What are the Pros and Cons of Smoking?
152884
pros.......NONE\ncons.......rough skin, faster aging, brown teeth, bad breath, lung disease, persistent cough, deepening of voice, frog voice, increased risk for lung cancer/mouth cancer, addictive....
739454
No , but there are terrible consquences of smoking like heart disease, stroke and lung cancer, go to the following sites for more info:\n\nhttp://www.quitnow.info.au/ (best anti-smoking site)\nhttp://www.quit.org.au/\nhttp://www.nsma.org.au/facts.htm\nhttp://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Health_Effects_of_Smoking\n\n(They are australian sites because i'm from there_)
367710
I have smoked for years and I would say the only side effect to quitting has been moodiness and irritability.  I was really cranky and upset for about two weeks.  But now that I don't smoke I definately feel better.  I think my only funny stories are just being paraniod.  Walking into a store and feeling like everyone knows you are high.  \nI think while smoking I was happy and peaceful.  Nothing bothered me at all.  But when I wanted to smoke or I hadn't for a day or so, I had a short temper.
16324
I don't think you'll find a verifiable answer to this question that is what you want to hear.\n\n1.  Smoking IS very bad for your health.\n2.  Smoking causes many forms of cancer.\n3.  Smoking harms those around you.\n4.  Smoke while pregnant is linked to many childhood disorders.\n\nAnd as to #5 - 10000000000000, i'm sure i can make a list, but suffice it to say, smoking is a dangerous and idiotic thing to do.
796097
just to make it short and true, smoking completely DESTROYS your lungs  an you are  sure to die from it, so if you don't smoke, don't start an if you do smoke, stop.\n from a reformed (too late) smoker. wish i had never seen one!!!!
90414
I knew all of the risks involved in smoking and started anyway because I simply just wanted to fit in.  Stupid I know, but I am proud to say that I quit smoking 2 years ago.  I also lost someone close to me to cancer.  It was my mother and she died of colon cancer.  She never smoked a day in her life.  Some people die from lung cancer and never smoke either.  Smoking is a highly addictive drug.  Even though people know what could happen to them, they just don't care anymore because the nicotine has control of them.  Its sad, but true.
126182
There are so many things that smoking does to the body. The really sad fact is that it does not just hurt the smoker. It really does effect all persons around them. \nA smoker has increased risk of respiratory and vascular complications. Smoking actually creates a tar substance in the lungs and decreases the persons capacity to take in oxygen. Also smokers veins and arteries are constricted from chemicals in the cigarettes. This puts them at a higher risk for blood clot causing stroke.\nMothers who smoke when they are pregnant usually have smaller babies. A nonsmokers umbilical cord (which supplies nourishment to the baby) is usually about wide as a roll of quarters and the smokers umbilical cord is about as thick as a pencil. \nChildren who grow up in the home of a smoker are at higher risk for developing asthma and/or allergies. They can develop lung cancer just as easily as the actual smoker can. Not to mention that growing up with parents who smoke puts them at higher risk for becoming smokers themselves. \nI have a grandfather that smokes. He is eighty. The last several years he has been on oxygen. He wakes up at night because he can't get his breath. He has a barrel chest because that is what your body does to try and help you get more oxygen. Your lungs try to get bigger so they can take in more oxygen because the cigarettes have destroyed portions of the lungs over the many years of smoking. Some people would say he has made it to eighty and that is a long time for a smoker to live. You have to keep in mind that most of his family lived into or close to their 100's. They say that every cigarette takes five minutes off your life. There is no telling how long he could have lived if he had just been able to stop smoking. \nYou may not be able to talk him into quitting. Maybe you could talk him into atleast not smoking in the house and changing his clothes before holding the baby. This will atleast help the people who have to live with this be a little healthier. Good luck to you!
482720
Quitting smoking is the hardest thing to do.  I quit 4 months ago.  I smoked 2-4 packs a day for over 40 years.  I never considered quitting until they took me to the hospital by ambulance.  I have 1st stage emphysema which is a miracle but will live with the consequences of smoking for the rest of my life.  I wish you well.  I can not imagine smoking one cigarette a day.  It seems a bit ridiculous.  However, if you smoke one cigarette a day, it seems that would not necessarily be bad for you.  Tobacco is an herb and has medicinal properties, but you would have to grow the tobacco yourself, since each cigarette produced by our huge tobacco companies has been enhanced with over an hundred chemicals which go directly to the brain and cause the craving and addiction which has proven too difficult for some people to quit even to the point of death.  I loved smoking for most of my life but have been devastated at the horror of coming "off" of this drug for the last 4 months but am determined to remain smoke free.  I have tried the commit lozenges, nicotrol gum, a nicotrol inhaler and the patch and am using the gum right now.  Hopefully, I will be able to get off of all nicotine by the end of this year but in any case, I am no longer polluting my environment and causing grave harm to my health.  There is a huge pool of resources available to "quitters".  I have used them all, even down to a counselor that I got by calling 1-800-nobutts.  Again, I wish you well.
259962
Actually, it is better for you. It is all natural so it isn't going to put nicotine and all that other crap in your body. It also helps you relax. It basically has the same effects as alcohol except for you don't become violent.
577695
I absolutely love smoking.  It relaxes me, it makes me happy...it is one of lifes little pleasures that I can really enjoy.  \n\nAs for the fine question, it should be the same (i.e., no more, no less) as for any type of littering.
202059
Hi person from outer space.  Which planet are you from and what brought you to visit this planet?  To answer your question, smoking is the process of setting on fire and inhaling dried tobacco leaves that have been shredded and encased in very thin paper (which holds them together).  It is a pleasurable experience because it releases nicotine into the blood stream which makes us humans feel relaxed and happy.  Too much nicotine is poisonous though and can kill people.\n\nThe negative side of smoking is that traces of tar are left in the lungs and this can cause bad problems over time.  Also smoking has been linked to all sorts of cancers.  \n\nAt the moment it is considered very anti-social to smoke cigarettes, and a lot of people are coming under pressure to quit.\n\nAs an ex-smoker myself, I recommend stopping for fitness reasons.  I have found it much easier to do physical activity for extended periods of time since I stopped smoking.  However, I do miss smoking and one of the first things I would do if armageddon was due would be to smoke a pack of cigarettes.
795323
no. anything you smoke is bad for you. i would recommend quiting.
392529
contributes to many types of cancer, emphazymia and other breathing problems. Besides the fact that cigarettes are really expensive and addicting and makes you smell bad. It also affects the people around you.
534519
The main way it affects it is this.  Smoke particles block up the alvioli in the lungs and that is where the exchange of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood cells take place - the more are blocked, the less oxygen can get into the bloodstream and the less oxygen gets to the body's vital organs.  Cigarettes also contains tar which also blocks up the lungs and small traces of arsenic (a poison) which is stored by the body and builds up over a period of time.  As to diseases:\n\nAsthma, Emphysema, permanently stained teeth and fingers, Gingivitis, Gangrene, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute myeloid leukemia and cancers of the cervix, kidney, pancreas and stomach; abdominal aortic aneurysm, chronic bronchitis, cataracts, periodontitis and pneumonia, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer or erectile disfunction, increased chances of getting breast cancer, cancer of the bladder, eosophagus, larynx, lung, mouth, throat, linked to chronic lung disease, chronic heart and cardiovascular disease as well as reproductive problems. Expect to die 10 to 15 years earlier than non-smokers. \n\nHope that helps.
446758
oh boo hoo...bc smoking is great....go to better ventalated restaurants or stay at home...a lot of people like to smoke after they eat....im a smoker and my teeth are white....my nails are healthy....oh yeah and my breath doesn't stink....actually a lot of people can't tell i smoke unless they see me....i chew gum i wear perfume...im good to go...its people like you that are ruining it for us...so shh
1067991
Smoking increases the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, putting additional stress on the system that regulates the heart and blood vessels. \n\nFor more information on the effects of smoking, visit the website below.
633951
Cigarette smoke contains many things besides nicotine (the addictive substance which gets a really bad rap...). Nicotine affects the nervous system by binding to receptors on nerves called nicotinic receptors.  The result is stimulatory and becomes addictive like other drugs like opiates (heroin, morphine etc.) and alcohol (which produces opiate like substances upon ingestion in many people and especially alcoholics)\n\nUpon burning, tobacco and tobacco paper give off many toxins, some of which are carcinogenic (cancer causing).  In the not so distant past, and even today, additives such as ammonia and other chemicals are added to cigarettes for various purposes.  Tar is a major offender and reeks havoc in the respiratory system (you can take it from me... my cadaver in medical school was Rod Serling).\n\nThe mechanisms that cause cancer are largely unknown, but are a combination of heredity (genetics), environmental exposure, and lifestyle.  Cancer is not one disease but a host of diseases which share as a common factor the abnormal growth of cells and disruption of normal cellular processes.  By far and away, the chief cause of lung cancer is smoking (especially in post-menopausal women).\n\nPeople that smoke their whole life may not get cancer because of a genetic predisposition or protective factor that we have yet to discover, however we do know that the drawbacks of smoking are numerous both on health, life events, behavior, and life events.\n\nJeez.  Who wants yellow teeth, coughing, weight loss, circulatory effects, shortened life span and the whole laundry list of maladies suffered by smokers?  \n\nNot me.  It's not very attractive to boot.