CIGARETTE SMOKING:WHY WE SHOULD NOT BUY AND SMOKE CIGARETTES

Introduction

King James once described smoking as dangerous for the lungs, hateful for the nose, and harmful for the brain. Everyone is familiar with the term ‘Cigarette smoking’, and ironically everyone also knows that it is not good for health, however, the smoker continues to smoke, why? There are many interesting answers, and some are interconnected with the psyche of the people.  As most youngsters cannot stop smoking cigarettes because they consider it fashionable as it looks stylish and cool, some go for it because they believe their friends smoke. Nonetheless, this is also a proven fact that cigarette smoking is the worst thing smokers can do to their health. Cigarette smoking appears the leading cause of death and is currently responsible for killing one in ten adults (WHO, 2010). There is a need for practical concern as smoking cigarettes is among the biggest public health threats the world is facing today. In general, this paper provides basic information about the dangers of cigarette smoking as well as an Illustration of the factors which are associated with cigarette smoking. In particular, this essay provides two reasons why we should not buy and smoke cigarettes: simple consequences of the cigarette are not good for health as well as public health threats such as passive smoking.

Discussion

The World Health Organization said that approximately more than one billion people smoke tobacco globally and because of this almost 5.4 million people die m every year (WHO, 2018). So, the Consequences of cigarette smoking on health are alarming and in many cases lead to death.  According to addiction research UK “A major health effect common to all forms of tobacco use is addiction, or, more technically, dependence. Addiction is not lethal in its own right, but it contributes to tobacco-caused death since it spurs smokers to continue their habit, which repeatedly exposes them to the toxins in tobacco smoke” Tobacco, which is the main part of cigarettes, accommodates Nicotine which is highly addictive and harmful to the body of Hunan. In the same regard, the smoke of cigarettes carries around 4000 dangerous chemicals such as cadmium, tar, arsenic, formaldehyde, benzene, etc. More to that, smoke also contains different types of poisons like carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxide, and ammonia (Cancer Research UK, 2014). Certainly, these harmful ingredients are very dangerous to health.

Cigarette smoking damages nearly every organ of the body.  Smoking causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers such as heart disease, lung diseases, stroke, cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which leads to bronchitis and emphysema.  According to the report of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, “Smoking can increase the risk for cataracts (clouding of the eye’s lens that makes it hard to see). It can also cause age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Smoking increases breathing problems in teenage smokers almost three times more often than youngsters who do not smoke. The heart rate increases in teenage smokers as compared to smokers. Teenage smokers are also more likely to suffer from psychological disorders” In the UAE, tobacco use amongst UAE people reported approximately 24% in men and much lower in women (0.8%), although tobacco use has been reported to be highest in young men between the ages of 30–39 (28%) where Arab expatriate men are 31.4% and non-Arab expatriate women 10.7%. Usually, smokers argue that they smoke to relieve stress but the reality is the opposite as they are found to have a higher stress level than non-smokers.

Cigarette smoking is not only injurious to its smoker but also to people who do not smoke directly but smoke indirectly by passive smoking.  Passive smoking means you have no fault but breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke which leads to public health issues as well as smokers’ own family issues and increases the risk of respiratory illnesses in children, including bronchitis pneumonia, and asthma. One can advise those who smoke but it is very challenging to stop passive smoking. According to a WHO global survey about one-third of adults regularly indirectly smoke cigarettes and around 600000 people yearly die because of passive smoking (WHO, 2009).  The World Health Organization has a special Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which is playing an important role in reducing passive smoking by promoting smoke-free laws. According to these laws, smokers cannot smoke in places where the exposure to passive smoke is high.  Passive smoking has also the same impact on health as active smoking such as asthma attacks, lung cancer, irritation of the eyes, ischemic heart disease, and childhood respiratory disease (Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 2007).   So, there should be some practical roles and regulations to attempt passive smoking as every person has a right to be protected from harm from passive smoke and to enjoy the smoke-free fresh air.

Conclusion

This essay overall concludes that smoking cigarettes are very harmful to the health of smokers as well as nonsmokers through passive smoking leads to a huge threat to public health. In general, this paper provides c information about the dangers of cigarette smoking and the factors which are associated with e smoking. Particularly focus on two reasons why we should not smoke cigarettes: first, the consequences of the cigarette are not good for health as cigarette smoking appears to be the leading cause of death which is currently responsible for killing one in ten adults. Additionally, it leads to public health threats as people who do not smoke directly but smoke indirectly by passive smoking.   So, cigarette smoking is b of the most causative factors in life expectancy, health inequalities, and diseases like respiratory disorders, cancer, and cardiovascular disorders (WHO,2019).  Psychologists also believe that social factors are a great cause of smoking cigarettes. Effective public health measures are needed to reduce tobacco use. Now it is the responsibility of The World Health Organization and the government around the world to take action against smoking and ban it from public places with some applicable Policies such as effective quitting treatments for smoking.

 

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