Smoking has become a common habit all around the world. We can see many people smoking cigarettes at public places, at bus stops, at shops, in markets and other places. Every second person looked fallen in this trap. New companies are also entering in this business of manufacturing cigarettes due to increasing trend in smoking habit. Many new brands are introduced in the market every other day. The business of cigarettes companies has become a flourishing trade and the cigarettes companies a lot of profit. Every year millions of dollars are spend on high profile advertisement of Cigarettes and Tobacco advertisement. The Tobacco business is at its peak due to increase in smoking habit.
The ministry of health of every country endeavors to inform the dangers of smoking and the warning from the ministry of health is provided on the packets of cigarettes but it is of no use rather it is increasing day by day.
The alarming sign is that it is more popular in youth .The younger generation is more inspired by the smoking campaign .They ignore and do not realize the hazards it can cause to their health. Even students, young boys and girls are becoming habitual of this menace.
Smoking has great dangers for health. Some harmful aspects of smoking are as follows.
Smoking causes a constant habit and produces restlessness. Once you develop the habit of smoking, it attracts you to smoke more and more and on constant basis.
The economy of the chain smokers is distributed and they spend a lot of money on smoking. A time comes that the chain smokers prefer buying cigarettes rather any thing.
Smoking causes lungs cancer and throat cancer. Smoking produces Tuberculosis and the disease of chest
Smoking is responsible to reproduce many heart problems.
The biggest hazard of smoking habit is it does not only affect the smoker but also the others who are around. There are two types of smoking .Active smoking and passive smoking .The person smoking by himself is known as an active smoker. The smoke from cigarettes is injurious to health .Since it gets mixed in the atmosphere so the people inhaling also get affected with this menace. These are known as passive smokers. This means that smoking is directly and indirectly threatening our lives whether we smoke or not, we are at constant risk that we can be affected with any health problem.
It is calculated that every year 10 millions people are dead due to the dangers of smoking in the world and the death toll continues to rise. It can be said that smoking has many disadvantages rather advantages so such habit should be shunned at once. It is difficult to quit smoking at once however a decrease in the number of cigarettes gradually proves to be quite handy in quitting smoking. It is high time that an anti smoking campaign should be raised at higher level so as to inform people about this awry situation. People who have fallen in to this habit should be realized the harmful effects of smoking. There are some anti smoking campaigns that are executing their purpose however this is not enough .There should be more endeavors to stop this habit corrupting our youth and their future.
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