SMOKING AND ITS HARMFUL EFFECTS!
SMOKING AND IT'S EFFECTS
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well.
WHY DO CHILDREN SMOKE?
Children, mostly teenagers, choose to smoke because they see adults, sometimes even their own family members, smoking and they come to believe that this will make them 'cool'. They hardly realize the consequences of smoking in the long-run and sometimes they also encourage others to smoke and make other teenagers give into peer pressure.
SMOKING IS AN ADDICTION AND IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED!
SOME HARMFUL EFFECTS
- One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle age.
- Tobacco smoke also contributes to a number of cancers.
- The mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide in each cigarette you smoke temporarily increases your heart rate and blood pressure, straining your heart and blood vessels.
- This can cause heart attacks and stroke. It slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers end up having their limbs
amputated. - Tar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney and causes cancer. A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full cup (210 g) of tar in a year.
- Changing to low-tar cigarettes does not help because smokers usually take deeper puffs and hold the smoke in for longer, dragging the tar deeper into their lungs.
