The theory behind smoking is that it is physically and physiologically addictive. During World War II, in some of the various concentration camps in Germany, prisoners were not given enough food to fulfill the minimum caloric nutritional requirements. They were literally starving to death, and a common practice among smoking prisoners was to trade away their scarce supply of food for cigarettes. Even today, in underdeveloped countries, such as Bangladesh, parents with starving children would barter away essential food for cigarettes. This is not normal behavior. .
During the one of the "stop smoking clinics" in St Paul, MN numerous participants admitted to going through garbage cans, ashtrays, and gutters looking for butts that still had a few puffs left. To them, it is sick to think that they ever performed such a grotesque act, but many realize that if they were currently smoking and again caught in a similar predicament, they would be fully capable of repeating the repulsive incident.
If you ask almost any current smoker why she continues to smoking they will normally reply, "Because I like smoking." While that person may say this in all honesty, it is a very misleading statement, both to the listener and to the smoker. They do not smoke because they enjoy smoking; rather because they don't enjoy not smoking. The smoker is in a constant battle to maintain a narrow range of nicotine in their blood stream (serum nicotine level (SNL)). Every time the smoker's serum nicotine level falls below the minimum limit, they experience a type of "drug withdrawal". Usually they become tense, irritable, and anxious and, in some cases, and the more secretions cases show physical symptoms. They don't enjoy feeling these withdrawals. The only thing that will get rid of these symptoms will be a cigarette. The nicotine loss is then replenished and the smoker feels better.
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Many Smokers believe they continue to smoke because of their self-destructive attitude.
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. ...
