2. Causes of smoking
“Every cause has an effect and every effect in turn becomes a cause.” A
prime example of this is smoking. Many people begin smoking as a
result of depression, hypertension, social status, peer pressure, family
influence or media influence. According to the American Cancer Society,
before the age of 18, at least 9 out of 10 individuals turn into adult
smokers. In most of the cases the teenagers turn into smokers because
they “just wanted to try” or they thought it was “cool”. Others do it to
relieve everyday stress. Most cases are made up of those whose family
was either lenient on them smoking or they had a group of friends who
smoked and in order to fit in with them, the habit was picked up.
3. Effects of smoking
Smoking often leads to an unhealthy life by damaging almost every
organ in the human body. It is one of the biggest public health threat
taking more than 8 million lives a year. Furthermore, a study by Dr Keir
Phillips, from Imperial’s National Heart and lung Institute states that a
smoker unknowingly becomes lonelier compared to nonsmokers
overtime. Smoking leads to diseases like CHD, cancer, diabetes,
emphysema and bronchitis to name a few. Smoking also leads to
death of people who might have never smoked in their lives. Passive
smoking also known as second-hand smoke is a major problem for
relatives of smokers. A passive smoker inhales an estimate of 7000
toxic chemicals compared to a smoker who inhales an estimate of 4000
toxic chemicals.
