Smoking is bad for health

Smoking effect

Smoking is a major issue because it affects people you in so many different ways. It is not good for your heath, it makes you have a bad appearance, and it has a bad influence on others. When I think of smoking I think of all the different ways that people each day are hurt by smoking. Sometimes, people don’t realize how bad cigarettes are, or how much it hurts your body. It also can hurt the ones around you too. After reading this paper, you should think before you light another cigarette.

The first reason why smoking is bad for you is because of all the health reasons. When smoking the risk of developing cancer is higher than ever. Out of all the people who die of lung cancer, 90% of men and 80% do so because they smoked. The tar and smoke in the lungs causes lung cancer. Furthermore, the smoke caught in your throat and mouth could lead to a cancer. There are about eleven cancers associated with smoking. After you smoke, chance of suffering from a heart attack can increase. The smoke from the cigarette affects the way that you breathe. If you are not breathing, then you would die.  People who smoke are about two to four times more likely to develop heart disease. Second hand smoke can affect you in the same ways as first hand smoking can. Your dental hygiene is affected as well. Leukoplakia is a disease that you get from smoking. It is basically white patches that you get all over your mouth. Also, your breath tends to smell after you smoke. Sometimes, people’s teeth can become different after they smoke.  People would be reckless to smoke and ruin their well-being.

The next reason why you should not smoke is because it affects your appearance. Yellow teeth are a result of smoking. After every time you smoke, your teeth become yellow because of the tar. Eventually, they become yellowish brown and are dirty. It makes it seem like you haven’t brushed your teeth in a few years! In my opinion, this is the biggest reason why I think people should never smoke. Also, those who smoke can have a deeper voice if they smoke. The vocal cords become damaged and the voice becomes a lot deeper than usual. Your voice could also become scratchy and raspy. It may seem like speaker needs to cough because of the raspy voice. If a woman is the smoker, her voice may sound more like a man’s voice. If you were a woman, would you like to have a manly voice? I know I wouldn’t. The last example of why smoking gives you a bad appearance is that you can get wrinkles around your mouth, and it ages your skin. Putting your lips around the cigarette can cause wrinkles. Wrinkles age your skin and make you look so much older than you really are. Wrinkles around your mouth are extremely hard to get away. But, smoking very often can cause deeper wrinkles rather than not smoking at all. Creases around the upper lip become worse after every smoke. I don’t think that many people realize that wrinkles are an effect of smoking cigarettes.  They make your skin look very poor and I don’t think that people would want any more wrinkles than they all ready have.  Obviously, you wouldn’t want to ruin your appearance by doing something as dangerous as smoking.

    Lastly, smoking can affect you because it can have a bad influence on others. The first reason why it is a bad influence is because kids see you and think it makes you popular. Some kids say that it is “cool” to smoke and every “cool” kid does it.  I don’t agree with this statement and believe that “cool” kids don’t have to smoke. To me, smoking makes you look unintelligent and foolish. Also, some cigarette ads enforce this same “cool” idea. The ads usually have someone looking popular or having a good time. It makes people who want to try smoking think it is a good idea and that it is okay to smoke. Another example of why smoking can affect you is because of peer pressure. This is probably the thing that comes to most people’s minds when they hear the words kids and smoking. People smoke around their friends and they get influenced. Their friends say all good things about smoking. But, they don’t discuss all the bad things that can happen.  Your friends say that it will make them relaxed. Peer pressure can be avoided. The last and final example of why smoking can be bad is that if kids see their parents doing it, they think it is okay to smoke too. Parents usually set the example of what is good and what is not. So, if their children see them smoking, then they may think that it is okay. If your parents do not smoke and they tell you how bad it is, then kids may not want to smoke. The influence of smoking on people is bigger than you think it is.