Tobacco: The Positive And Negative Effects Of Smoking

Smoking is the process of inhaling smoke and dangerous chemicals into the body including the plant tobacco. This dangerous act has been spread worldwide legally resulting in negative outcomes. According to the statistics shown in the article "How Many People Use Tobacco" (2014), about 24.9 million individuals consume tobacco nowadays for different purposes and in many ways. These ways include putting the tobacco leaf in cigarettes, cigars, shisha, as a paste to sniff, and to chew. Many different people from all classes and ages are using this product starting at a really young age up to being adults. This bad habit results from teenagers being influenced by their surrounding, as a way to relieve stress or a bad mood, and as a way of attracting the opposite sex. However, all these effects that individuals believe are healthy …show more content…
One does not realize how bad the consequences resulting from tobacco are; studies also show that tobacco is even more effective than drugs such as heroin or marijuana (Alford, 2015). Inhaling tobacco is a process that leads to devastation, destroying oneself, and eventually death. As a result, tobacco should be considered as an illegal drug due to it leading to health problems, social disadvantages, and environmental effects. Health problem is a serious consequence resulting from the usage of tobacco. These risks involve cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancerous tumors, affects the mentality and appearance of one, leads to addiction, and results in death (Fielding, 1985). Cardiovascular disease is related to the heart; when one inhales the smoke, it reaches the heart, causes fast heart beats, and eventually may result in a heart attack. On the other hand, respiratory disease is connected to the breathing. While inhaling the