The Far-reaching Effects of Smoking

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Smoking has far reaching effects on your life and the lives of others around and being able to quit this habit can allow you to live a more active life free of the desire to smoke. Smoking cigarettes are an addictive habit that is caused from a chemical that is in the tobacco called nicotine.
Addiction is the word that is used to describe a person that habitually smokes cigarettes but the word addiction was not always used to describe such a negative thing. Addiction originally was used to describe an individual that was committed to another to learn a trade such as on the job training is used today. In the 1800’s the word addicted became more related to negative actions such as alcohol, cigarettes or drugs. Cigarettes are addicting and this comes from a chemical drug called nicotine that is found in tobacco leaves. Nicotine is a natural chemical that allows the tobacco plant to deter insects from but this chemical is a poison and is harmful to humans. One drop of this chemical in its pure form is enough to kill a human. There is also a psychological effect that makes it an extremely difficult habit to quit. These and many others are what the tobacco industry’s selling these harmful products and masking the health problems that come with it.
There are many health risks that are associated with smoking many of these diseases being fatal. Diseases such as lung cancer, heart disease, leukemia, mouth cancer also doubling the chances of developing bladder cancer and stomach cancer as well as the possibility in leading to cervix, kidney, pancreas or liver cancer. Cancer can form in smokers due to the harmful chemicals that are associated with cigarettes either natural or unnaturally found within them. Cigarettes are full of...

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...nd snap the rubber band when they feel the need and continue this until the need doesn’t exist. Will power is a method that is used by many but the failure rate is much higher than those that are aided with alternate means of dealing with the dependency that comes with smoking.
Smokers that do not have the ability to stop claims the lives of over 4 million people a year and shorting life spans of men and women over 10 years. Smoking is a pleasurable habit that has far reaching effects over your life and the lives of the people that surround you. Quitting smoking now will allow you to be able to live a healthier longer life as well as your loved ones.

Works Cited

Robert West, Saul Shiffman. “Smoking Cessation.” (2nd Edition)
Health Press ltd, 2007, Web.
William McCay, Mark Kittleson., Mark Kittleson. “The Truth About Smoking.”
Health Press ltd, 2005, Web.

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