Cigarette Smoking
My father was a chain smoker for a long time until he quitted some years ago. We used to call him ‘The Dragon’ because you’ll always see him puff smoke. And even if he does not have a cigarette, I would still see smoke. Visions that is because we were so used to seeing him blowing and fluffing with his cigarette.
Until he got so sick. For all we thought it was lung cancer or Emphysema. But it was not. He had Colon Cancer. He may have or have not gotten the cancer from smoking but he stopped. After under going chemotherapy for 6 months and colostomy, he survived. Prayers and his discipline on healthy living makes him well again.
Cigarette smoking is not a fad people should follow. It’s a vice one should stop indulging into. It’s a crime against yourself, and the people around you who breathe the air you funked with your smoking. Yellow teeth and bad breath is unhygienic. Bad smelling clothes and hair is definitely not neat.
Nicotine is not the only harmful component in cigarettes. The burning of tobacco and other additives produced a mixture of harmful compounds. Then there is tar, which is made up of thousands of chemicals, that includes known carcinogenic chemicals. All of them are unhealthy and could be deadly. Some of these causes lung cancer, heart illness, emphysema, and other bones and skin diseases.
Here’s a list you might want to check out. Would you want them running in your blood veins inside your body?
1) Cyanide: used in Cyanide Fishing, partially stunning the fishes and causes them to die instantly. And in Mining, as well as electroplating, metallurgy, jewelry, and photography.
2) Benzene: also known as Benzol, is an organic chemical compound that is a flammable and colorless liquid.
3) Formaldehyde : is a compound in the form of gas that has a very pungent smell. Also used in embalming to disinfect and temporarily preserve human remains.
4) Methanol (wood alcohol): is the simplest alcohol that is also known as methyl alcohol.
5) Acetylene (the fuel used in welding torches): is an unsaturated chemical compound that is also the simplest alkyne hydrocarbon.
6) Ammonia: is found everywhere in the environment but is very toxic in combination with certain elements.
Also, cigarette smoke contains some of the deadly and poisonous gases such as nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide which can be very harmful for a person’s health.
Cigarette Smoking is dangerous to your health.
In some cities, and my home Davao City, cigarette smoking in public’s banned and they have strict city ordinance and penalties for offenders..
I have to agree with everything you write here about how smoking is a crime against the people around you. Fortunately here in Canada, the government is really trying to make it an inconvenience to be a smoker — not only can you not smoke in pretty much ANY building, but anyplace that sells tobacco products has to keep them hidden from sight and CANNOT take out products to show customers. Customers need to walk in knowing what they want already, and ask for that specific thing — so it should cut down on “impulse” or “stress” buying of cigarettes, and make them less of a part of our children’s cultural awareness because they are NOT ever-present, they’re tucked away… like other adult things!
you’re so right., on some cities here in the Philippines, like my hometown_ Davao City, smoking’s banned., and they have strict city ordinances and penalties for offenders..
The smoking bans are very effective for those who have not stopped before. Unfortunately, there are far too many who have given up on ever giving up. For these I have always found mentioning the negative effects of smoking makes them reach for a cigarette.
Far better is to promote the huge benefits derived from stopping. However it is done, giving up smoking is the most important thing anyone can do and my best goes to all who try.
@ExSmoker: you have a very informative site.. to some people they should read things over and over again to get into their system, like a vice.
Great article I’m very happy your farther is in good health and its very hard to make an argument for cigarettes with everything we know today, but I have to say I am a great believer in happiness keeps you alive longer than anything so sometimes what makes you bad makes you better!!
I know many people trying to quit smoking and gave up because was too hard. I’m glad I didn’t smoke when I was younger and I can stay away from cigars!
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smoking is an addiction,not a crime.If it is a crime,take them off the market.also take alcahol off the market. because
smokers are being murdered by their Doctors,they will not give them treatment,they send them to hospice,who take away their water,food and overdose them with morphine and they die a horrible death.They tell you they cant have treatment because they smoke then,they are sentenced to a horrible death,like they were a criminal….I thought Doctors took an oath “do no harm” yet they sentenced their patients to death
no water no food.they have Hospice carry out the exercution.
Its horrible..the murder,so dont have that glass of wine or beer,Your next,and you better quit smoking,because thease days,Doctors play God…. Thanks for reading this its true
That’s a very interesting opinion Jeannette, and so true. Smoking is a very bad addiction, that’s why our government here in our country poses bills and city ordinances that will affect the tobacco industry., and the numbers of people in the habit as well. no advertisements on TV and print ads, and others.. i’m not sure why they can’t eradicate it completely. probably it’s a difficult call for them when they have to consider other people’ jobs and businesses. Thank you for your insight Jeannette.