Smoking affects everyone! Let's look at the effects of smoking from the first to the last puff and the impact of smoking on the smoker, non-smoker and the enivoronment.
The Impact on the Smoker
The first lungful of smoke enter the bloodstream and is then pumped by the heart and reaches the brain within 7 seconds.
Within the brain nicotine affects chemical transmitters and the brains reward centres and over time tolerance and dependences occurs to the drug nicotine resulting in more nicotine required to achieve the same effect..
World-wide between 80-100,000 young children and teenagers take up the habit of smoking each day which for the vast majority quickly leads to nicotine addiction and for many serious health issues later down the road.
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Effects of Smoking - Why Smoking is Bad
Cancer (including lung, mouth and throat and kidney cancer), heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as well as many less common or well known health related problems such as peripheral vascular disease, gum disease and even reduced fertility and impotence are just at the tip of the iceberg when talking about the consequences of smoking.
Those that smoke are 12 times more likely to die from a form of cancer, 10 times more likely to die from lung disease such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema or pneumonia and 6 times more likely than non-smokers to die from coronary heart disease.
World-wide the adverse effects of smoking results in 1 in 10 deaths globally amounting to around 5 million deaths each year, a figure predicted to rise by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Financially smoking cigarettes can not only cost you your health but can also burn a big hole in your pocket. In the UK alone the cost of smoking cigarettes has sky rocketed due to tax increases from £1.65 in 1990 to the present recommended retail price (RRP) today of £6.95 for a typical pack of 20 cigarettes which added up over the course of a year can amount to thousands up in smoke.
The Impact of Smoking, Non-Smoker and the Environment
Smoking affects non-smokers as well as smokers. Those that inhale second-hand smoke (passive smoking) can experience short-term effects such as headaches and eye irritation and those exposed to second hand smoke over the long term at risk of the same smoking diseases as those actually doing the smoking.
For women who continue to smoke during pregnancy there is an increased risk of miscarriage, premature birth, ectopic pregnancy and stillbirth and children with parents who smoke are twice as likely to take up the smoking habit than are those with non-smoking parents.
Then of course there is the environment. Cigarette butts litter high streets, parks and beaches and contrary to popular belief cigarette butts are not biodegradable and according to some sources cigarette filters take between 10-12 years with others saying they never fully decompose sine the acetate filters are non-biodegradable. With an estimated 5.6 trillion cigarettes smoked world-wide annually the cigarette butt is the most commonly littered item.
In addition to the vast amounts of litter caused by discarded cigarettes, carelessly discarded cigarettes result in hundreds of forest fires that destroy vast areas of land and kill wildlife and is the third most common cause of all house fires claiming hundreds of lives and injuring thousands of others.
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