoking will wreak havoc on the circadian rhythm and sleep routines.

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center discovered that smoking tobacco alters the expression of body’s clock genes in organs such as the lungs and the brain wreaking sleep quality.

Yet another study showed that people who smoke tobacco were at a two and half times greater risk of suffering from obstructive sleep apnoea. The smoke inhaled irritates the tissues of the nose, throat, and upper airways causing swelling and restriction of breathing.

Read the full story here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/how-smoking-affects-sleep_n_6792954.html?utm_hp_ref=@sleep123

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Somnowell Inventor - Visiting Professor Simon Ash FDS MSc MOrth BDS

Prof. Ash is the inventor of the highly successful SOMNOWELL Chrome device for snoring and sleep apnoea.

The Somnowell Chrome is made to exacting standards in the Somnowell laboratory under the supervision of Visiting Professor Simon Ash. Prof. Ash and his master technicians create each Somnowell Chrome device using their wealth of experience and expertise.

Prof. Ash works at the forefront of his profession. He is a Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist with over 30 years clinical experience, with a special interest in sleep related breathing disorders, TMJD, and bruxism. He currently works in Harley Street London and two private hospitals in London as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing snoring and sleep apnoea, and is Visiting Professor of Orthodontics at the BPP University.

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