I am no smoker but I do have some experiences with people who have smoked and what it was like to smoke. Smoking affects not just your lungs, but it also affects your entire body without realizing it. Cigarettes contain about 600 ingredients and when they burn they generate more than 7000 chemicals, according to the American Lung Association. Many of the chemicals present are poisonous and at least 69 of them can cause cancer. What exactly does it affect?
1) Smoking raises the risk of heart disease and stroke - Shockingly as it may sound, smoking less than 5 sticks a day can also lead to heart disease and stroke.
2) Smoking damages your lungs - Smoking damages the airway and small air sacs in the lungs. This can cause chronic coughing, wheezing, trouble in breathing, and even long term chronic lung disease.
3) Smoking affects your reproductive health - Tobacco use can damage a woman's reproductive health. In addition, women who smoke are more likely to have trouble getting pregnant. Smokers tend to be younger at the start of menopause than non-smokers and may have more unpleasant symptoms while going through menopause.
4) Smoking causes other health problems - It can cause decaying in the teeth, worsen blood flow to the arms and legs. They may also be at a higher risk for getting rheumatoid arthtirs and cataracts as well as age-related macular degeneration.
Adapted from : http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/womenandsmoking/women-and-smoking-health-effects
What can you do to quit smoking? This is an often asked question by smokers because once you start on a habit, it is really hard to get out of it.
1) People tend to smoke because they have too much stress and issues, in this case it could be family issues or even school issues. Instead of smoking to release the tension, find other alternatives that can help you to relieve yourself be it whether it is going to the gym, going for a walk etc. Try as many things as you can to find something that suits to your liking.
2) Know why you want to quit, having a good motivation such as not wanting your family and friends to get affected by second-hand smoking could be a good start or maybe even the though of lung cancer frightens you. Find a reason to urge the light up.
3) Never do it alone, tell your family and friends that you intend to quit so that you can get all the support and encouragement as possible. It would seriously make a difference.
4)Certain activities may boost your urge to smoke and alcohol is one of the most common triggers, so try to drink less when you first quit. If coffee is a trigger, switch to tea for a few weeks.
With that being said on what you can you do to quit smoking, everyone in school can play a part as well in ensuring that the environment of the school is kept clean at all times. We can play our part by :
1) Advising our smoker friends to be considerate and proceed outside of school where the smoking area is.
2) Look out on the floors and if there are cigarette buds, use a tissue to pick it up and dispose it in the rubbish bin in an effort to help the cleaners.
3) Remind your smoker friends constantly of the "Do's" and "Don'ts" at all times so that it gets into their head and they would be more aware.
Of course this is not an easy task to do and there would definitely be challenges but I believe that with our time and constant reminders, the students would be more alert and aware of their surroundings.
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