Cigarette Smoking

Have you ever heard the term “tobacco”? Chances are you have. We are taught about tobacco as adolescence and the effects it has on the human body. Impacts that are so great it turns our bodies into grotesque machines that run on this chemical. Have we forgotten the photographs of blackened lungs and yellow-brown teeth from our sixth grade text-books? It seems we have. 15.7% of all American teenagers smoke. 5.6% of all American teenagers use a smokeless tobacco products. These numbers are at an all-time low, but don’t you think we can do better? I know we can. In 2013 a percentage of 17.8 adults smoke. About 3.5 percent of American adults use a smokeless tobacco product. Need more convincing? Half of all cigarette smokers’ deaths are caused by smoking. Over 6

Tobacco products are made entirely or partly from the nicotine-rich leaves materials which are processed by drying and fermentation, prepared to be smoked, chewed, or snuffed by an individual (3). The tobacco product use are Cigarettes, Cigars, Hookahs, Electronic cigarettes, Pipe tobacco, Bidis, and smokeless tobacco (10). All these tobacco products contain highly addictive psychoactive agent called nicotine (3). Since tobacco use often begins during teenage years and early adolescent, hence, preventing the use of tobacco among youths in middle and high school is critical to ending the tobacco epidemic in the United States (1).

Cigarette contains different poisonous ingredients, and nicotine is the one that creates addiction and leads to different diseases. Smoking cigarette is one of the worst problems our world is facing and the main reason for this term to be stressful is its consequence. Cigarette can cause different diseases that can directly or indirectly lead to death; “tobacco use is responsible for nearly 1 in 5 deaths in the united states” (cigarette smoking). Most of the time this consequence highly exists on young smokers or victims can be affected by the consequence because they started smoking young. In the United States 18 is the legal age for smoking cigarette and people are still using this law, but it is now the right time for a

middle (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students, CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) analyzed data from the 2011-2014 National Youth Tobacco Surveys (NYTS). In 2014, e-cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product among middle (3.9%) and high (13.4%) school students. Between 2011 and 2014, statistically significant increases were observed among these students for current use of both e-cigarettes and hookahs (p<0.05), while decreases were observed for current use of more traditional products, such as cigarettes and cigars, resulting in no change in overall tobacco use. Consequently, 4.6 million middle and high school students continue to be exposed to harmful tobacco product constituents, including nicotine.” (Arrazola

Nicotine addiction is a most common addiction faced by adults and teens in today’s society, which could gradually lead to death eventually. A tobacco product such as a cigarettes, cigars, and pipes contains nicotine and 4,000 more different chemicals that are toxic to the body and brain physically and psychologically (CDC). Teen are pressured by their peers into start using nicotine products at early age in order to fit into a society or a group where it is symbolized as “Cool kids actions” to use this product, while adult use tobacco products because they are addicted. According to CDC more than 480,000 deaths annually are tobacco related death in which person was addicted to tobacco or victim of second hand smoke.

The negative health effects of tobacco use have been well established. Tobacco use has been shown to cause acute and chronic respiratory disease, heart disease, many types of cancer, and is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States, causing an estimated 443,000 deaths per year (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2004). As the dangers of smoking have become better understood, reducing the number of people who smoke has become a major focus for those interested in public health. Efforts to restrict the advertisement and sale of tobacco, implement public smoking bans, and educate citizens through public service announcements have all had a sizeable effect on smoking rates in the U.S. In Fact, over

For years cigarettes have been known to cause cancer, emphysema, and other horrible illnesses. The deaths of over 420,000 Americans this year will be attributable to cigarettes. With some of the other causes of preventable deaths such as, alcohol, illegal drugs, AIDS, suicide, transportation accidents, fires, and guns, cigarettes still account for more preventable deaths than those do combined, as stated by Lonnie Bristow M.D. of the American Medical Association at her speech to Indiana University. Some researchers have also found that smoking by pregnant women causes the deaths of over 5,000 babies and 115,000 miscarriages. The best way to get rid of the suffering and loss of life by cigarettes is to ban them. We can no longer stand aside and watch fellow Americans die because they smoke cigarettes. Thousands of smokers try to rid

An estimated 36.5 million or 15.1 % of adults aged 18 years old and older currently smoke cigarettes and more than 16,000,000 have smoking or live with diseases that are related to smoking. According to US department of health and human services, over the past five decades, there is a significant decline in cigarette smoking in the U.S. The progress has slowed in recent years and the prevalence of use of other tobacco products such as vapes, e-cigars and smokeless tobacco

In the United State more than 3,200 youth 18 years or younger smoke their first cigarette each day. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disease and death (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services [USDHHS], 2017). Tobacco is currently a legal addictive drug in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, tobacco use and addiction mostly begins and established primarily as an adolescent and in young adulthood. It is estimated that in 2015, 4.7 million students in middle and high school were current tobacco users. For every 10 youth, nine would have started smoking by the age of 18. Furthermore, if smoking continues at today’s current rate, it is projected that adolescents under the age of 18

Tobacco usage and America have a long history with cultivation going far back as 1000 BC. Although, smoking only became popularized in American culture in the past centuries. According to the center for disease control and prevention (CDC) the rise in smoking caused an increase in diseases affecting the lungs, livers, and heart. Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States (Smoking & Tobacco Use). Three effective ways as a society and a culture we can reduce the overall number of smokers are by getting the government more involved, making e-cigarettes a safer alternative, limiting the public’s exposure to tobacco products by the media, and determine what is making people use tobacco and tailor treatment and prevention

The tobacco industry kills more people in North America from Monday to Thursday of each week than the terrorists murdered in total on September 11, 2001. That sounds unrealistic, doesn’t it? Well, smoking is an epidemic that affects us all, whether you are a smoker or you aren’t. In order to stop this epidemic, we need to

Tobacco use harms everything. Numerous factors of tobacco use play into the destruction of a human health and body. Sadly, 19 percent of all adults in the United States use tobacco on a daily basis. Countless numbers of people currently in use of tobacco products attempt to quit their use of tobacco, but many fall short of their goal due to the addictive nicotine within cigarettes. This nonstop use of tobacco has been the result of more than 440,000 deaths per year of smokers with an estimated 49,000 of these deaths of innocent people exposed to secondhand smoking. States are aware of the risks of tobacco poses, but only invest roughly 3.7 billion dollars out of a total 25.7 billion dollars collected from tobacco taxes and legal statements on prevention and cessation programs. The only hope in lowering tobacco use is to make it illegal which would in the end save many lives. Tobacco usage must be abolished because cigarettes harm the environment, tobacco shatters smoker’s health and innocent people impacted by secondhand smoke face numerous health risks.

“Every day, approximately 4,800 young people between the ages of 11 and 17 will smoke their first cigarette. Of these, almost half will become regular smokers” (Wagner, 60). Many teens do not fear the consequences of using tobacco. They view their use of tobacco as temporary and easily resolvable. Unfortunately, the nicotine in tobacco products is highly addictive, which makes quitting challenging. When and if they finally quit, the consequences to their health have already taken its toll.

Smoking cigarettes should be illegal due to the vast amount of annual deaths it causes. Smoking produces 10 times the amount of pollution that a diesel car exhaust would. This shows that not only are humans and animals affected by smoking, our environment is greatly damaged by the amount of pollution smoking creates. Smoking is something that people usually get addicted to, like a drug.This drug can cause many diseases such as lung cancer. Not only can it kill you, but it can kill those you love. It affects people you smoke around. A poll conducted in Gallup says nearly one-fourth of smokers said secondhand smoke is not too harmful or not harmful at all. This poll shows that smokers aren't even

Nine out of every ten smokers tried their first cigarette before the age of 18, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (“Youth and Tobacco Use”). The eyes of many open once they experience a loved one that suffered from addiction . In the United States, there are many active companies that are trying to increase the awareness of youth smoking. American Lung Association tries to inform parents and children about the risk smoking has to our bodies, (“Our Mission”). To dramatically improve the health of the youth, many organizations come together to inform the youth of the effects smoking has on them.