Cigarettes Effects on Society as a Whole
January 12th, 2010 by the writerA question often asked about smoking is What are the Cigarettes Effects on Society? Well, if you’re an adult living in a modern western democracy and need to ask that question, then you’ve probably been hiding under a rock for the past 20 years. Educational resources on the dangers of smoking are literally everywhere. Here’s a brief run-down of the damaging effects YOUR smoking has on the society in which you live: It causes throat, mouth, bladder, and lung cancer to name but the most common. It can block arteries and cause strokes and heart attacks. There are a multitude of harmful diseases and conditions, far too many to mention here. Lesser effects are that smokers reek of stale tobacco. It gets in their clothes, their hair, their breath, and stains teeth and fingers. Regular smokers are unfit and find the lightest of tasks make them breathless. Chesty coughing and early morning spitting of brownish green phlegm is the normal way to kick start the day. And if the above isn’t bad enough for the smoker take heed! YOUR smoking can affect those non-smokers around you in exact the same ways if they are exposed to YOUR smoke long enough. YOUR health and wellbeing is your business, but spreading YOUR misery onto innocent victims, including those you know (family, children, and friends), and those you will never meet. This exposure is not only unnecessary, but avoidable too.