what are the affects of people smoking in public?
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Smoking in public enhances cognitive ability, calms stress, soothes nerves, and repels flying insects.
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I hate to say this because I smoke a lot. How ever I do respect the rights of others. So my answer is yes. I will give you one reason why I say this. I quit for a year and a half and got my smell back. Cigarettes smell bad. You smell it in the people clothes, their cars, houses and any where some one has been smoking. The ash trays smell horrible. The main problem here is or I should say one of the problems here is that a smoker does not smell all this like a non- smoker. Thats where I learned to respect a non-smoker's rights. Even if it means I can't smoke at the time or have to go some where else. YES.YES.Yes: Ban Smoking in public areas. YES, I WAS CRAZY TO START AGAIN!
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ANY amount of smoking is harmful to your body. \nThis is from an article by Marie Claire magazine called "what smoke does to your body"\n*Causes strokes. Nicotine reaches the brain 10 seconds after you inhale\n*Gives you bad breath and yellow teeth. Associated with gum disease and mouth cancer\n*Gives you a two times higher risk of heart attack than a non smoker. Just one to five cigs a day can double your risk\n*Raises risk of breast cancer if you started smoking within 5 years of your first menstral period\n*Raises risk for stomach and peptic ulcers\n*In addition to lung cancer, smoking raises risk tenfold of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a collection of fatal lung diseases\n*increases the odds that you wont ovulate or concieve. Smoking when pregnant increases miscarriage risk by 39%\n*Smokers have more severe PMS and 50% more cramps\n*the longer you smoke, the higher your risk for cervical cancer and colar rectal cancer\n*Hardens your arteries, raising odds for high blood pressure and heart attacks\n*Smoking can dampen libido by constricting blood flow to your clitoris\n*smoking may make bones thinner and more fragile, raising your risk of fractures\n*prematurely ages your skin by 10-20 years
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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.
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secondhand smoke.\n\n1. It is harmful medically to other people.\n2. It smells awful.\n3. it gets on thier clothes and makes them stink.\n4. It makes them cough & gag.\n5. makes it hard for them to breathe.
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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.
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Yes, I am a daughter of two smokers and a Respiratory Therapist. It decreases lung volumes, making you more short of breath, can cause asthma attacks, make you more suseptable to catching respiratory infections, and so on...its just as bad as for you if not worse than the person smoking
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I guess it is difficult for smokers to appreciate the impact on others as they are addicted and have to satisfy their addiction. It is for this reason that smoke-free workplaces have become mandatory and Governments are putting laws in place to ban smoking from pubs and clubs. On February 28, 2005, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control took effect. The FCTC is the world's first public health treaty. Countries that sign on as parties agree to a set of common goals, minimum standards for tobacco control policy, and to cooperate in dealing with cross-border challenges such as cigarette smuggling. Currently the WHO declares that 4 billion people will be covered by the treaty, which includes 92 signatories. Amongst other steps, signatories are to put together legislation that will eliminate second-hand smoke in indoor workplaces, public transport, indoor public places and, as appropriate, other public places.\n\nIt is not often appreciated that bars and restaurants are workplaces and people have to be exposed to tobacco smoke to earn a living. For that reason, I think that it would be better to patronise bars and restaurants that don't allow smoking rather than smoking so that you can breathe.
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A 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.
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Ok, so you are in the minority here- along with my aunt who smoked well into her 90's (she's almost 101 years old now). However, have you thought about what the effects of second hand smoke can do to other people? I have to stear clear from my cousins home (both are chainsmokers)- who I love much but I've had to take my daughter- who has asthma to the ER (after a visit to their house).  \nI'm glad so many places are getting smokefree and I feel like it's rather selfish of people who want the smoke to stay when it's affecting the HEALTH of OTHERS.
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I was in Ireland last year and I loved the smoking ban. I realize that many like to smoke, but the smoke effects all. The pub life was much more enjoyable than previous visits. The smokers that complain the loudest are just not being reasonable towards others. They can go outside and smoke if it is that important to them.
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Positive:  Don't have to smell stinch of rude smokers polluting the air or have people bumping into you with lit cigarettes.  Smokers don't linger around in IHOP and other busy restaurants while others are waiting to eat.\n\nNegative:  Have to hear the smokers whine about their rights to smoke in public.  Bar owners may lose business because smokers boycott their establishments when they find out smoking is banned.
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Second hand smoke = bad for kids.\n\nSimple
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WHy people start smoking is a cultural thing. But smoking does in effect get you high - not as high as other drugs, but there is a definite physical addiction. Smokers often experience calm and enjoyment when lighting up a cigarette - but what is actually happening is that the cigarette is simply cancelling out the withdrawal symptoms in the body. In other words, a cigarette doesn't make you feel better, it simply stops you from feeling worse than non-smokers for a while.\n\nOnce you've smoked a pack of cigarettes, your body is physically hooked on nicotine, and it can be very, very difficult to stop. If cigarettes had been invented today, they would never have been made legal.
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Probably not. Here are just some of the things smoking will do to you:\n\nbaggy eyes\nyellow teeth\n\nIf you want more go to :
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air is everywhere and the smoke that comes from smokers does not necessarily stay with them, and so people near a smoker can also inhale the smoke coming from these smokers
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alcohol is a personal decision+effect and smoking affects more the enviroment than the smoker+can corrupe by this way others to start smoking.