1. Dangers of Smoking for
Health
Made by :
Name : Annisa Eka Putri
Class : 3SA08
NPM : 10617828
2. What is Cigarettes?
Cigarettes are cylinders of paper measuring between 70 and 120 mm long
(vary by country) with a diameter of about 10 mm containing tobacco leaves that
have been chopped. Cigarettes are burned at one end and allowed to burn so the
smoke can be inhaled through the mouth at the other end.
3. History of Cigarettes
Humans in the world who smoke for the first time are Indians in America,
for ritual purposes such as worshiping a god or spirit. In the 16th century, when
Europeans discovered the American continent, some of the European explorers
joined in trying to smoke cigarettes and then bring tobacco to Europe. Then
smoking began to appear among European aristocrats. But unlike the Indians
who smoke for ritual purposes, in Europe people smoke only for sheer pleasure.
17th Century Spanish traders entered Turkey and at that time smoking began to
enter Islamic countries.
4. Data of Smokers in Indonesia
Indonesia ranks number one in the world for the number of male smokers
over the age of 15 years. This is based on the latest data from The Tobacco Atlas
2015. The data shows, as many as 66 percent of men in Indonesia smoke.
The second highest ranking, namely Russia with 60 percent of
male smokers over 15 years. Ranks three to nine, respectively, namely China (53
percent), the Philippines (48 percent), Vietnam (47 percent), Thailand (46
percent), Malaysia (44 percent), India (24 percent), and Brazil (22 percent)
percent).
5. Reasons why Teens Smoke
1. Parents and family factors
One finding about adolescent smokers is that young children from unhappy
households, where parents pay less attention to their children and provide harsh
physical punishment is easier to become smokers than young children who come from
the environment happy households (Baer & Corado in Atkinson, Introduction to
psychology, 1999: 294)
In addition, children who have smokers' parents are more susceptible to being
influenced and imitating their parents.
2. Factors from friends
Many facts prove that adolescent smokers, most likely their friends are also
smokers. Among adolescent smokers, 87% have at least one or more smoker friends as
well as non-smokers (Al Bachri, 1991).
3. Cigarette advertisements, actually...
Ads in various media that illustrate that smokers are a symbol of glamor, really
a guy, triggers teens to participate behave like that.
6. Dangers of smoking
Health
Of the approximately 4000 kinds of chemicals present in cigarettes, at
least 200 of them are declared harmful to human health. The main poisons in
cigarettes are tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide.
- Tar : Substance of hydrocarbons that are sticky and stick to the lungs.
- Nicotine : an addictive substance that affects nerves and blood circulation. This
substance is a carcinogen that can kill deadly lung cancer.
- Carbon Monoxide : A substance that binds hemoglobin in the blood and makes
the blood unable to bind oxygen.
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8. Dangers of smoking
The economy
If someone is addicted to smoking then he will find a way to get
the cigarette. With the price of cigarettes classified as expensive
weighing on people who are classified as less able, making that person
will experience an economic crisis.
Social
A smoker will feel proud if smoking in public, making people
around him inhale the cigarette smoke. So that the person is prone to
cancer.