Tobacco : Causes And Effects Of Smoking

There is presently much controversy regarding tobacco consumption and the effect that it has on first hand smokers and on the world as a whole. While millions of people from around the world are smokers and while the masses are generally familiar with the effects that tobacco has on society, people continue to accept smoking as one of the principal vices that society has to deal with. It is certainly worrying that people are presented with the harmful effects of smoking at a young age and that many come to ignore these effects later in their lives. Addiction and society's pressures influence individuals in expressing little to no interest in their wellbeing and in the wellbeing of individuals around them.

The two worst ingredients cigarettes contain are nicotine and tar. Nicotine acts as a drug and is highly addictive. According to the book How Tobacco smoke causes disease: The biology and behavioral basis for smoking nicotine are compared to as heroin and cocaine because it has a similar effect on the human brain. Also, the way tobacco is being grown, mixed and processed today has made cigarettes more addictive. When smoking the nicotine causes irritation and burning sensation in the mouth and throat. People like the way it feels and keeps smoking which leads them to be addicts and are in need of the sensations for them to be satisfied. Smokers are physically addicted they like to feel the satisfaction it causes them. To smokers, it feels

The reason people become addicted to tobacco is nicotine, a chemical that affects both your mood and your physical brain. It gives your brain temporary pleasure, and makes you want to use more tobacco, which leads to dependence on the substance. It is the nicotine that gets a person addicted to tobacco, but the other substances in tobacco that have physical effects on the user. The continued use of tobacco can cause many deadly health conditions, and it is responsible for about 1 out of 6 deaths in the United States. There are currently more than 16 million Americans living with a smoking caused disease. “On average smokers die 10 years earlier than non-smokers.” (cdc.gov) Tobacco addiction is also responsible for at least 480,00 deaths per year in the United

Although it remains a large portion of the U.S’ economy, tobacco smoking can lead to a variety of diseases and disorders that affect the user. The effects of smoking tobacco not only affect the user but surrounding people as well: permanently destroying their lungs and children, increasing the chances of diseases and of cancer.

It is very easy to become addicted to tobacco because it contains nicotine, which is extremely addictive. Nicotine is also very harmful to the body. Cigarettes have multiple components that are unnatural and not good for the body, like methanol, stearic acid, and methane. Tobacco also has many short-term and long-term side effects. Some of the short-term side effects are increased respiration and heart rate, bad breath, yellowing teeth, and changes in brain chemistry. Some of the long-term effects are lung cancer, coronary heart disease, and a weakened immune system. An easy way to avoid unnatural chemicals, risk of disease, and risk of addiction, is to never start consuming tobacco at

In a cigarette there is a chemical called nicotine that is super addicting. The reason it is addictive is that the nicotine sends a message to the brain making the body half to have it or they will get sick and feel bad. The rest of the chemicals (which there are over 4,000 chemicals in a cigarette.) like tar and arsenic just do horrible things to your body. The tar sticks to your lungs making it very hard to breath. Arsenic is literally a poison, there are only little bits of it but it is super

Yes indeed tobacco has consequences. In fact tobacco is one of the most leading causes of death in the world today. Smoking has begun to take over our everyday life. It is the number one most leading cause of death in the world today, and also the number one substance smoked or chewed today. But what people do not realize is that there are consequences to smoking tobacco, or eating it. Tobacco is hazardous to the human body system, therefore it should be banned due to the fact that it causes serious problems to those who do smoke, causes second hand smoking, and causes gum diseases.

Everyday occurrences in our life become normal we don’t take a second glance. We are surrounded by smoking day to day everywhere we go even if we don’t smoke it affects us. It has been in our society for generations. Families have grown up with family members that smoke or even smoking themselves. Smoking is a large part of our society spending billions while boosting the economy with sales and ads; in the midst of so much negativity surrounding smoking which is it good or bad? We hear the negatives all the time but upsides to smoking are never discussed.

Statistics from Quit Smoking Support shows over “4,000 chemicals which, includes 43 known cancer-causing compounds and 400 other toxins”( K. H. Ginzel, M.D). These cigarette ingredients include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic ( K. H. Ginzel, M.D). One of the main ingredients in cigarettes is nicotine. Statistics from Quit Smoking Support stated that: “Nicotine is highly addictive. Smoke containing nicotine and when it is inhaled into the lungs. Nicotine can reach the brain in a matter of six seconds” (K. H. Ginzel, M.D). Smoking can cause gum disease, bone loss, and really bad breath. Another statistic from Quit Smoking Support founded that: “Nicotine in small portions acts as a stimulant to the brain. In large portions, its acts like a depressant, when it enters in the blood it signals between nerve cells and they can be altered in even larger portions, it 's a lethal poison that can kill, affecting the heart, blood vessels, and hormones with in the body”. ( K. H. Ginzel, M.D). Nicotine in the bloodstream changes the attitude of the smoker to make them feel more relaxed when they are stressed. Most of the chemicals from cigarettes stay in the smokers body for a long time, which can kill the person over time.

Smoking has become a big health epidemic in today’s society. Smoking has grown to be a “norm” among all races, genders, and ages of Americans. Smoking is very harmful to the body because of the vast chemicals that are involved in the tobacco. Various life-threaten disease, such as Cancer come from smoking. The government has implemented a wide range of ways to stop people from smoking these senseless chemicals to live a smoke-free life.

Tobacco; one of the most profitable products in history, an addictive substance, and a deadly killer. Smoking tobacco used to be a thing that was endorsed in American society. Now, with the new medical advances and knowledge, society has seen the side effects of smoking and how fatal it actually is. Teenagers have been one of the largest age groups that have been affected by smoking. After analyzing all possible reasons as to why teenagers would smoke while knowing it can affect their health, three possible reasons stuck out the most. Teenagers smoke despite knowing the health problems that originate from smoking because of peer pressure, an “invincibility” mentality, and seeing a role model or family member smoke.

1. Tobacco smoking is one of the leading risk aspects for many diseases including cardiovascular disease (CVD), respiratory disease, and cancers of the lung and multiple other sites (Zheng, 2014). ‘Cigarette smoking and its impact on fracture healing is article based on the chemicals used in cigarettes and the impact it has on the human healing process (Carter, 2015). Whereas ‘Burden of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality’ is a research on tobacco smoking over the age of 45 in Asia and the association of smoking and death (Zheng,2014). The Other risk links to smoking like consumption of alcohol and a lack of public awareness of the risks of tobacco.

Ever wonder what is Tobacco? What is it made of? How is it harmful? Smoking tobacco is the process of inhaling smoke, Smoking tobacco is inhaled through the mouth. Tobacco is a plant that grows in warm, tropical areas. Smoking tobacco originated around 5000 B.C. in the Peruvian Andes. On October 15, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered tobacco. Christopher Columbus brought the tobacco leaves that were dried from the Indians, Indians gave Christopher Columbus the plant as a nice gesture and a thank you. Soon after Columbus brought the plant back to Europe, the plant was popular and started to be planted in Europe. When tobacco first came around many people believed that it could cure-all, it was used to dress wounds and as a painkiller! A doctor from Spain, Nicolas Monardes, wrote a book claiming that tobacco could cure thirty-six health problems. Tobacco is most commonly used to make cigarettes. Nicotine is the main chemical in tobacco, this makes tobacco so addictive, one cigarette contains 4,000 chemicals. Tobacco raises one’s heart rate and blood pressure to unhealthy levels. Tobacco is the leading cause of illness and death in America. Smoking tobacco pollutes the air, affects your appearance/causes death and it cost a smoker a large amount of money in one lifetime.

Smoking and tobacco abuse is a global epidemic. There are numerous, diverse reasons why people smoke, though at the end of the day they all have the same problem: they are smokers. Smoke influences people the same way, no matter their reason for the use, though the reason why they smoke influences their decisions to stop. There are many different health models that explain how people can change their habits, such as the health behaviour model and the transtheoretical model of health. They impact of the type of anti-smoking messages differ depending on age, socioeconomic status, and geographical location, and this information is used in order to determine how effective the advertisement will be in achieving the goal: helping people quit smoking.

Throughout the world countries suffer from various illnesses. Many developed countries suffer from non-communicable diseases, often being the result of lifestyle choices whilst traditionally developing countries suffer from communicable diseases due to large proportions of their populations living in poverty. In recent decades all over the world non-communicable diseases have become more and more prominent not just in the high income countries but also in low and middle income countries. A major contributor to this is tobacco smoking (Valdes-Salgado, 2010).