8/21/2014 Diagnostic Assignment Is smoking really all that bad for adolescents? Some say that it does not affect the teenagers because they will stop before they are 20, however, that is not the case. Once you start smoking it is almost impossible to stop and you have already infested your lungs with the puffs of smoke. The moment the tobacco enters your lungs you are putting your health in danger. Lung cancer, bronchitis, and heart diseases are all effects of smoking tobacco.
Addiction Trap Smoking cigarettes is a very common habit among the United States today, and continually growing. This habit is known to some as relaxing and to many as an addiction. With the attractive form of advertisement and the amount of consumers of cigarettes many people buy and smoke them, but are left in a habit that most people want to escape. Even though smoking has been around for many years, is it just a part of many peoples daily lives. But is this advertisement showing that it is an unescapable casualty in the eyes of many people and its consumers?
Then why are you still smoking? The reasons for smoking are very psychological. People are driven to try tobacco by the glamor of smoking in the movies and in advertisements. Addiction to nicotine makes it difficult to quit smoking once you have started, but this addiction can be broken in
High school and college students who are regular users of marijuana find themselves to be struggling with inner turmoil; feeling depressed, scared, and often suffers from very low self-esteem. To a frequent user, smoking pot leads to judgment, logical thinking, and memory impairment. Smoking marijuana is proven to have many negative psychological and personality effects on those who choose to smoke it. One many argue that marijuana has a positive attributes to the medical field; this may be true. What about the long term effects of the addiction?
Education might also be affected either through teens dropping out of school or their performance being greatly affected by usage of marijuana. He gives the example that “alcohol, which is a beverage and is good in small amounts and can be enjoyed in social setting or with more meals easily, but since marijuana is smoked, it may have destructive and harmful effects to lungs in any amount.” Thus, I agree with the author that marijuana should not be legalized because marijuana is more harmful than alcohol and legalizing it can increase suffering and pain in society. Marijuana can be socially addictive. If a person got addicted on it, his life becomes dependent on it. Marijuana is highly addictive drug whose legalization in United States can increase the number of drug addictive people significantly.
The prescriptive and illegal forms of stimulants include cocaine, amphetamines, and prescription stimulants such as Adderall and Ritalin. Amphetamines are highly addictive and used to aid in weight loss, most are rarely used today (Cherry, 2013). Many amphetamines such as black beauties, a diet pill, have been banned since the late 1970s’. Persons who used amphetamines and tried to quit often had symptoms of nervousness, could not sleep, restlessness, and agitation. Cocaine is highly addictive and was once used in many over-the-medications until the early 1900s (Cherry, 2013).
Another problem with Charlie could be that he is repressing his problems. Repressing his thoughts could cause him to turn to drinking and smoking every time that one of his repressed thoughts tries to resurface. This could happen quite often leading to Charlie’s major drinking and smoking. Behavioral Children learn from their parents. In Charlie’s case, I do not think that this is the most truthful.
Once addicted, the body will crave nicotine”. A study in the journal “Addictive Behaviors” found that most smokers who use e-cigs while they tried to quit either became hooked on vaping or reverted back to smoking cigarettes. In the end, e-cigarettes are converting millions of smokers into vapers still addicted to nicotine and expose to toxic chemicals that this new trend
If Ron has experienced a difficult past and has witnessed alcoholism, then he may repeat the cycle to avoid his problems. Many people drink to escape the reality of life and to “let loose”, some people use alcohol as a permanent escape for their problems and cause more issues for themselves in the process. If Ron has inherited his addiction, it may be harder for him to overcome it, which would explain why he has relapsed many times. This could lead to the necessity of pharmaceutical intervention. If Ron has not inherited the addiction, then the problem could be from the people he spends time with.
NICOTINE - millions and millions of people smoke cigarettes everyday that contain nicotine .Did you know smoking tobacco causes chemical and structural changes in the brain and is nicotine illegal... NO ! 2 ALCOHOL - The body can become dependent on alcohol when someone drinks regularly or heavily. constant drinking can cause serious liver problems , once again is alcohol illegal NO ! 3. CAFFEINE - it can cause problems if a person drinks several cups of coffee or other caffeine full drinks a day.