Just like most drugs, this one has a lot of health issues as consequences of taking it, and often leads to death. According to Simcoe Muskoka Health, it kills 37 thousand Canadian citizens a year. This is more than, the kill death count of aids, car accidents, suicides and murders combined! The 5th most dangerous drug is tobacco. About 20% of men and 16% of women smoke cigarettes in Canada. It is the number one preventable cause of death. When smoking tobacco, the human body is taking in many harmful substances, such as, tar, mercury, lead, carbon monoxide and many other dangerous elements, point is, no good comes from tobacco. When inhaling the smoke, the tar does not only build up onto the lungs, but it destroys your mouth as well. It rots your teeth and gums to the point where they turn black and yellow.  |
| `Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habbit` |
As most people know, smoking is what mostly causes lung cancer. Roughly about 85% of people who smoke will eventually get lung cancer and around half will get emphysema. Lung cancer is when a tumor appears in the cells of the lung and then it starts to spread to other parts of the body. The most common symptoms are, uncontrollable coughing, weakness, coughing blood and phlegm, shortness of breath and the worse of them all, the inability to laugh because there is too much pain. Not being able to laugh is the worst thing that could probably come out of it because laughing is awesome. Emphysema is when the air sacs in the lungs get damaged and infected, there is no cure, therefore its a chronic disease, it makes it hard for people to breathe, the lungs enlarge and become inflamed. Thus the moral of this is that if you want to live a long happy cancerless life, stay away from tobacco. __________________________________________________________
http://girlshealth.gov/substance/smoking/tobaccotext.html
http://www.tobaccofreeflorida.com/how-to-quit/why-should-i-quit/effects-of-tobacco/
I couldn't agree with any more Hunter. I've known way too many people, friends and family members that have died from such an addiction to tobacco. They knew it was bad for them but simply could not stop. I was also obviously aware that you can develop lung cancer from smoking cigarettes but I was not aware that you could also get emphysema or what this condition even was. Thanks to your blog I am even more motivated to never even think about smoking in my life.
ReplyDeleteWell im sorry for tobacco has done to your family Phil :( im glad that my blog has helped you! Stay tuned to know what other drugs not to do!
DeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog, I thought it was really interesting. I knew cigarettes caused lung cancer but I didn't know that 37 thousand Canadians died every year. Or that it could cause emphysema. I've never been interested in smoking but knowing these things makes even less appealing.
ReplyDeleteI knew smoking was bad but i had no idea it was so huge. This is really informative and definitely leaves me thinking why our schools don't inform us with all the terrible facts. Before now I had no idea what emphysema was, now I know I want nothing to do with it! Smoking’s definitely NOT in my future.
ReplyDeleteI already knew that tobacco was a drug, I was taught to stay away from things like this and I am very happy that I have, considering that it causes many illness and other things. And I shocked at how many Canadians died every year! I will never smoke, EVER!
ReplyDeleteits amazing to see how many effects such a small thing can have on someone, i dont think enough kids now a days realize the major effects darts have on your health in the long run, great topic hunter its really important to inform young teens like us on thus dangerous narcotics
ReplyDeleteI have always been aware of the fact that darts were life threatening, I never knew how many bad things the body actaully takes in when smoking tobacco. The simple fact that the amount of people that die from smoking darts is way more than even car accidents and suicide is insane, especially since like you said these deaths are all preventable. Thank you for informing me! I never really wanted to smoke darts and now I want to even less!!
ReplyDeleteI wish every one understood the risks and affects of cigarettes. As many commercials we put out there to somehow scare people, it does not seem to work. Addiction is beyond scary. But I do love this blog, and I think you are very woke. Keep it up eligio!
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