Unfortunately, in many cases, people are at risk to live with heart complications for the rest of their lives. Another important reason for making smoking illegal is the risk of getting emphysema. This is also a deadly disease that affects smoker's lungs and their whole respiratory system. Along with these devastating factors, there are many more diseases and health risks that the 45 million people who continue to smoke, even after being told about the risks, can contract. What a person does not realize are the many unknown health risks involved with smoking; these silent stalkers are the progression of bronchitis, stroke and cancers of the lung, mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, pancreas, uterine cervix, kidney, and bladder ("Some Truths"). These several reasons should prove to the smokers that this habit puts their health in danger, and causes many diseases that lead to death. .
Along with the seriousness of the risk of getting diseases from smoking, addiction can also be a major health factor is smoking. Addiction is one of the bad side effects and it is caused by nicotine. Once a person inhales a cigarette he or she will then feel or want the need for another one, and he or she may have different personalities and change because of the addiction. He or she may get grouchier and become more violent and need a cigarette to relax, but instead it is doing more damage. Researchers have found ways to control addictions and some have succeeded while many have failed. People at a younger age start to get addicted by the nicotine in the cigarette and this is where the problem starts (Gately 316). It has also been concluded by Iain Gately, "that people smoked cigarettes because of the nicotine they contained, and that nicotine was irresistible" (314). .
The harmful effects of cigarette smoking can overtake a person's life. Without starting to smoke, a person could avoid the damaging outcomes that come along with withdrawal.
