Cigarette is a thin tube of paper filled with tobacco that people smoke and it is very dangerous for health. On the basis of studies conducted, in the US at least one from five deaths is because of smoking. The smoking is cutting down around five million years of lifespan due to premature death.
The smoking is being the harmful and most addictive over the counter drugs. The smoking causes the lung cancer in the body. Although, a man knows these causes but he still does smoke.
Past description of Smoking Cigarettes
Earlier than World War I, Cigars was smoked. Mainly, Wealthy people used to smoke the cigars.
With the increase in the production of cigarettes, unexpectedly a large number of smokers increased. And the users of the smokers are the soldiers of World War I. It needs little time to understand the use of these smoking.
Some people do Smoking for Mental Needs?
The expressed and explicit need is being the reason that about 20 to 50 percent of cigarettes are smoked. Most of the people depend upon smoke for improving their performance.
Writers, Strategists and artists are using smoking to separate them from the world and to create new ideas. There are some smokers who are fragile, anxiety and sensitive and the reason of smoking is that they treat cigarettes as tranquilizers and they used to do less instinctual smoking and more compelled smoking than others do.
The smokers who are having an inferiority complex, low self-esteem and a sense of insecurity try to cover themselves from the world by doing smoking. These types of people are having a feeling of afraid so they are not giving up smoking and as such if they keep doing smoke due to some force then this fear would become a serious problem for them.
If these types of smokers decide to give up smoking then they would do more smoking until they actually give up the smoking. As such, if the smokers of this category are enough healthy then it would not be easy to persuade them to stop smoking.
These smokers should believe in themselves and in their talents more than in cigarettes. If these smokers follow this then they will able to give up the smoke and will become a comfortable nonsmoker. They will feel confident, delightful and stress free person.
Smoking causes Lung Cancer
After World War I, the lung cancer incidents have been increased from 20 to 30 years. The Reader’s Digest published an article on “Cancer by the Carton,” which tell people about the side-effects of cigarette smoking.
Some more articles also have been published to stop smoking cigarettes. It has been proved by Medical advancements that smoking causes lung cancer. Instead of all these things, lung cancer is being the common diseases in the world.
Nicotine
In cigarettes, nicotine is a common ingredient. In many countries, nicotine is a prohibited drug and it is more addictive than heroine. The doctors ranted nicotine in the lead of alcohol and cocaine.
It has been proved by researches that in a day, smoking four cigarettes can enhance life-long addiction to nicotine. Some people think that smoking adds up in their personality and they cannot avoid smoking.
It is a symptom of addiction. The addiction is regarded as a sickness. The smokers feel satisfaction by doing smoking and it is a psychological pleasure for them.
The thinking of smokers about the smoking is that it will make them feel relief after a hard day’s work. It is stated by one smoker that smoking gives him satisfaction which keeps him smoking and not the taste of the cigarette.
Side Effects of Nicotine
One of the effects of the nicotine is the increase of depression to smokers in comparison to non-smokers. There are people who are using smoking as an artificial action for pass time and to be patient.
Nicotine decreases tensions, worries and gives joy but it causes the difficulties in brain to process the information correctly. It has been proved that with the use of nicotine, it affects relaxation and sedation, arousal and alertness.
It does not equal the harmful effect of nicotine addiction which is lung cancer and it can be serious and can leads to death even. The persons who are not able to give up smoking can think the positive effects of nicotine. These effects are for short-term but can be difficult for you.
Ingredients of Cigarette
Other than nicotine, cigarette comprises of nitrogen oxide, cyanide, acetylene and carbon monoxide which are harmful chemicals and used as poison.
Psychosocial Factors
The reason of smoking can be due to psychosocial factors. The person will soon develop the habit smoking if he found smokers around him. As a person starts smoking, he got addictive nature and as such it will be difficult for him to give up smoking. The people are smoking with permissive attitude and do not worry which leads to increase the number of smokers.
The genetic variables also affect the smokers to keep on smoking. It influences the tendency of a person for smoking to the possibilities to quit smoking.