Dangers of Smoking

It’s very difficult for some people to understand, but the effects of smoking touch more than just your lungs alone. 

While many still connect lung cancer with smoking, they are often uneducated about the dangers of smoking and just how smoking can effect your health.

The judge stated that the conspiracy dated back to 1953, when a group of tobacco companies met together at the Plaza Hotel in New York City and devised a public relations plan to counter health concerns associated with smoking.  The judge also ruled that even after the 1964 Surgeon General’s report linked smoking to lung cancer, tobacco companies continued to deny and purposely distort many serious dangers of smoking their products.

It was also found that the tobacco industry marketed their product to youth groups; that even though the industry claims it does not want children to smoke, the companies were caught tracking youth behavior and preferences, thereby ensuring that “marketing and promotion reaches youth,” even hiding from them the serious dangers of smoking while their young bodies were still developing.

The industry was also faulted for denying publicly that second-hand smoke is dangerous, the judge citing internal acknowledgement that this was the case.

The effects of cigarette smoking also reach out to those around you as well.  Those who are exposed to second-hand smoke inhale about 15% the amount of nicotine as those who are active smokers, so for every ten cigarettes you have around your children, they may as well have smoked one a half cigarettes themselves.

Even pets have been found to suffer from increased health problems due to their owners smoking!  Many have respiratory diseases and cancers, all a part of the dangers of smoking. 

As for the rest of the body, the dangers of smoking are many, including blood diseases, decreased circulation to the feet and toes, and difficulty recovering from wounds.  Really, when you think about it, there is not one place on the human body that does not suffer, and suffer greatly, from smoking’s effects.  Really, is there any reason why it’s not time to quit?