When growing up it’s normal to be curious about new things – especially if it seems like everyone else including your best friends are trying them out too! Cigarettes, drugs, Sheesha or alcohol can all seem like really cool and grown-up things to do. The Media plays an important role in influencing all of us – just look around and see how most of these are portrayed in movies and ads.
The risk you will smoke, drink, get drunk and use illegal drugs increases sharply if you are stressed, frequently bored or have substantial amounts of spending money. What starts as a small experiment out of curiosity, or to look hip, soon becomes a habit. It is important to have as much information as possible to make healthy choices.
Read about Smoking - Drinking - Shisha - Drugs - Energy and soft drinks
Smoking makes me feel and look so hip and awesome. Why should I quit?
Till the recent bans imposed on smoking at almost all public places, cigarette advertisements did really make it seem very attractive to smoke. But the fact is smoking kills! It can cause cancer, chronic lung diseases and heart disease. It can shorten your life span by 14 years, and adversely affect the people who care about you. It costs thousands of rupees a year. It is an addiction and anyone who is addicted to something needs help.
Your body is smart and it goes on the defense when it’s being poisoned, which is why many people find it takes several attempts to get to start smoking. For example, first-time smokers often feel pain or burning in the throat and lungs, and some people feel sick or even throw up the first few times they try it. First time drinkers also feel nauseous and may throw up.
Tobacco companies spend millions of dollars in advertising campaigns geared towards planting stylish images in our heads that smoking is a really cool thing to do. They have a profit to make out of our addiction! So even if you don’t feel influenced by your friends, be careful of these clever advertising campaigns aimed at making you think its so cool to try out all these things.
What is the story on Nicotine? How does it affect my body?
The tobacco in cigarettes contains nicotine. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance like heroin and cocaine. Your body and mind become dependant on it and need it frequently just to make you feel good. There are no physical reasons to start smoking - the body doesn’t need nicotine the way it needs food, water, sleep, and exercise. In fact, chemicals like nicotine and cyanide are actually poisons that can kill if consumed in high doses.
The consequence of this poisoning happens gradually over time. Diseases like cancer, emphysema, organ damage and heart disease will limit a person’s ability to be normally active - and can be fatal. Each time a smoker lights up, that single cigarette takes about 5 to 20 minutes off the person’s life. Smoking also affects a man’s fertility and male smokers can experience a serious impact on their sexual health. Smoking is extremely harmful for women who are trying to conceive or are pregnant. The risk of breast cancer also shoots up for women who smoke.
Why do people start smoking?
It could be because of Peer Pressure, or a desire to feel like an adult. Or perhaps someone in the family smoked and you wanted to try and see how it looked and felt.
Most people who start out young never really expect to get addicted, which is why it is so much easier not to start smoking at all.
What are some of the problems smokers’ experience?
The risk you will smoke, drink, get drunk and use illegal drugs increases sharply if you are stressed, frequently bored or have substantial amounts of spending money. What starts as a small experiment out of curiosity, or to look hip, soon becomes a habit. It is important to have as much information as possible to make healthy choices.
Read about Smoking - Drinking - Shisha - Drugs - Energy and soft drinks
Smoking makes me feel and look so hip and awesome. Why should I quit?
Till the recent bans imposed on smoking at almost all public places, cigarette advertisements did really make it seem very attractive to smoke. But the fact is smoking kills! It can cause cancer, chronic lung diseases and heart disease. It can shorten your life span by 14 years, and adversely affect the people who care about you. It costs thousands of rupees a year. It is an addiction and anyone who is addicted to something needs help.
Your body is smart and it goes on the defense when it’s being poisoned, which is why many people find it takes several attempts to get to start smoking. For example, first-time smokers often feel pain or burning in the throat and lungs, and some people feel sick or even throw up the first few times they try it. First time drinkers also feel nauseous and may throw up.
Tobacco companies spend millions of dollars in advertising campaigns geared towards planting stylish images in our heads that smoking is a really cool thing to do. They have a profit to make out of our addiction! So even if you don’t feel influenced by your friends, be careful of these clever advertising campaigns aimed at making you think its so cool to try out all these things.
What is the story on Nicotine? How does it affect my body?
The tobacco in cigarettes contains nicotine. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance like heroin and cocaine. Your body and mind become dependant on it and need it frequently just to make you feel good. There are no physical reasons to start smoking - the body doesn’t need nicotine the way it needs food, water, sleep, and exercise. In fact, chemicals like nicotine and cyanide are actually poisons that can kill if consumed in high doses.
The consequence of this poisoning happens gradually over time. Diseases like cancer, emphysema, organ damage and heart disease will limit a person’s ability to be normally active - and can be fatal. Each time a smoker lights up, that single cigarette takes about 5 to 20 minutes off the person’s life. Smoking also affects a man’s fertility and male smokers can experience a serious impact on their sexual health. Smoking is extremely harmful for women who are trying to conceive or are pregnant. The risk of breast cancer also shoots up for women who smoke.
Why do people start smoking?
It could be because of Peer Pressure, or a desire to feel like an adult. Or perhaps someone in the family smoked and you wanted to try and see how it looked and felt.
Most people who start out young never really expect to get addicted, which is why it is so much easier not to start smoking at all.
What are some of the problems smokers’ experience?
Some of these problems are bad skin, bad breath, bad-smelling clothes and hair, reduced athletic performance i.e. greater risk of injury and delayed healing time. Smoking affects the body’s ability to produce collagen- so common sports injuries, such as damage to tendons and ligaments, will heal more slowly in smokers than in nonsmokers.
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