The Negative Effects Of Cigarette Smoking

Cigarettes are the most traded item on Earth, with roughly 1 trillion being sold from nation to nation every year. At a worldwide take of more than $ 400 billion, it is one of the world’s greatest commercial enterprises. The idea of smoking has been around the world since the ancient times and unfortunately is accepted into every culture. Therefore, illegalizing smoking is getting more and more necessary as it becomes the leading cause of death in all parts of the world. Not only active smoking, but also passive smoking causes thousands of deaths every year, which is why people should start thinking if an addiction is worth losing your health, and eventually your life. Since smokers threaten the lives of everyone around them, while harming

In addition to being the leading cause of mortality, smoking disrupts physical appearance, mental health and reduces the ability to do exercises that require endurance. Long-term smokers usually have yellow fingernails, yellowish-brownish teeth, smelly hair and wrinkly skin. The stench of cigarette smoke is very penetrating and it permeates everything around it. Smokers also have problems of anxiety and irritability because nicotine is also known as the “mood-altering drug” that reaches the nervous system in seconds and makes the person feel energized for a little while. When this effect subsides, the body craves for another cigarette, making the person irritated and anxious. Smoking weakens the gustatory and olfactory senses, therefore affecting the person’s appetite. As a result, banning smoking will help the world increase life expectancy and motivate smokers to quit smoking without having to

They even say that it is not their problem if people are uncomfortable or allergic to cigarette smoke. Smoking is their right and if people are not fine with it, they should just walk away, as smokers argue. Living in a free country doesn’t mean that people can be disrespectful toward others’ feelings and ideas by saying that it is not their problem if people get sick because of secondhand smoke. Although they claim that nonsmoker rights cannot be more important than theirs, the truth is, 1 out of 100 people die from only secondhand smoke each year and two-thirds of the deaths occur among children. A person may have asthma and cigarette smoke almost instantly triggers an attack. That is proof that non-smokers also have the right to walk freely in parks or sit outside in restaurants without worrying about getting sick or trying to avoid the smell of cigarettes. It is neither people’s right nor freedom to cause serious diseases, such as coronary heart disease and lung cancer in adults, sudden death in infants and low birth weight in pregnant women. Asking others to walk away if they don’t want to inhale the smoke is restricting their rights for smokers’ lethal