Why do we hurt ourselves? Nicotine has been proven to be what makes cigarettes addicted. Nicotine is found in tobacco. Nicotine is a highly poisonous, oily liquid that acts on the brain. Tobacco was already discovered before Christopher Columbus discovered America. Native Americans grew and used tobacco. The Spanish explorers brought their new addictions to Europe and to other parts of the world.
Soon the whole world smoked or chewed tobacco. At first the medical field reported that tobacco did not cause health problems and that smoking eases stress. The Red Cross gave refreshments and cigarettes to soldiers in World War 1. This new addiction was found as a medicine but they didn't know about the results from tobacco.
We are killing ourselves. People can't help to smoke since inside tobacco there is a drug called Nicotine. Nicotine is the drug in tobacco that causes addiction. Nicotine is exactly the same as heroin or cocaine. Nicotine in tobacco products acts as a stimulant. It speeds up a person's heart and central nervous system. Nicotine acts on the brain to produce addiction. Nicotine's effects come on quickly. It just takes seven seconds to reach the brain from the bloodstream. Each year, cigarette smoking causes 419,000 deaths in America and $100 billion is spent on smoking-related health care costs.
What did tobacco turned into?. Tobacco was processed into five different products: cigars, cigarettes, pipe tobacco, snuff and chewing tobacco. Tobacco companies use harmful ingredients in their products for example: Nicotine, Tar, Carbon monoxide, Ammonia, Butane, Hydrogen sulfide, Acetylene, Benzene, Toluene, Arsenic cyanide, Nitrosamines, etc. When people smoke tobacco, they take in over four thousand chemical compounds. Forty-three of these chemicals cause cancer. They also contain radioactive chemicals.
An average smoker absorbs 250 to 300 chest x-rays in one year. Smoking causes about 30 percent of all cancer deaths. Lung cancer is the number one American cancer killer for both men and women. Smoking is responsible for 87 percent of all lung cancers reported in the United States. Heart diseases, oral and dental health, cataracts, birth defects and many others results from smoking tobacco. Tobacco will turn some day to the number one killer of America.
Tobacco companies' gets young people to smoke cigarettes since most become addicted to the nicotine and remain steady tobacco costumers for many years. Tobacco does not only kill thousands of people each year but leave damage into their bodies. People spent millions of dollars for T.V commercials to stop people from smoking. There are many poisonous gas and liquids in cigarettes and above all of them are cancerous. Tobacco today is killing thousands of people but people don't know is that when they smoke the cigarette they are digging their grave. Here are some important words to know when discussing smoking.
Cessation (pg 73) - Noun - A temporary or complete stopping
ex. Smoking cessation programs helps people quit smoking by given them support.
Obstructive (pg 25) - Verb - To block or close up with an obstacle.
ex. Debris obstructed the road.
Carcinogen (pg 90) - Noun - Any substance that produces cancer.
ex. Lung cancer is produce by a carcinogen substance in cigarette.
Stimulant (pg 21) - Noun - Something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part.
ex. Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart.
Instruct (pg 78) - Verb - To furnish with orders or directions.
ex. The doctor instructed me to diet.
Downplay (pg 96) - Verb - To speak of something so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.
ex. The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations
Dominant (pg 68) - Adjective - Ruling, Governing, or controlling.
ex. Humans are the dominant species in the planet.
Analyzed (pg 51) - Verb- To examine carefully in detail.
ex. The patient has been analyzed by a therapist to check his disease.
Addiction (pg 100) - Noun - The state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming.
ex. Michael is addicted to video games; he always plays 4 hours each day.
Genetics (pg 64) - Noun- the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organism resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment
ex. The genetics of a child comes from its parents traits.
