Smoking

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Everyone knows smoking or chewing tobacco is bad, so why do people start? Most people smoke to help them with their nerves and anger, some people mostly women smoke to loose weight or maintain their weight, and finally one other good reason to smoke is to help them get away from drugs and to help them quit. I know all those reasons are not very good but they are better than non.
The vast majority of smokers, about 90%, started as children. Most smokers started before the age of 16 years. Why? Because kids want to be grown-up. And they are easily influenced by tobacco company ads and celebrity idols. Did you know the Humphrey Bogart died an agonizing death of lung cancer from smoking tobacco? These were the idols of yesteryear. The smoking idols of today, the Brad Pitts, Winona Ryders, Johnny Depps and Uma Thurmans will be the next generations dying unglamorous deaths from this deadly produce, but by then, the youth will have new fresh idols to follow.
Kids think they are going to live forever. Well, maybe not forever, but they won’t die until they’re OLD. So they think they’ll just quit long before then. The sad truth is that only about 25% will ever be able to successfully quit in their lifetime. Nicotine, the drug in tobacco, is extremely addictive. It has been shown to be more additive than alcohol and as addicting as heroin.
We would be horrified if tobacco companies added heroine to its products, but we allow them to boost nicotine levels in cigarettes! What’s the difference? Both drugs, heroin and nicotine, are useless. They are only used to satisfy the addiction of their customers....