Effects Of Smoking On Society And The Economy

Every year, there are over 400,000 smoking-related deaths in the United States. A large percentage of these are due to lung cancer, whose leading cause is smoking. However, not all deaths are smokers themselves. Anyone in the vicinity can fall victim to second hand smoke. These people, through no action of their own, can have their lives threatened.

Imagine yourself sitting down to dinner at a restaurant. You are sitting down trying to enjoy your dinner when all you can smell is smoke. Not only are you just breathing in the smoke, it is also damaging your body at the same time. Or imagine yourself at your work place, whether it be a restaurant or office, and you are forced to breathe in second-hand smoke the entire time you are there. In this paper you will be informed of the harmful effects of second-hand smoke, and why smoking should be banned from all public places.

Tobacco use and the effects of second hand smoke have been an ongoing issue for many years. Looking at the attitude of the 1950’s and 1960’s when smoking was thought of as cool, suave, mature, etc., there has been a major turnaround in the way society looks at the use of tobacco. Now the issue is not just smoking and the damage to health that it causes, but now there is the additional awareness of what second hand smoke can do to individuals.

Smoking is one of the leading preventable causes of death in the United States. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States, which are nearly one in five deaths. The problem about smoking is that not only the smokers are affected by the smoke, but non-smokers and children who are exposed to the secondhand smoke; secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke, is smoke from burning tobacco products that can be inhaled from the exhaled smoke by the smoker, mainstream smoke, or sidestream smoke, which is the smoke that comes from a lighted cigar, cigarette, or pipe and is more toxic and dangerous than the smoke that comes from the

Have you ever been around someone who smokes cigarettes? Not only does it affect them but it also affects non-smokers, your pets, or your children. As with many people who smoke, they don’t seem to realize that secondhand smoke does harm too.

First off, research has proven that secondhand smoke, the non-smoking person who inhales the nearby toxin and fumes, is capable of causing equivalent harm to the lungs as to the firsthand smoker, the person willingly imposing harm onto a neighbor. Tragically, it is completely devastating and disgusting

Secondhand Smoke (SHS) is defined as smoke from burning tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, which is also titled “sidestream” smoke. As well as, smoke that has been exhaled, or breathed out, by the person smoking titled “mainstream” smoke. Mainstream smoke is usually the central cause of most of the effects of SHS. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, There are over 7,000 chemicals in tobacco, including hundreds that are toxic and about 70 that can cause cancer. Individuals can be exposed to secondhand smoke in homes, cars, the workplace, and public places, such as bars, restaurants, and recreational settings. While children are primarily exposed to secondhand smoke within schools, public places such as playgrounds, restaurants, movie theatres, and almost always the home. (National Cancer Institute)

At least 69 compounds derived from tobacco smoking are known carcinogens. Second-hand smoke (SHS) contains those chemicals in different proportions, exposing non-smokers to harmful conditions (American Cancer Society, 2014).

Secondhand smoke, also referred to as environmental tobacco smoke, primarily comes from cigars and cigarettes The effects of breathing in secondhand smoke is equivalent to smoking a cigarette. In addition, the chemicals released by cigarettes and cigars contain many poisons, such as benzene, butane, ammonia, toluene, and hydrogen cyanide (American Lung Association). These poisons from secondhand smoking are prevalent in children’s surroundings, causing them to breathe these toxins in homes, day cares, and cars. Children who are exposed to these toxins are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia, otitis

Growing up in an era where smoking was considered cool amongst the young, I never gave much thought to the long-term effect cigarette smoking would have on the lungs. Recently the issue of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) has become a very serious health issue, the American Cancer Society has produced commercials advising against smoking. However, it’s not only smokers who suffer with breathing difficulties, but also those who are near them. One of the highest cause of emphysema is second hand smoke, much of the people affected are those who worked or lived with smokers. According to the Surgeon General between 1964 and 2014, 2.5 million people died from second hand smoke. Chemicals such as formaldehyde, benzene, vinyl chloride, arsenic ammonia and hydrogen cyanide are but a few of the toxic chemicals contained in second hand smoke. These chemicals have caused individuals to develop asthma, COPD and lung cancer.

Second hand smoke is smoke inhaled involuntarily from tobacco being smoked by others. An easier way to understand second hand smoke is smoke breathed in by others. This can be as dangerous as if you were to be the smoker. About 7,300 people die of lung cancer caused by second hand smoke. Also, 34,000 people die of heart disease also caused by second hand smoke. About 37% of the people in the world smoke in front of there kids and don't know what it can lead to. In Kentucky 65% of adults support smoke free laws and about 1.5 billion dollars is spent on

When considering the effects of secondhand smoke, it is important to remember it is linked to many negative health consequences. Breathing in even small amounts of secondhand smoke is harmful to one’s body. The only way to ensure the safety of nonsmokers from the dangers of secondhand smoke is to provide a smoke free environment. Secondhand smoke compromises cardiac and lung health of innocent nonsmokers and increases the probability of many

Tobacco is one of the prominent sources known to trigger cancer, respiratory, cardiovascular diseases and death internationally. Involuntary exposure to a combination of cigarette smoke and the exhaled smoke from smokers is considered as Second-hand smoke (SHS), which is inhaled by everyone and is also responsible to cause harmful effects on health. Tobacco smoke constitutes thousands of toxic chemicals, even though it is a known fact that some of these toxic chemicals can cause cancer, people smoke anyway. Exposure to second-hand smoke is a major concern in public places and at home since it can cause various health issues in infants, children, and adults.

Exposure to second hand smoke, which for the purposes of this report will be designated SHS, poses extremely detrimental health risks for any and all individuals who consider themselves non-smokers, especially young children and pregnant women. SHS is estimated to contribute to heart attacks in nonsmokers and causes nearly 53,800 deaths in the United States alone on an annual basis.1 According to the United States Surgeon General’s report from 2010, tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in this country, causing approximately 443,000 adult deaths from smoking-related illnesses each year.2 Additionally, smoking has been

The most prevalent and visible behavior in many western nations today is smoking. While there are many, many studies completed showing the harmful effects of smoking on the body and also the effects of second-hand smoke on innocent bystanders, millions of people still feel the need to smoke