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Smoking a cigarette is extremely wrong an extremely not sexy. There are many reason not to smoke. I will name as many as possible.


















Reasons Not To Smoke



Here are some facts and some information on the dangers and hazards
of smoking. Reading and understanding this information should be enough
to convince you to not start smoking.



Cigarettes
-Cancer Causing Agents in Cigarettes (carcingoens): Nitrosamines, Crysenes, Cadmium, Benzo(a)pyrene, Polonium 210,
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Nickel, DibenzAcidine,
B-Napthylamine, Urethane, N.Nitrosonornicotine, Toluidine.


-Metals in cigarettes: Aluminum, Beryllium, Zinc, Magnesium, Mercury, Gold, Silicon, Silver, Titanium, Lead, Copper.


-Other chemicals in cigarettes (and examples of what each is used for/comes from):
Acetone: Nail Polish Remover

Acetic Acid: Vinegar

Ammonia : Floor / Toilet Cleaner

Arsenic : Poison

Benzene : Makes Dyes and Plastics

Butane : Lighter Fluid

Cadmium : NiCad Batteries

Carbon Monoxide : Car Exhaust Fumes

Cyanide : Metabolic poison

Cloroform : Anasthetic

DDT/Dieldrin : Insecticides

Ethanol : Alcohol

Formaldehyde : Preserver - Body, Tissue and Fabric

Hexamine: Barbecue Lighter

Methane : Swamp Gas

Methanol : Rocket Fuel

Napthalene : Mothballs

Nicotine : Insecticide, Stimulant, Addictive Drug

Nitrobenzene : Gasoline Additive

Nitrous Oxide Phenols : Disinfectant

Stearic Acid : CandleWax

Toluene : Industrial Solvent

Vinyl Chloride : Makes PVC














10 Reasons Not To Smoke

1. Smoking under age 18 is illegal. Using, holding, or buying of
cigarettes can get you in serious trouble, especially around school. In
regards to school, you can be suspended, or even expelled!


2. Smoking reduces your ability to do things that require endurance,
such as sports, etc. The tar in the cigarettes covers up alveoli, which
help you breathe, which makes for less surface area for gas exchange. In
other words, you must breathe more to get the same amount of oxygen as
if you didn't smoke. So the effect that has on sports is that you will
get tired quicker due to a lack of oxygen, which inevitably reduces your
endurance.


3. Smoking can seriously harm your body in ways of cancer, emphysema, etc. Also, it leads to your early demise.


4. Smoking is a repulsive habit, especially when it comes to the opposite sex.


5. Smoking makes you and your enviornment stink. Your room stinks, your
house stinks, your clothes stink, and, if you have one, your car stinks.


6. The nicotine in cigarettes are extremely addictive, and, chances are
that if you start early, then it'll be harder to quit the habit.


7. Smoking may cause tension between friend and family relationships. If
anyone gets upset that you smoke, then you'd probably get angry and
fight with that person, defending why you smoke.


8. It is also a very costly habit. You may lose all your money before
you know it. For example, let's say that you smoke one pack of
cigarettes per day, and the price is $5.00 per pack. Then every month
you'd spend approximately $150.00 on cigarettes alone! That money could
definitely be put to better use, such as to pay bills, or simply to go
to the movies with someone once a week.


9. Why pay extra money to the government? With the high taxation of
cigarettes, you're basically donating your money to the them.
Approximately half of the price on a pack of cigarettes is tax!


10. Contrary to what you might hear in songs or see on TV or in the movies, smoking cigarettes DOES NOT MAKE YOU LOOK COOL!






Statistics About Smoking


The average age that a child first tries tobacco is 11.Almost 90 percent of adult smokers began at or before the age of 18.In grades 9-12, 18% of boys and 14% of girls are frequent smokers in New York.In New York, 32% of high school students smoke.87,000 kids under 18 become daily smokers each year.Recent
research has revealed that smoking tobacco as a teenager does greater
damage to the lungs because they are still developing.On average, 6.6 billion dollars are spent on health care for tobacco use per year.30,700 teenagers die each year in New York from smoking.Smoking kills more than AIDS, alcohol, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined.



Effects on Smoking Cigarettes

Due to tobacco use, work performance and
productivity annually decreases, resulting in early termination from
your job. For example, when you start working at a job, and you don't
smoke, you do fine. But when you start smoking, then each year, you get
slower and slower at your job due to a lack of oxygen because of the
alveoli being covered with tar.Nicotine in cigarettes causes a great addiction to them.There are also many health hazards related to smoking of which we shall now explain



Health Hazards


Effects on the Respiratory System

As you know, smoking cigarettes literally destroys
your lungs. This destruction is caused by conditions such as smoker's
cough, emphysema, and lung cancer.Smoker's Cough - a condition
where the ammonia in cigarettes paralyzes the cilia in the trachea,
causing tar, phlegm, etc. to slide to the bottom of the lungs. This
creates a dry, hacking cough.Emphysema - a condition where the
tar in cigarettes coates the lungs' alveoli turning them black. As a
result, the alveoli lose their elasticity and eventually explode (this
damage is irreversible).Lung Cancer - a cancer caused by the
carcinogens in tar, this condition may be deadly. This is the number 1
cancer killer in the United States.This makes smoking the most preventable cause of death in the United States!



Effects on the Circulatory System

The nicotine in cigarettes stimulates the heart and
constricts the body's blood vessels. This results in high blood pressure
and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, blood clots, and
fatty deposits.




Effects on Pregnancy

For further information on the potential effects on an unborn child from a mother smoking during pregnancy, please go to either Second Hand Smoke in Pregnancy or Health Effects on the Unborn Baby.




Addictive Potential

Smoking causes compulsive, often uncontrollable
cravings. This is caused by the nicotine in the cigarette. When one
tries to quit smoking, he or she will exhibit withdrawl symptoms, which
is a reaction to your craving for nicotine. These symptoms include
shaking, a cold sweat, and sometimes paranoia.





How Do You Quit?
1. Do not carry cigarettes.


2. Quit smoking one day at a time. Do not concern yourself with next
year, next month, next week or even tomorrow. Concentrate on not smoking
from the time you wake up until you go to sleep.


3. Work on developing the attitude that you are doing yourself a favor
by not smoking. Do not dwell on the idea that you are depriving yourself
of a cigarette. You are ridding yourself full fledged smoking because
you care enough about yourself to want to.


4. Be proud that you are not smoking.


5. Be aware that many routine situations will trigger the urge for a
cigarette. Situations which will trigger a response include: drinking
coffee, alcohol, sitting in a bar, social events with smoking friends,
card games, the end of meals. Try to maintain your normal routine while
quitting. If any event seems to tough, leave it and go back to it later.
Do not feel you must give up any activity forever. Everything you did
as a smoker, you will learn to do at least as well, and maybe better, as
an ex-smoker.


6. Make a list of all the reasons you want to quit smoking. Keep this
list with you, preferably where you used to carry your cigarettes. When
you find yourself reaching for a cigarette, take out your list and read
it.


7. Drink plenty of fruit juice the first three days. It will help flush nicotine out of your system.


8. To help avoid weight gain, eat vegetables and fruit instead of
candies and pastries. Celery and carrots can be used safely as
short-term substitutes for cigarettes.


9. If you are concerned about weight gain, do some moderate form of
regular exercise. If you have not been exercising regularly, consult
your physician for a practical exercise program which is safe for you.


10. If you encounter a crisis, (e.g. a flat tire, flood, blizzard,
family illness) while quitting, remember, smoking is no solution.
Smoking will just complicate the original situation while creating
another crisis, a relapse into the nicotine addiction.


11. Consider yourself a "smoke-a-holic." One puff and you can become
hooked again. No matter how long you have been off, don’t think you can
safely take a puff!


12. Don’t debate with yourself how much you want a cigarette. Ask
yourself how do you feel about going back to your old level of
consumption.


13. Save the money you usually spend on cigarettes and buy yourself
something you really want after a week or a month. Save for a year and
you can treat yourself to a vacation.


14. Practice deep breathing exercises when you have a craving.


15. Go places where you normally can’t smoke, such as movies, libraries and no smoking sections of restaurants.


16. Tell people around you that you have quit smoking.


17. Remember that there are only two good reasons to take a puff once
you quit. You decide you want to go back to your old level of
consumption until smoking cripples and then kills you, or, you decide
you really enjoy withdrawal and you want to make it last forever. As
long as neither of these options appeal to you-never take another puff!

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