10 REASONS NOT TO SMOKE

 

Human beings, who are social beings, have searched to get rid of their troubles. This search of humanity has changed over hundreds of years.

Life was stressful in times when there was no electricity, but perhaps people were happier. Besides, cooperation and solidarity have ensured that neighbourhood relations are on a solid ground. For thousands of years, people have talked and helped each other to relieve their stress. Mankind has begun to adapt to development over time. However, this development led to the weakening of neighborhood relations, which are considered as virtues. People are now starting to resort to different ways to relieve their stress.

Unrealistic ways of relieving stress include alcohol addiction and drug addiction, but these did not eliminate stress and increased it even more. Especially nicotine addiction, which is the most dangerous of these addictions, caused more stress. Since the term smoking addiction was used instead of the term nicotine addiction in the society, I found it appropriate to use this term. People have no reason to smoke, but they have hundreds of reasons not to. We can list ten of them as follows:

 

1-Smoking destroys our lungs and causes many diseases to settle in our lungs. Diseases such as lung cancer and tuberculosis are the leading diseases of these diseases.

 

2-Smoking addiction damages our brain. Even cigarette smoke kills thousands of brain cells. This causes a decrease in thought and other abilities of the brain.

 

3-Smoking causes vascular occlusion. Vascular occlusion causes damage to the internal organs and the arms and legs. Occlusion of the cardiac veins can lead to a heart attack, and vascular occlusion in the arms and legs can lead to gangrene.

 

4-Smoking addiction can cause infertility. Cigarette smoke damages the reproductive organs, which reduces the fertility rate.

 

5-Smoking harms the babies of pregnant women and causes unhealthy births of children.

 

6-No person wants to harm their loved ones. However, smokers harm their environment. Even if the people around the smoker do not smoke, being near the smoker causes these people to be passive smokers.

 

7- Do you want your children to smoke? I'm sure your answer is "no". Only smokers set a bad example for their children. You should remember that parents are the first teachers of children.

 

8- Do you throw your money around? I'm sure your answer is "no". Unfortunately, smokers throw their money around both for the money they give to buy cigarettes and to solve the health problems caused by smoking.

9-Smoking addiction causes a great deal of waste of time. The valuable time is wasted because of smoking.

 

10- What happens when you smoke? Are you free from your troubles and your stress? Or are there bigger problems? Yes, you are not free from your troubles and stress, but you are in more trouble and you are more stressed. Then why do you smoke?