Why Smoking is Bad
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Everyday smokers light up and partake in the bounty of chemicals and poisons that are known to kill. There should be no illusions as to the dangers of cigarettes. The combination of a highly addictive substance nicotine and an array of noxious chemicals cunningly packaged in a highly efficient delivery mechanism can permanently and drastically affect health.
There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes including nicotine, arsenic (rat poison), ammonia (floor/toilet cleaner), hydrogen cyanide (gas chamber poison), methanol (wood alcohol) and formaldehyde (body tissue preserver). The most popular of all of the poisons found in cigarettes is nicotine. This is the addictive substance that causes people to continue this deadly habit. Every time a smoker inhales cigarette smoke, trace amounts of chemical travel through blood, to the brain, and other parts of the body. In addition to cancer, these chemicals can cause chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, emphysema, vascular disease, heart disease, stroke, head and neck tumors, and decaying oral health.
Meanwhile disregarding the obvious medical risk associated with smoking, the effects of smoking on others cannot be dismissed. Secondhand smoke, which is the smoke from other people's cigarettes, can harm the health of those that are not smokers...