Smoking Is a Bad Habit

Smoking

Smoking is a very bad habit. Most people start smoking in their early teenage years. Smoking at any age is very harmful, and there are many risks that are involved like: Short and long term effects, can harm other people. Not to mention that there is also a financial effect. In my opinion those are the reason why Federal Government should discourage smoking.

First, there are many health risks that are involved in smoking. One risk in the short term effects can be respiratory and none respiratory effects. Other short term health problem is addiction to nicotine, and the associated risk of other drug use. The long term effect can be that smoking can cause heart stroke and stroke. There are people that begin smoking in their young years, therefore their long term effects are that they can continue to be in the risk of the previous health problems for the rest of their lives. There short term and long term effects harm smokers of all ages.

Second, smoking does not just harm the smoker themselves; it can harm other innocent nonsmokers. This is because there is a mixture of smoke that is given off by the burning at the end of a cigarette. This mixture can causes a wide range of adverse health effects, including cancer, respiratory infections, and asthma. The name for this type of harm is called secondhand smoke. People that are nonsmokers are being harmed by secondhand smoke every day

Last, besides all of these health effects; there is also a financial effect that smoking gives to people. Buying packs of cigarettes is a huge waste of money. For example, smokers that smokes 20 cigarettes a day will end up spending $31,025 in the next 20 years. That money was wasted on a long term death plan while they could have saved this money to buy a house, or for a car payment. People that smoke tend to worry more about paying their bills and don’t even realize the money waste from cigarette packets. This is why there are also financial...