Do you smoke? Have you ever stopped to think about how smoking is affecting your body and your life? Smoking has been shown to be dangerous to health. It is dangerous not only to those who smoke, but to non-smokers and unborn children who are exposed to secondhand smoke. That exposure can be significant, especially to those who live or work with a smoker. In reality, most of the smoke from a burning cigarette does not get sucked down into a smoker’s lungs – it escapes into the air, where it can be inhaled by anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby. Research has shown that non-smokers can suffer health problems if they spend long periods of time among people who do smoke (Vogin).If you smoke, you owe it to yourself to find out about the effects of smoking on your life. Smoking and health go hand-in-hand, since smoking impacts nearly all aspects of your health.
Why is cigarette smoking bad for you? A cigarette contains about 4000 chemicals, many of which are poisonous (“Center of Young Women’s Health”). Every time you inhale smoke from a cigarette, small amounts of these chemicals