Tobacco
What if a man punched you every time you smoked. Wouldn't want to do it now right? Luckily, no one punches you in the face whenever you smoke. However, smoking increases one's risk of lung cancer and various other diseases. Not only that, but by smoking, one risks the lives of many others with second hand smoke. Therefore, smoking harms our society, and can bring nothing but harm.
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What is the problem: Tobacco, one of the worlds deadliest killers. 18.1% of all adults are said to smoke, approximately 42.1 million people. Extremely addictive, it contains nicotine. Nicotine is described as and extremely addictive drug found in plants such as tobacco. According to Matt Cunningham, people smoke for many reasons. Some being genetic predisposition and to relieve stress in hard times. Over 400,000 people in the U.S alone die of smoking, and smoke emitted from the cigarette, also known as second-hand smoke, is known to cause cancer. Why is it a problem
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According to the CDC “Each year, an estimated 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking.” (Tobacco Use). This means that over 443,000 people die prematurely, meaning that 443,000 people die young and that there are more people who die from smoking. Diseases from smoking include Asthma, Buerger’s disease, various cancers, heart disease and stroke. Relative Risk is defined as the how much more likely one is to catch a disease. This graph states that just smoking 10-19 cigarettes a day, means a 5 times more chance to get lung cancer than someone who
In every state the cost to buy cigarettes for 20 years is over $38,000. That is enough money to buy a new car.
Parsons, A., Daley, A., Begh, R., & Aveyard, P. (2010, January 22). Influence of smoking
Cigarette smoking stay the top preventable cause of sickness and early death in the United States because not only it asserts over 400,000 lives a year but it enhances the danger of someone dying from illnesses such as heart disease, stroke emphysema and a diversity of cancers (Douglas E.Jorenby) . Despite information about the bad side effects of smoking on health, 25% of adults in the United States keep on smoking. One of the reason why people seems to not easily quit smoking and continue to do it has to do with the addictive nicotine, a substance found in all types of tobacco products.
The use of tobacco is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States, accounting for more than 443,000 deaths each year. More than 16 million Americans suffer from a disease caused by smoking. On average, smokers die ten years earlier than non-smokers. About 18.1% of all adults (42.1 million Americans) are currently users of tobacco. The number of people addicted to products such as tobacco is too high, and can be lowered.
Tobacco results in upwards of half a million American premature deaths per year. That is more deaths than by HIV, drug and alcohol abuse, automobile accidents,suicides and murders combined. For every one of those deaths, nearly 20 other Americans suffer from a tobacco-related illness.Tobacco-related illness places an enormous burden on the healthcare system, with cigarette smoking driving $193 billion in cost, and second hand smoke adding another $10 million.
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).
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “The Health Consequences of Smoking-50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General”. 2014. PDF.
Tobacco is harmful to your body and causes you to not live as long. According to Tobacco Control, tobacco kills half of its long term users. In 2015, 15 out of every 100 Americans 18 or over smoked. Smoking is responsible for 90 percent of lung cancer. It also causes 450,000 premature deaths a year. People should not be harming anybody's body because they are addicted.
...n has contributed to a significant decrease in the prevalence of smoking related diseases. Although the smoking ban seems to be effective, some pro-smoking arguments consider it to be rather extreme. The government can come to a compromise that is beneficiary to both smokers and non-smokers. The smoking ban can be reviewed such that it permits large buildings to have designated indoor smoking areas and smoking licenses can be issued for buildings with proper ventilations. Smoking is a lifestyle choice and although it may pose possible harm to healthy living, smokers should not be treated as pariahs but rather should be encouraged to live a more healthy life. The government should also make efforts to create awareness of the dangers smoking is likely to cause to the younger generations. Stigmatization is dangerous for any individual and should not be encouraged.
- “Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General," 1994, p. 67.
Smoking causes respiratory problems, circulatory system difficulties, and urinary troubles strengthening the fact that smoking causes inexorable harms to the body. Although smoking may have the appearance of something that “is cool”, it causes several heath problems many of which incessant effects.
The incidence of tobacco consumption especially in smoking is on the rise among teenagers and youngsters.
Cigarette smoking has been identified as the most important source of preventable morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. Smoking-related diseases claim an estimated 440,000 American lives each year, including those affected indirectly, such as babies born prematurely due to prenatal maternal smoking and victims of "secondhand" exposure to tobacco's carcinogens. Smoking costs the United States over $150 billion each year in health-care costs including $81.9 billion in mortality-related productivity loses and $75.5 billion in excess medical expenditures.
Almost 80% of the worlds smokers are lower middle class to lower class. (who.int) This statistic that was taken from the World Health Organization, W.H.O., shows that around the globe it is the less educated making these choices.
One person dies every six seconds due to a tobacco related disease, which results in a shocking amount of ten deaths per minute. Tobacco is one of the most heavily used addictive products in the United States. Tobacco contains over 4,000 chemicals; approximately 250 are dangerously harmful to humans. Smoking is a major public health problem. All smokers face an increased risk of lung cancer, cardiovascular problems and many other disorders. Smoking should be banned due to the many health risks to the user, second hand related smoke illness, and excessive cost.