Smokeless tobacco, also known as spit, snuff or chew, can have absolutely devastating results on the chewer. Some people use smokeless tobacco as an alternative to cigarettes. It is a misconception that chew tobacco is less hazardous to your health than cigarettes or cigars. The dangers of chewing tobacco are just as serious as smoking tobacco. It still contains nicotine and holds other dangerous chemicals, including 28 carcinogens (Mayo).
Kids Health website states, “Over the long term, smoking leads people to develop health problems like heart disease, stroke, emphysema (breakdown of lung tissue), and many types of cancer.” (“Smoking”). Second, cigarettes also cause numerous cosmetic problems such as; bad breath, yellow teeth, and bad skin. “Nicotine and the other toxins in cigarettes, cigars, and pipes can affect a person's body quickly.” (“Smoking”). Not only does the first hand smoke of a cigarette affect the smoker, the second hand smoke can harm people near smokers. The chemicals in cigarettes stay in the exhaled smoke, making second hand smoke dangerous to inhale.
Smokers might not realize at the time but if they thought about it cigarettes are a big expense in their budget. Many of today’s health problems can be linked to smoking. One of the most popular being strokes. Smoking causes oxygen loss to the brain, which in long term kills your oxygen cells causing you to have a stroke. Another common heart problem linked to smoking is heart disease.
More or less it’s been good and bad. I ask why hasn’t marijuana been legalized across the country only because America has accepted much worse. There are substances sold daily that are far more damaging to the people of United States and its communities. Alcohol and tobacco is a substance that can cause long-term and short-term damage to the body. Alcohol alone can cause “high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, digestive problems” as well as depression, anxiety, and more (Alcohol and Public Health, 2014).
It can affect your health because drinking too much alcohol can give you liver disease and can kill you if you drink too much of the wrong stuff. Also alcohol is full of calories so going out drinking every night will pile on the calories and can give you a so called beer belly which would not be good if you were an athlete as this would not look good in front of the coaches. Smoking: Smoking all the time can affect your lifestyle as smoking is very costly and if you get addicted then that means you will be constantly wasting money every week on cigarettes to try and feed your addiction. It can effect your health by that it can give you cancer if you are a constant smoker. The tar can get inside the lungs which can give you liver and lung disease and really effect your health badly.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the USA. Many people realize the negative side effects that smoking can lead to and the damage it could do to someone's health. Not only does the smoking harm the lung, but it affects the whole body in a atrocious way. There are many drugs within cigarette such as: carbon monoxide, ammonia, tar, hydrogen, cyanide, DDT, arsenic and the most addicting which is Nicotine. After a person absorbs the nicotine, the nicotine rapidly moves to the brain and releases adrenaline, which creates a sensation of pleasure and energy.
Sophie Zinolidis QUIT SMOKING Smoking is bad and we all know it. But not many knows why it’s so dangerous. They just know it’s a fact. And even more important, there are several bad things that comes with smoking and still so many people smoke. So why is smoking bad for you?
What comes across your mind when you hear the following, “ should the consumption of cigarettes be banned?” Would you agree or disagree? Cigarettes have become a big part of our industry and have also caused many controversial issues. Many people believe that smoking should be banned because it increases health risks, causes fire hazards and is a poor example to our younger generation. While, even though many of these things are true, many people have not taken in consideration the strong disadvantages and hard impacts that can be created if the consumption of cigarettes are banned. For example, a decrease in tax revenues, which can lead to a strong deficit in our country and the invasion of individual’s rights who choose to smoke.
Some of the contents in cigarettes are, methanol used as a rocket fuel, nicotine used as insecticide, cadmium used in batteries, vinyl chloride used in plastic material and ammoniac used in detergent. Smoking can harm almost every organ in your body, from top to bottom, inside and outside. Ladies and gentlemen, Most people know that smoking can cause cancers, diseases and illnesses. It is the best way to die slowly. The strain of smoking effects on the body often causes years of suffering.
According to the World Health Organization, studies show that passive smoking causes more than 600,000 deaths a year. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and produces substantial health-related economic costs to society. Smoking has not only been proven dangerous to the people smoking the cigarette, but also to the people around them inhaling the dangerous fumes. So, should smoking be banned in public places? (issue) The government should ban smoking in public places because it would be beneficial to both smokers and nonsmokers around them.