Should We Stop Smoking

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Save our health by starting to stop smoking Smoking is a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco and/or cannabis, is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled.Nowadays, almost everywhere we can see people smoking. In public places, such as stations and bus stops. We also might see may smokers among aour neighbour even in our own home. Smoking, now, becomes popular in society. According to a recent estimation by WHO, it was found that there are about 1,1 billion smokers in the world today. This number is steadily increasing and it is expected to rise to 1,64 billion by the year 2025. The WHO estimated some four million deths each year that are caused by tobacco use. It is expected that if smoking were not cut down, then there would be 10 million people dead per year by 2030. It is clear that smoking can cause death, so that people should stop smoking. The history of smoking can be dated to as early as 5000 BC, and has been recorded in many different cultures across the world. Early smoking evolved in association with religious ceremonies; as offerings to deities, in cleansing rituals or to allow shamans and priests to alter their minds for purposes of divination or spiritual enlightenment. After the European exploration and conquest of the Americans, the practice of smoking tobacco quickly spread to the rest of the world. In regions like India and Subsaharan Africa, it merged with existing practices of smoking (mostly of cannabis). In Europe, it introduced a new type of social activity and a form of drug intake which previously had been unknown. In a stick of cigarette cointains many dangerous chemical substances that can give bad effects for our body. The first content of a cigarette is Tar. It can damages our lungs cells and causes cancer. The second is Carbon Monixide that can decrease blood’s work to bring along the oxygen. The third is

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