A poll about smoking a fashion or a disaster

A poll about smoking a fashion or a disaster

 

Smoking

The act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material. A variety of plant material are smoked but most commonly Tobacco are used in cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Tobacco contain Nicotine, it causes pleasant feeling and remove the unpleasant feeling for some time. Nicotine causes the release of Dopamine which is the brain chemical that effect emotions and sensation of glee and pain that way it attracts people. 

SMOKING AS A FASHION

 

Smoking’s relationship with fashion can be traced back to the 1920s and continue to appear in fashion advertorial and photoshoot. As youth consider that they will look cool when they smoke, or they will look more grown-ups. They see smoking as a way of revolt and showing independence. They think that everybody else is smoking and they should, too.

Stages of smoking in youth Preparatory stage 

Youth in this stage have never smoked and have a minimal desire of smoking. And consider the function of smoking to look cool, independent, reduce the social anxiety and regulate the emotions. 

INITIATION STAGE

 Stage start with cigarette and typically with stronger peer who motivating this behavior. As their friend encouraging to start cigarette and keep smoking.

EXPARIMENTAL STAGE

In this stage continues increase in the frequency of cigarette. and the burning sensation of cigarette and heat reduce gradually. And they learn how to smoke as how to exhale cigarette and handle it. 

REGULAR SMOKING STAGE

In this stage smoking become less infrequent and more regular. As youth smoke in social gathering to on weekends and gradually become a regular smoke

DAILY SMOKING STAGE

 Smoker in this stage begin to experience symptoms associated with nicotine as craving or withdrawal symptoms and consider it a part of relaxation. And becomes to addicted and if they suddenly stop experience below, they withdrawal symptoms, which may include 

➢ Anxiety 
➢ Depression 
➢ Stress  
➢ Sense of emptiness 
➢ Sleep disturbance 
➢ Craving  

     SMOKING a DISASTER 

The cigarette smoke contains more then 7,000 chemicals out of these 60 chemicals are cancers causing chemical known as carcinogenic. 

Cigarette smoke is extremely poisonous then the smoke coming from the vehicles, then imagine if this type of smoke will be pumped into lungs frequently then what will be the effects of these poisonous gases in our body.

CANCER

Smoking can cause cancer anywhere in the body. Smoking causes about 90% of all lung cancer deaths. 

AGING 

  It rapidly increase aging process by sagging skin, deeper wrinkles, loose skin under eyes, age spot and hair loss.

COPD

Smoking causes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that cause airflow blockage and breathing related problems also include emphysema and chronic bronchitis. 

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Smoking increases the risk of heart disease. It damages blood vessels, make them thicken and grow narrow. This makes the heart beat faster, blood pressures go up and clots can form.

HIP FRACTURE 

Smoker lose bone density and results in breaking body parts like hip i-e Hip fractures.

EFFECT OF SMOKING ON SURROUNDING

So called fashion of smoking has neither a single good effect on yourselves nor on surrounding. Rather you are awarding the dreadful disaster to your body, family and surrounding. Smoker are freely smoking on roads, shops and public places and making difficult to take the fresh air for the kids, elder people, ill person and non-smoker. They are indirectly pumping the poison into the body of all person surrounding by them.  

➢ If you really want to come out from these evil habits then you can. But if you think these evil habits as modern fashion and trend then ultimate suffering only you have to take. Continue to reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke as you approach your quit date. Use nicotine replacement therapies in the cutting down phase.

            Written by:   Tahreem kousar