Nowadays, the number of smoking has increased tremendously because of its addictiveness and the vigorous advertising effort from the cigarette manufacturer. Many anti-smoking campaigns have been by the authority but they fail to bring much effect. At the end of the day, it all boils down to whether or not we truly understand the danger of smoking in order to decrease the number of smokers effectively.
One of the most damaging effects of smoking is the health problems caused by such nasty habit. Short term effects include shortness of breath, yellowing of teeth, bad breath and skin and so on. Long term effects are cancer, emphysema, asthma, bronchitis and so on. Ultimately, you die younger and more painfully than usual if you smoke.
In addition to this, smoking can cause second hand smoke. Second hand smoke occurs when someone smokes a cigarette among the non-smokers in the same room. As they breathe the same air, they are sharing the same contaminated air. Therefore, the non-smokers are going to face the same health hazards as mentioned before.
Besides that, when one is smoking and exhale the chemically filled smoke into the air. It will linger in the air especially in the close place such as restaurant, toilet, cinema, shopping center and so on. As such, it can cause air pollution that will threaten the health of others. In fact, many public areas have been declared as non-smoking zones to protect the well-being of the non-smokers.
Not only that, once the smokers light up his cigarette the fire hazards increase a lot more than usual depending on the surroundings and how the smoker deals with the cigarette. If one chooses to flick the cigarette butt carelessly without putting out the fire first, then the fire can turn into a huge flame if it comes across any flammable things.
Finally, if you care about your social life, then you should stay away from the terrible habit of smoking. One of the reasons is that smoking can cause bad mouth, yellowing of teeth, bad skin and lowering the overall image of the person. Who wants to befriend with somebody like that?
In a nutshell, anyone who is concern about his or her health and image, must never try smoking at all. Every puff you take out of a cigarette is a step closer to self-destruction. Perhaps today will be the day we learn about how dangerous it is to smoke. Thus we will be more determined to say ‘No” to smoking from today onwards.
