Informative Essay About Smoking
Smoking Smoking can cause many health problems and also has health risks. Using tobacco is the single most preventable cause of disability, disease or death in the United States. The Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has estimated that each year an estimated 443,000 people die from smoking, or from second hand smoke. Also another 8.6 million people live with a major illness that is caused from smoking. With knowing all the risk that smoking has it is estimated that 46.6 million United State adults still use cigarettes. Every day 3,900 kids under the age of 18 try their first cigarette. Out of the 3,900 kids 950 of them most likely will become regular smokers. So each year 1,432,500 kids under the age of 18 try their very first
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Smoking can damage nearly every organ in your body. It can cause cancer, can affect your bones, heart and blood vessels, and also can affect your vision. Smoking can affect pretty much everything in a teens body. When teenagers smoke it affects their brain, heart, lungs, stomach and hormones, blood and the immune system and muscle and bones. When teens smoke it can affect the brain by stunting the growth of the prefrontal cortex. Also smoking affects their heart and lungs, smoking raises teens blood pressure which then stresses out their hearts. Also smoking makes your blood thick and sticky, making it harder for it move around in your body. Sticky blood is more likely to cause deadly blood clots that blocks the flow of your blood from your heart and brain. Smoking affects your lungs by causing them to inflame and make it a lot harder to breathe. Also teen’s lungs are still growing and smoking can stunt the growth of teen’s lungs. Smoking also causes more belly fat in teens, and the bigger you are increases the chance of type 2 diabetes. When you smoke it also makes your white blood cells stay higher and weakens teens immune systems. Smoking can also tire teens muscles and disrupt bone growth. When you smoke it makes it harder for oxygen to get to your muscles and breaks down your bone tissue. The last thing i'm going to talk about is how smoking can impact teens mental and emotional health. Smoking can cause teens to develop
Smoking can damage nearly every organ in your body. It can cause cancer, can affect your bones, heart and blood vessels, and also can affect your vision. Smoking can affect pretty much everything in a teens body. When teenagers smoke it affects their brain, heart, lungs, stomach and hormones, blood and the immune system and muscle and bones. When teens smoke it can affect the brain by stunting the growth of the prefrontal cortex. Also smoking affects their heart and lungs, smoking raises teens blood pressure which then stresses out their hearts. Also smoking makes your blood thick and sticky, making it harder for it move around in your body. Sticky blood is more likely to cause deadly blood clots that blocks the flow of your blood from your heart and brain. Smoking affects your lungs by causing them to inflame and make it a lot harder to breathe. Also teen’s lungs are still growing and smoking can stunt the growth of teen’s lungs. Smoking also causes more belly fat in teens, and the bigger you are increases the chance of type 2 diabetes. When you smoke it also makes your white blood cells stay higher and weakens teens immune systems. Smoking can also tire teens muscles and disrupt bone growth. When you smoke it makes it harder for oxygen to get to your muscles and breaks down your bone tissue. The last thing i'm going to talk about is how smoking can impact teens mental and emotional health. Smoking can cause teens to develop