It is a known fact that tobacco smoking has many disadvantages. Medical research has found that smoking is a major factor for developing several health problems such as lung cancer, emphysema, and cardiovascular disease.
Tobacco smoke contains a stimulant called nicotine which forms a strong physical and psychological chemical addiction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe that nicotine can be as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Nicotine is vasoconstrictor and a nerve toxin and it has been classified as a class I insecticide.
The addiction is definitely strongest when tobacco smoke is inhaled into the lungs. Several studies have proven that nicotine typically gets eliminated from the body within 2 to 3 days, but it is also proven that physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms may last for much longer.
Tobacco plant
Tobacco is a very tall plant with large, sticky leaves. The leaves of tobacco are chopped, dried, and prepared for snuff and chewing or smoking in cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. There are several varieties of tobacco plant that are grown throughout the temperate regions of the world. A species called Nicotiana tabacum or common tobacco, is native to South America, Mexico, and the West Indies.
Tobacco toxins
There are over 4000 chemicals in tobacco out of witch a 100 are identified poisons and 63 are known carcinogens. Nicotin is often pointed out as the most dangerous substance in tobacco but there are others which include:
- Arsenic,
- Cyanide,
- Carbon monoxide (found in car exhaust fumes)
- Formaldehyde (used to embalm bodies),
- Ammonia Bromide (a toilet cleaner )
Incidence of smoking
Each year, an estimated 3,000 nonsmoking Americans die of lung cancer, and 300,000 children suffer from lower respiratory tract infections because they inhaled the so-called “secondhand smoke”. The term “secondhand smoke” refers to inhaling the smoke coming from the cigarettes that someone else is smoking
More than 5 million children living today will die prematurely because of the decision to use tobacco and smoke cigarettes. More than 3 million people under the age 18 smoke half a billion cigarettes each year and more than a half of them consider themselves dependent upon cigarettes.
Paper Details
On a 5pg APA Format paper, Discuss the Disadvantages of tobacco smoking.
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