The effects of cigarette smoking can be horrifying. How would you like to have no control over your body? While you are in the hospital bed and no one can help you, you can blame it on smoking. 3,000,000 people die of smoking every year and it is growing. You can stop that "DON'T SMOKE-. Smoking is dangerous, not only to those who smoke; but to non-smokers and unborn children as well. Cigarette smoking is also physically and socially harming. While you are reading this paper you will be introduced to the diseases you can get, the chemicals in cigarettes, and the percentage of people who die of smoking (second hand, inhaling, etc.) .
The large particles in cigarette smoke, commonly known as "tar-, collect in the branching points of the lungs. The tar contains carcinogenic compounds that increase the risk of lung cancer. The small particles in cigarette smoke, including carcinogens, irritants, and corrosive chemicals, collect in the small air sacs in the lungs and damage them. These air sacs are where the blood absorbs oxygen from the air. When the small particles from the cigarette smoke are absorbed into the blood stream and transported to other parts of the body, they include a variety of diseases. .
The smoke from a burning cigarette is a mixture of hot gasses and different sized particles that fills the air with over 4000 chemicals, including 43 carcinogens and over 400 other toxins. One of the gasses emitted by cigarette is carbon monoxide, a colorless and odorless poison. By attaching to hemoglobin, the carbon monoxide lessens the blood's ability to carry oxygen. .
There are many effects of cigarette smoking on the actual smoker. They include lung cancer and other cancers, cardiovascular malfunctions, strokes, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Cigarette smoking may even lead to changes in the smoker's appearance such as early wrinkling and yellowing of their teeth. .
Heart disease and cardiovascular malfunctions are also major effects of cigarette smoking.
In my opinion, I believe that smoking should be completely banned. ... Most people start smoking around the age of twelve to fourteen. ... To balance the number of people who start though; about 1,200 people die from smoking each day, which leads up to about 1,438,000 deaths from smoking a year. ... (Internet) Why is Smoking so bad for you? ... (Boughton) What are the risks of smoking? ...
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WELLNESS I - PRESENTATION Smoking is Hazardous to your Health 1.Statistics a.Cigarette smoking is the single most important preventable cause of illness and early death. ... ii.1/3, or 125,000, of all cancer deaths are attributable to smoking... (1)Several types of cancer are directly caused by smoking. ... While non-smoking 30 year olds can expect to reach the age of 82.7 years old. ... c.Some of the damage done by smoking, can be reversed once you've stopped, however, some can't. ...
SMOKING AND HEALTH Smoking is an addictive menace posing not only a health hazard for the smoker but also to people surrounding the smoker. ... Even if they quit smoking during pregnancy, about 40000 new babies would not die each year. ... This simple rule should be the basis of all policy on smoking in public area. ... Media Quit smoking training sessions be conducted for smokers. ... Quit smoking before it kills you and your near and dear ones....
How smoking affects women "We are losing too many of our mothers and daughters prematurely as a result of smoking." ... (Why quit smoking?) ... Because a lot of women believe that smoking can help them lose weight, they keep on smoking. ... I have asthma because of smoking. ... (Women and Smoking) Smoking during pregnancy is the most dangerous thing that women can do. ...
In parts of Europe, drinking and smoking are open to parental discretion, and these countries have less problems with drinking and smoking than here in America. Indeed, smoking can cause serious risks to one's health. ... With the legal smoking age set at any age, more negatives than positives are the result. A second age requirement law that has to do with cigarette smoking is the use of coupons. ... This shows how inconsistent laws on smoking are in this country. ...
SMOKING Smoking, is it a social issue or a health problem? Smoking has been almost a required social behavior through out the ages, but today the major issue is the health problem smoking causes to smokers and non-smokers. ... Another major social issue is second hand smoking. ... Flores 3 Smoking causes a great health risk to smokers and non-smokers. ... About 420,000 people die of smoking related cause per year. ...
My goal today is to not only inform you of the risks of smoking, but to persuade you to quit or to never try smoking. ... But its not just dropouts that are smoking, 10.9% of people with 16yrs or more of education are smoking. ... These kids will die from smoking because smoking is very unhealthy and each cigarette takes 7 minutes off your life. Smoking is one of the most leading causes of death. ... And although smoking is very very addictive, there are methods used to quit smoking for good. ...
Abstract Smoking strikes many college campuses around the country. ... Smoking Strikes College Students Smoking is a serious problem that affects millions of students in the United States. ... The horrible effects smoking has on one's body were soon discovered. ... Smoking also increases the risk of having a stroke by fifty percent. ... Cancer is the principal disease associated with smoking. ...
Recent studies on the number of deaths as a result of smoking confirmed that eight out of ten people affected with diseases affiliated with smoking were a cause of second hand smoke. Laws are in the process of being passed to make certain places completely non-smoking. ... Wont someone be unhappy no matter what the decision about banning smoking is? ... Also, bars must limit their smoking section to only 20% of the whole bar (OCAT). ... The majority seems to have a neutral attitude towards the new smoking laws. ...