Cause and Effect-Smoking
Cause and Effect – Smoking
The prohibition of smoking has become more and more wide-spread in the United States today. Due to studies that show smoking is related to many illnesses, people have made safe guards to prevent from acquiring them. One of those safe guards is prohibiting smoking in public environments. Other than the obvious health risks smoking causes, it can also set the wrong example for young adults and children, and could also damage the health of non-smokers. Health reasons are at the top of the list to why the banning of smoking in public places has come about. The Surgeon General has stated that smoking increases the risk of respiratory diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis and pulmonary diseases. It has also been shown that, smokers have twice the risk of having heart attacks and not surviving, than non-smokers. For women, smoking has unique risks. Women over 35 who smoke and use oral contraceptives are in a high-risk group for heart attack, stroke, and blood clots of the legs. They are also more likely to have a miscarriage or a baby with a lower birth-weight. Also, if the public place happens to be one with a substantial amount of children, it would be wise to set a good example for them. When asked, the majority of smokers say that they don't want their children to smoke, but children whose parents smoke are more likely to start smoking themselves.
Most importantly, smoking not only harms your health but the health of those around you. Studies have shown that tobacco smoke can cause lung problems in relatively healthy non-smokers. It is also related to the sudden deaths of infants. Babies and children raised in a home where there is smoking have more ears infections, colds, bronchitis, and other respiratory problems than children from non-smoking families do. Environmental smoke can also cause eye irritation, headaches, nausea, and dizziness. It is also very unpleasant, for most non-smokers, to smell like smoke. Smoking is
The prohibition of smoking has become more and more wide-spread in the United States today. Due to studies that show smoking is related to many illnesses, people have made safe guards to prevent from acquiring them. One of those safe guards is prohibiting smoking in public environments. Other than the obvious health risks smoking causes, it can also set the wrong example for young adults and children, and could also damage the health of non-smokers. Health reasons are at the top of the list to why the banning of smoking in public places has come about. The Surgeon General has stated that smoking increases the risk of respiratory diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis and pulmonary diseases. It has also been shown that, smokers have twice the risk of having heart attacks and not surviving, than non-smokers. For women, smoking has unique risks. Women over 35 who smoke and use oral contraceptives are in a high-risk group for heart attack, stroke, and blood clots of the legs. They are also more likely to have a miscarriage or a baby with a lower birth-weight. Also, if the public place happens to be one with a substantial amount of children, it would be wise to set a good example for them. When asked, the majority of smokers say that they don't want their children to smoke, but children whose parents smoke are more likely to start smoking themselves.
Most importantly, smoking not only harms your health but the health of those around you. Studies have shown that tobacco smoke can cause lung problems in relatively healthy non-smokers. It is also related to the sudden deaths of infants. Babies and children raised in a home where there is smoking have more ears infections, colds, bronchitis, and other respiratory problems than children from non-smoking families do. Environmental smoke can also cause eye irritation, headaches, nausea, and dizziness. It is also very unpleasant, for most non-smokers, to smell like smoke. Smoking is