Stopping Smoking
Apr 5th, 2010 by beauty writer
Smoking, in today’s world, ideally refers to smoking a cigarette or sometimes a cigar. However, the idea of smoking substances has been known to exist as far as 5000 BC. It existed mainly in African and Indian cultures as rituals in various ceremonies. With time it has evolved from originally natural plant stems and leaves to pipes to now convenient and simple cigarettes.
The main reason for a person to smoke is the short-lived good feeling that it gives the smoker. The substance giving this feeling may change but tobacco is the most popular substance. Tobacco comes from the leaves of the plants belonging to the species Nicotiana. The chemical nicotine is what makes smoking tobacco enjoyable and addictive. Other substances include marijuana, steam; normally flavored with tobacco or herbal fruits.
It is mainly teenagers who take this habit into their adulthood, especially when they start as young as 18, which is very common today. This growth in recent years can be associated with the appealing advertisements of mainly cigarettes. Developing countries contribute the most smoking teenagers due to the lack of awareness of the health risks associated with smoking.
Over years of constant smoking, the chemicals in the tobacco smoke deposit on the lungs, eventually growing into a tumour, resulting in lung cancer. Smoking is the main cause for majority of lung cancer deaths. The rapid growth in the number of deaths due to smoking related lung cancer has to lead to many campaigns to stop smoking. Even packets of cigarettes now hold health warnings claiming that smoking is harmful to health.
Smoking has been banned in certain countriesin public areas in attempts to completely stop smoking. Almost all airports have a separate area for those who want to smoke. These attempts are to not only stop smoking people of the habit, but to cut down the number of passive smokers. Passive smokers suffer a greater risk as they do not have the advantage of the filter found in almost all cigarettes. This has lead to many objections by passive smokers to stop smoking, not only in public areas, but to stop smoking in general.
It could be said that the campaign to stop smoking is growing as fast as the tobacco industry. Things like nicotine patches, different types of treatments are now available to help people quit the habit and stop smoking tip. A smoker usually takes a couple of few years to get rid of the habit, but with the help of these tools the time taken to stop smoking can be much quicker.
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