Dangers Of Smoking Cigarettes

The dangers of smoking cigarette used to be unknown to the people. Back in the year of 1920's, smoking became a new fad for the younger generations to dive into. That decade was termed the Roaring 20's because the changes that the US went through were so phenomenal, and so quick, it was as if the US industries "roared" to life. Life style was altering; from the obliteration of alcohol to its reinstatement, and the addition of gangs and major mobs to the beginnings of large-scale wars, and technological industry.

It was many decades prior to the dangers of cigarette smoking became more apparent. Today, the lists of dangers from smoking cigarette can be found on television, on the radio, in books and magazines, and on the Internet. The addictive drug nicotine, within tobacco, is as addictive as the larger drugs, such as heroin and cocaine. That is a threat in and of it. Nicotine drugs give the smoker a feeling of pleasure that makes the smoker want more and more. The fact is that smoking cigarette is a depressant not a stimulant as people have thought, that builds a necessity to smoke. As soon as, the smoker reaches a specific tolerance to the nicotine, they need to smoke more to get the same effect.

The health concerns oh smoking cigarette usually are the main reasons that people decide to quit. Every people are aware that smoking cigarette and the general use of tobacco can cause lung cancer. Smoking can also however, include other cancers like throat, mouth, esophagus, voice box, stomach, kidney, pancreas, bladder, and cervical cancers. COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a progressive lung disorder that many who began to smoke in the 1960's, are now facing. Besides cancer the blood vessels in a person's arms and legs can become narrow due to cigarette use, and cause a blood clot to form leading to strokes. Smokers, according to the surveys, are also twice as likely to die from a heart attack.

If that is not reason enough to quit smoking, people must know that quitting smoking can improve their appearance. Smoking cigarette causes a yellowing of fingernails, skin, and teeth. It also causes premature wrinkles on the facial skin. People used to have bad breath, bad smelling clothes and hair, and their children stink of cigarette smoke! Secondary smoke that a child is subject to, can lead that child to asthma, more ear infections than normal, bronchitis on a more regular basis, and more colds and illness than a child in a non-smoking environment. Women used to have several extra dangers while smoking and taking birth control. This may lead to stroke, heart attack, and blood clots in the leg. In addition, smoking while pregnant could cause low-birth weight, miscarriage, and is associated with SIDS. Also there are more dangers to the health indeed. If people are not important enough to get them selves to quit, then perhaps their children are. Most of the individuals continue to smoke knowing these dangerous affects conditions, because they believe that smoking has benefits like stress relief, anxiety, pleasure, or weight maintenance, thinking that quitting smoking is difficult and will not be an easy task to accomplish.

• Cassandra Bagley
• 01/01/2009, 2:59 PM
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