Facts of Smoking
There is no doubt that one of the most prevalent unhealthy activities worldwide is smoking, which is essentially about burning tobacco, and subsequently inhaling the smoke that comes out of it. The prevalence of smoking can be captured in World Health Organization’s (1) statistics as the organization cites, “Nearly 80% of the world's one billion smokers live in low- and middle-income countries. Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people each year.” Many people start smoking because they think that it will relax and adjust their mood. Studies have shown that smoking has many damaging and many bad effects. Smokers think that smoking is not bad as much as studies showed, but I think that smoking is a bad thing and a bad habit and causes many diseases to human.
The first fact from smoking is that related to diseases causes a huge amount of deaths each year. For example, there are 440,000 American deaths each year. Smoking causes many diseases such smoking can cause lung cancer to a smoker and a second hand smoker (Shaw 31). In addition, smokers and second-hand smokers are likely to develop different kinds of cancers aside from lung cancer, which are mouth, tongue, throat, pancreas, kidney, bladder and cervix because of the tobacco tar that one is exposed to by smoking (Beales 43). Another example is the short run disadvantage of smoking, which include being prone to coughs and chest infections (Beales 43). Second, more than deadly diseases that can cause death, smoking also affects the quality of a person’s skin, thereby making smokers older than their real age (Beales 43). Without a doubt, the health disadvantages of smoking are more harmful and more deadly as compared to the health benefits that smoking initially give...
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In conclusion, smoking is really a bad thing and bad habit for people. Many people each year died because smoke and a lot of babies born with physical deformities or healthy problems because of smoking mothers and many countries the smoking is a major problem in the present era in them. Smoking causes a lot of disease such as different kinds of cancers aside from lung cancer, which are mouth, tongue, throat, pancreas, kidney, bladder and cervix. Also, it significantly affects pregnant women which leads to a lot of hurting the baby deformities and disease. Moreover, it effect second-hand smokers due to the inhalation of smoke, making them susceptible to diseases that were mentioned above to proceed. While, many smokers think that they cannot give up easily because of their thoughts.
Smoking is a very bad habit many people have. It does not have a good impact on one’s health and body, but cancer, stroke, heart disease, lung diseases, diabetes, and
Smoking can cause many lung and heart diseases as well as many forms of cancer.
Smoking is not only had for the internal environment, it is also bad for the internal organs as well. Smoking can cause a number of diseases and reduce overall health in smokers (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). When an individual smokes, they increase their chances of getting cancer not only in the lungs, but other organs such as the bladder, mouth, stomach, liver, colon and rectum, to name a few (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). Smoking has also been known to cause leukemia. Every cigarette smoked affects breathing and causes scarring of the lungs (Be Tobacco Free). On the other hand, smoking increases a smoker’s chance of developing cardiovascular diseases due to smoking. They have a greater chance of developing hypertension (high blood pressure), strokes, heart attacks, aneurysms, etc. (American Heart Association). Chemicals in tobacco smoke harms blood cells and damages heart functions (Be Tobacco Free). On the contrary, a pregnant woman is at risk for harming not only herself, but her fetus before, during, and after birth (March of Dimes). When a woman smokes durin...
Every year cigarette smoking is responsible for 500,000 premature deaths (Nugel), you do not want to be just another statistic, do you? America’s first cash crop was tobacco. That means that tobacco has been around for a really long time. It was not until 1865, though, that cigarettes were sold commercially. They were sold to soldiers at the end of the Civil War (Dowshen). From then, cigarettes spread like wildfire, and it was not until 1964 that anyone made a stand about the negative effects of tobacco and cigarettes. People start smoking for all different reasons, some to fit in and some to “escape”. Regardless, it is a horrible habit. 3900 children will try their first cigarette today. Amongst adults who currently smoke, 68% of them began at age 18 or younger, and 85% at 21 or younger (American Lung Association). And of all those people, 70% say if they were given another chance they would never have picked up that first cigarette (Tobacco Free Maine). Smoking is responsible for 1 and 5 deaths in the united states, and is the number one preventable cause of death (NLH). Smoking burns and there is no doubt about that, but before one picks up that cigarette, understand the negative effects on not only oneself, but others affected by ones poor choices, like second-hand smoke. Because of smoking cigarettes, many types of cancer, decrease of life quality, and negative health effects have become all too common in the world today.
All peoples from the world know that the smoking is a bad for health. Although these there are some peoples start the smoking for many reasons. Many peoples start the smoking from young either when go army and from school. I suggest the smoking is one very problem for the world and must be found a solution for it not to become to dies a peoples from it. People who smoke have more colds, flu, and pneumonia than people who do not smoke. After you quit smoking, you will have fewer of these illnesses. You will probably lose your smoker's cough 1 or 2 weeks after you quit smoking.
Since the 1950s, more than 70,000 scientific articles have left no doubt that smoking is an extraordinarily important cause of premature mortality and disability around the world. In populations where cigarette smoking has been common for several decades, about 90% of cases of lung cancer, 15–20% of cases of other cancers, 75% of cases of chronic bronchitis and emphysema and 25% of deaths from cardiovascular diseases in those 35–69 years of age are attributable to tobacco. Studies have shown that half of all long-term smokers will die of a tobacco-related disease and, of these, half will die before the age of 65 (World bank, 1999).
Smoking is injurious to health which can cause anyone deadly diseases. “Tar in cigarette smoke paralyzes the cilia in the lungs” (Newman). The parts in cigarettes have different causes to y health which is a dark thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, causing of a mixture of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohol and other compound. Also, research states, “Smoking triples the risk of developing thyroid disease ” (Newman). This can be contagious which can happen to a second-hand smoker. Additionally,” Smoking also reduces sperm density and their motility, increasing the risk for infertility’’ (Newman). Fourthly, “Smoking double the risk of ischemic stroke” (Newman). The ischemic stroke reduces blood flow to the brain which can cause a person death. Moreover, “50% of young deaths, below age 65 from heart disease are caused by smoking” (Newman). The reason is because of the harmful chemical and ingredients in the cigarette. Finally, Smoking can give people deadly effects that can change anyone’s life in the future.
The problem of tobacco smoking appeared long ago, but exist to present day and becomes more global day after day. Tobacco smoking is not a simple and harmless enjoyment, it is a destructive common habit. But the biggest problem is that society takes it as a normal and allows this behavior for every order of all age groups. Besides this, a number of
Plague and cholera caused thousands of millions of people dead. Thanks to the medical advances, those diseases were eradicated. Now, when the whole world is worrying about AIDS, which has not found the solution yet; the appearance of tobacco is causing the great harms to human life. Many people think that they have the right to smoke; smoking helps them deal with stress and work more effectively, and they are contributing to their country’s economy when they smoke. On the other hand, people will get addicted to cigarette. Moreovers, smoking has many negative effects on the smokers, the non-smokers, and the environment. Smoking cigarette extremely affects human health. Smoking can cause diseases of the lungs, liver, and heart. Smoker’s life expectancy will be reduced greatly compared with non-smokers. The people near the smokers also inhale the toxic smoke, and they will be poisoned. Especially, the inhalation of second-hand tobacco smoke also has high capable risking of getting diseases than smokers. Moreover, according to Kathleen Sebelius - the Secretary of Heath and Human Services, “Tobacco use imposes enormous public health and financial cost on this nation-cost that are completely avoidable. Until we end tobacco use, more people will become addicted, more people will become sick, more families will be devastated by the lost of loved ones and the nation will continue to incur damaging medical and lost productivity cost” (“How Tobacco Smoke Causes Diseases”). Although smokers have their own reasons to support smoke, smoking cigarette should be banned because people will be addicted in smoking, and smoking has negative consequenses on smokers, nonsmokers, the ecomony and the environment.
Smoking is a bad habit to get into, it can cause cancer almost everywhere in your body. The first evidence of the link between smoking and cancer was collected around the mid 1940’s. I believe that smoking is a bad decision and everybody needs to stop in the world and maybe just maybe people that we care about will live longer.The history of smoking dates back to as early as 5000 BC in shamanistic rituals. Many ancient civilizations, such as the Babylonians, Indians and Chinese, burnt incense as a part of religious rituals, as did the Israelites and the later Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches. Smoking in the Americas probably had its origins in the incense-burning ceremonies of shamans but was later adopted for pleasure, or as a social tool. Smoking is one of the most common forms of recreational drug use. Tobacco smoking is today by far the most popular form of smoking and is practiced by over one billion people in the majority of all human societies. According to the U.S department of health and human services, cigarette smoking is the leading cause of death in the United States. 443,000 americans die prematurely as a result of smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke. Current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths by the year of 2030. Thats a lot of people isn't it ? Government health agencies estimate that smoking accounts for serious illness in 8.6 million americans.Smoking is bad decision because it has a bad influence on young people like myself , many young people start smoking because people around them do it, like their parents, brothers, and sisters, but admiring people you care about doesn't mean you should admire smoking. More than 3.5 million U.S high school students, roughly 20 per...
Smoking is very bad for all of us, also though secondhand smoke is worse. More than 42.1 million people in the United States are cigarette smokers (cite source). This affects not only them, but the ones they love and the whole world. Why people smoke? Have you ever wondered why? Many young people smoke just for ¨fun¨ or to look mature. When teens see other people smoking especially their parents or relatives they smoke to act older or just to experiment. If their friends are smokers they smoke because they feel pressured into doing the same just to be accepted by the others, and they become addicts. Adult smokers smoke for other reasons. When they have a lot of stress they smoke. Pressures are a big reason too. People smoke to feel relaxed
However, smoking affect the immune system is the body’s way of protecting itself from infection and disease. Smoking compromises the immune system, making smokers more likely to have respiratory infections. Also smoking lead to many kind of cancer diseases such as lungs ,trachea ,bronchus, esophagus, oral cavity and lip. However, according to Nordqvist, Christian over 480,000 people in the USA and 100,000 in the UK die because of smoking each year. So that mean approximately half of the people die because of smoking. In addition, male smokers are 23 times more likely to have lung cancer than those who have never smoked. Despite laudable tobacco control strategies in many countries, globally deaths from smoking continue to rise and
One puff equals one life of misery: Smoking at first can seem harmless, but ones’ choice to experiment with cigarettes can turn into a costly habit, that is addictive and eventually, deadly. According to Factslides, “ Smoking a cigarette causes damage in minutes not years”. Every cigarette is filled with harmful chemicals that will leave someone with health problems and cancer, wishing that they hadn’t started smoking in the first place. Smoking is a problem among most adults and sadly, teenagers. Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, and it is a disgusting habit. Cigarette smoking can have many negative effects: it can create health problems, financial problems, and hygiene problems.The main problem with smoking is that it can damage your health. According to Tobacco Fact File, “On average, each cigarette shortens your life anywhere from seven to eleven minutes. In other words, the time it takes you to smoke a cigarette equals the time that cigarette takes
Smoking is not only bad for health it is also as bad for the people
Scientists and health officials have been arguing the detrimental effects smoking has on our health for many years. Smoking can lead to serious complications including asthma, pancreas, lung and stomach cancer due to the large number of carcinogens (cancer causing chemicals) and other various substances added to it. It is a health hazard for both smokers and non-smokers and it is especially harmful to unborn babies. Although smokers claim that it helps them to relax and release stress, the negative aspects of the habit take over the positive. As it has been stressed by the scientists and experts, there are some very severe reasons of smoking but its crucial consequences should also be taken into consideration.