Essay on Harmful Effects of Tobacco

prohibition. In effect, legalization endorses marijuana as socially acceptable. It eliminates criminal penalties, reducing prices, increasing availability, and de-stigmatizing use (Broughton, 2014). Moreover, it is estimated that removing criminal and civil penalties for possession of cannabis would eliminate more than $ 1 billion dollars that is spent annually in Canada to enforce these ineffective laws (Evans, 2013). Advocates of legalization of cannabis point out that cannabis is no more…

Researchers looking for risk factors of heart disease tested the lung function of 5,115 young adults over the course of 20 years. Tobacco smokers lost lung function over time, but pot users actually showed an increase in lung capacity. (possible that the increased lung capacity may be due to taking a deep breaths while inhaling the drug and not from a therapeutic chemical in the drug…

Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States due to the fact that tobacco contains toxic and chemicals that are harmful to both smokers and nonsmokers. Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in the body no organ can survive, for example stomach, liver, kidney and ureter which is not the end of the line yet. Smoking affects the health of the…

their pregnancies are being put in jeopardy of having a low birth weight, breathing difficulties, and numerous malformations due to the effect chemicals have on them. Tobacco, being the most prevalent substance used in this period, puts innumerable amounts of fetuses and newborns in grave peril. Smoking cigarettes cause fetal malformations, and it causes harmful effects on the newborn baby at birth or later in life. Cigarette smoke contains over four-thousand hazardous chemicals; forty-three of…

lives that were lost that could have easily been prevented. Smoking cigarettes is something that has become too casual in today’s society because people are unaware of the consequences and overall should be banned. Cigarettes can have many negative effects on a person’s life, specifically health issues. Cigarettes are known to cause diseases such as lung disease and even cancer. Also, smokers develop a lingering cough that is hard to rid. A study shows, “Some researchers suggest that cigarette…

In a country whereby the most highly harmful drug available which is legal, the British government’s official scientific body on drug policy concluded that [legally regulated drugs] alcohol and tobacco are “significantly more harmful than marijuana.”, is regulated, sold and taxed is there for individuals to buy then surely a system can be placed whereby cannabis can be decriminalised and used in proportion for that countries individuals. Although the investigation was done in the UK, Irelands…

these is tobacco use, which is also the number one cause of preventable death in the U.S. Tobacco should be avoided at all costs, seeing that it has extremely horrible problems that come along with it. It should be avoided also because it not only harms the person using it, but the people around the user. Second-hand smoke contains multiple harmful chemicals- second-hand smoke can actually harm a person who has never smoked just as bad as it may harm a person whom has smoked or used tobacco…

smoke is a known human carcinogen and can result in multiple respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals and plays a dominant cause in triggering an asthma attack. Individuals suffering from asthma and are exposed to SHS for prolong periods will experience a decline in lung functioning. SHS is as toxic towards non-smokers because they breathe in the harmful toxic chemicals and nicotine air pollutants that smokers emit. Thus, smoking or exposure to…

Electronic Cigarettes have stormed the market flooding, smoke shops with all different types of e-cigarette devices and refilling liquids; subsequently, it has grown into a $3.5 billion industry. Unlike tobacco products containing nicotine, e-cigarettes are not regulated by the FDA. Due to the lack of suitable guidelines, this industry has been allowed free reign to sell, package, and manufacture these products as the companies see fit. These insufficient standards have become apparent in the…

2001-2007, 2010). Higher rates of violence in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities can be attributed to alcohol and illicit drug use. The disadvantaged groups in a community are the major sufferers of alcohol related harmful…