Effect of Cigarette Smoking

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There are numerous campaigns against cigarette smoking communicating that this vice causes death. A threat to health does not seem to be a good reason for people to quit. People somehow block themselves and ignore all the information that is given to them. It is conspicuous to what smoking leads to illnesses and cases of death. The purpose of this essay is to discuss three effects of cigarette smoking, besides the broadly mentioned possibility of developing cancer or dying, which are the smell of smoke, the stained teeth. The first effect of cigarette smoking, and probably the one that the non-smokers hate the most, is the unpleasant smell. Cigarettes are double harming both active and passive smokers are harmed by it. Smokers usually have smelly hair, breath, clothes, and if they smoke indoors, a smelly room. The stench of cigarette smoke is very penetrating and hard to remove. Even if the person quits smoking the odor remains for a long time. The second effect of cigarette smoking is one that most people don’t even take into consideration. It stains the teeth yellow or sometimes even brown. Since this effect is long term, most people are not aware of it when they begin smoking. The truth is that a cigarette stain are very hard to eliminate from the teeth, and it will probably end up costing a considerable amount of money. Yellow teeth are disgusting because they give an unhygienic image and make people look older. Thirdly, smoking causes disease and is a slow way to die. The strain of smoking effects on the body often causes years of suffering. Smoker are occasionally sick than non-smokers. In addition to that smoking shortens their lifespan. Nicotine leads to many problems such as, Alzheimer disease, increased risk of cancer, accelerated aging process,emphysema, lung disease, kidney failure, and heart problems. These are only three out of many other effects

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