Doesn’t it amaze you (that
is if you’re a non-smoker) how people have pleasure in drawing in smoke and
letting out smoke? Maybe I’ve got it wrong, but for sure the pleasure includes
trying to choke oneself to death eventually.
Personally, it amazes me,
or rather, shocks me!
Over here I won’t talk of
developed countries where you have well demarcated places for the bunch of
people who want to carry on their choking business, but am referring to the
yet-to-be-developed nations like India. Here, we have smokers, chain smokers,
whom you can find everywhere at any time. Early in the morning, at bus stops,
they smoke on the faces of children, so that they can engulf them in their part
of the world that is susceptible to dying of cancer. In the afternoon, they’re
smoking under the shade of the tree, and in the evenings, out on the roads,
with their pals-for-life, are wandering about exhaling puffs of not-so-fit air.
I think it’s weird how
they continue to do so, and how the sellers continue to sell it, and moreover
how the producers don’t feel the guilt for manufacturing them.
“Cigarette: A fire at one
end, a fool at the other, and a bit of tobacco in between.”
Aptly described, since if
it weren’t a fool, he would know how useful the tobacco was, but not to him,
but to the plant, Nicotiana tobaccum for saving itself from
grazing animals. But we’re smarter than the cows and goats, so we chose to
sniff in some of the poison, because we’re smart, just so smart!
Ignorance kills, but the
most shocking part is that they aren’t ignorant. They know it causes lung
cancer and can make them sterile, but they go on. Our movie theatres have
enough of “Dhoomrapaan Se Kark Rog Hota Hai” adverts every time. The cigarette
boxes are not devoid of the “Smoking is Injurious to Health”. Yet, they chose
to die. And what’s worse is that they chose to kill too.
A few of the harms, I
searched up are:
Head: Headaches are bad enough, but the risk of a
stroke or Alzheimer’s disease would make you think twice.
Eyes: An increased risk of
cataracts is bad enough, but people who smoke have four times the risk of
developing muscular degeneration.
Mouth: Oral cancer is six times more common in people
who smoke.
Chest: Your lungs are
certainly at risk if you smoke. Many of these conditions are ominous, but
smoking may also increase the risk of developing chest colds and other nuisance
conditions.
Heart: Coronary Artery
Disease, Atherosclerosis, High Blood Pressure, Elevated Cholesterol.
Abdomen: Smoking causes
pancreatic cancer and abdominal aortic aneurysms, as well as heartburn and
ulcers.
Reproductive system: Males
and Females: Sterility, impotence, prostate cancer, early menopause, still
births, placental damage.
And, to know more, keep smoking!
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| Smoke Strawberry, not Nicotine! |
Source: www.lungcancer.about.com
Wanna quit? www.smokefree.gov
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