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CIGARETTE SMOKING |
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‘Cigarette smoking is injurious to health' |
To smoke
cigarettes after seeing this critical warning is to walk knowingly in the
direction of one's own death. It can be understood if some thing dangerous
is done out of ignorance but, to have full knowledge and still disregard
judgments to one's benefit and engage in self destructive actions, is to
invite inevitable suffering. In any case, even in ignorance, dangerous cancer
producing poisonous chemicals enter lungs by smoking. Cigarettes contain
nicotine, a highly harmful substance with a damaging effect to the entire
nervous system. To smoke is to knowingly allow this danger to directly enter
the brain. According to the scientific studies, dangers of cigarette smoking
are as follows: .....Cigarette smoking causes decrease of life expectancy. .....Cigarette smoking causes death due to fatal
side-effects. .....Cigarette smoking is an invitation to cancer.
Cigarette smoking causes death due to heart disease. .....Cigarette smoking increases the chances of
death due to stomach ulcer. .....Cigarette smoking in pregnancy causes damages
to the unborn fetus. It can cause premature birth and stillbirth. .....Cigarette smoking causes irregular blood pressure. .....Cigarette smoking causes hardening of the arteries
and thinning of the blood vessels obstructing the flow of blood. It
is the invitation to heart disease. .....Cigarette smoking causes a wide range of lung
diseases such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, cough, shrinking of
the breathing passages causing breathing difficulties and swelling
in the lungs. Insufficient intake of oxygen causes heavy strain on
the lungs. .....Cigarette smoking causes ulcers in the stomach
and small intestines inducing vomiting and danger of death. .....Cigarette smoking causes the production of
cyanides which has strong adverse effect on the eyes, impairing vision
and possibly to blindness. Cigarette smoking and chewing tobacco causes
throat and mouth cancer. .....Cigarette smoking damages salivary glands in
the mouth. Saliva decreases, the mouth becomes dry and digestive capacity
weakens. Chemical particles contained in the smoke accumulate between
the teeth and in the throat which can cause cancer or other non malignant
tumors. The teeth become weak and the sense of taste and smell is
impaired. .....Cigarette smoking causes adverse effects to
all organs of the body and gives birth to countless diseases and inevitable
unbearable suffering. Cigarette smoking is a waste of time and money. The
amount of rupees spent uselessly and the loss of working hours is so incredibly
high that it is beyond the imagination. According to one survey, annually
throughout the entire world, 3,000 Arab rupees go up in cigarette smoking
and an estimated 24,000 Arab rupees is spent on advertising. If this amount
of money is spent of human development what could not be accomplished?
It is unimaginable. According to a survey conducted in 1964 in a single
year a total of 30, 60,000 man hours were lost due to the side-effects
of smoking.
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