Dangers of Smoking – Bad Effects of Smoking
Nicotine is an addictive drug. Many organizations and group of people are participating in anti smoking campaigns because of the bad effects and the danger it poses on human beings. An unnamed study have shown that cigarette companies are adding up nicotine in every stick that they produce, in order to keep these smokers to keep smoking.
There is 16% of nicotine in every stick of cigarette. The dangers of smoking are within 10 seconds the nicotine is entered to your bloodstream and into your brain. It goes to our system and it makes us sick eventually. Our heart rate gets faster yet you would feel relaxed. After 30 minutes of the effect of the cigarette you will feel uneasy and irritated making you want to light up another one. And that will make you addicted. And you will keep on doing that and you will realize that there is no turning back. Now you can’t stop smoking. Then the danger of smoking will arise. You will start to see the bad effects of smoking.
90% of smokers die due to lung cancer. Smokers are in the high risk of having cancer of oral cavity, larynx or voice box, esophagus, and bladder. There are also other respiratory diseases like emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis and smoker’s cough. Smoking makes it hard for you to breathe easily. It will sure affect your air passage and respiratory system.
Heart attack is known as the number one killer in the U.S. Studies shows if you are smoking, you will experience lack of oxygen supply to the heart can lead to cardiovascular disease. You cannot undo the damage that has been done. If you want to have a low risk of having a heart attack or random heart diseases then you had better stop smoking. Try to help yourself so that you can live for more years and to spend your life not just smoking but to be with the people you love.
Smoking is bad for you and for the people around you. If you love your family especially your children try to minimize first and then quit smoking. If you are afraid that you are going to get sick in the future due to smoking, think that even your love ones are prone to this sickness even if they are not smoking. This is what you called passive smoking. All the diseases and effect of smoking can also happen to them. There are dangers and you can die. They can die too if you can’t make yourself stop.
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