The Dangers Of Cigarette Smoking
Cigarette Smoking has been proven deadly for decades now. However, people continue to light up on a daily, hourly, and minute basis. Cancer rates are rising and cigarettes sales continue. Smoking has been banned in many public places such as restaurants, hospitals, and public buildings. Yet, the dangers of cigarette smoking can be seen on any cancer ward in any hospital on a daily basis.
However, people continue to smoke. It is a habit forming addiction that is almost impossible for people to break. Dangers of cigarette smoking are felt by children who see their parents smoking and are afraid of the second hand smoke. They see the ads on television warning of the dangers. They hear about the dangers in school during health class.
Alcoholic beverages can be thought of as drinks, but they can also be defined as drugs. In fact, alcohol is by far the most abused drug in the USA and Canada. One important study proposes that alcohol accounts for 85 percent of America’s total drug addiction problem. In addition, there is evidence that approximately 13.5 percent of the total population will meet the diagnostic criteria for alcohol addiction or dependence at some point in their lives.
When pregnant women smoke, their babies are being forced to smoke, too. No one knows how many babies born to teens are harmed because the mother used tobacco while pregnant. Teen pregnancies are increasing in the United States. Today, teen mothers have more than 25% of all babies born each year. About 1.1 million teens get pregnant each year. That is about five teen girls out of every fifty. The number of teens under fifteen years old who get pregnant is rising. Eight out of ten of these teens say their pregnancies were not planned. This means that some teen smokers will continue to smoke because they do not realize they are pregnant, particularly in the early months of their pregnancy.