Why should people really quit smoking?

I’m pretty sure that everyone in their life time has heard about how horrible smoking is. Some people have probably even tried to make the “benefits of smoking” sound good. I’m sure it’s just so they don’t feel as guilty doing it. But I am here to persuade you differently. In this case it’s about weighing the benefits against the risk. So let’s start weighing...

According to Better Health Channel, a government website, Cigarettes contain about 4,000 chemicals that harm just about every organ in the human body. To name a few: Tar, which is sticky, brown and leaves stains on your teeth. Tar also contains an ingredient that is known to trigger cancer tumors. Carbon monoxide is another one. This is an odor less gas that is fatal if consumed in large enough doses. Last, but defiantly not least is radioactive compounds. Hello…RADIOACTIVE; this is also know to be cancer causing. These chemicals harm almost every organ in the body. Let me explain more…I’ll begin with the respiratory system. Smoking creates a permanent affect on how someone breaths and even speaks. It affects the lungs in ways you wouldn’t fathom. Next, the circulatory system; this basically regulate the blood flow and functions the body. Smoking cause sticker blood, reduces the blood flow, therefore less oxygen can be carried by the blood. Smoking also affects the bodies overall immune system; making a person more prone to infection and illness. Not  only are these people at a higher risk of contract something, it takes them much longer to get over it compared to someone with an healthy immune system.

Now let’s discuss the other cost of smoking. The actual financial cost of smoking cigarettes will blow you way. According to Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, we as Americans, spend a total of 96 million dollars each year for public and private health care expenditures caused by smoking alone. Some more facts from KidsHealth: The average cost for a pack of cigarettes is $4.50. Which means, if you buy one pack a day that’s $234 a year; but many people smoke that in a day. This would bring the total spending to $1, 642. Personally, I’d rather spend the money shopping!

Above this paragraph are a lot of really good reasons people shouldn’t smoke. Now I will discuss the “Benefits of Smoking.” Some say that smoking reduces stress. The nicotine that cigarettes contain causes the release of dopamine into the brain, and extends the effect dopamine has on the brain. Another promotion for positive aspects of cigarettes is: nicotine helps your digestive system. It suppresses the appetite making one less hungry and smokers often lose weight. Nicotine is also a laxative, which helps with bowel movements. That concludes the “benefits” smoking.

Well in conclusion, I don’t know how much more clearly the facts could be. Smoking causes detrimental effect on the human organs; and personally I believe there are no true benefits of smoking.  Like I said before, the benefits must out weight the risk; with smoking, the risk out weights the benefit.