Smoking Is Dangerous

Smoking Is Dangerous Smoking is imbedded in many cultures histories. It has even severed for medical purposes. When looking back at America’s culture, you might notice that smoking was a norm. You might even find questionnaires towards doctors of “what was their recommended choice” their answers proclaimed “Camels”, in the 1950s. It wasn’t long before the hazards of smoking became known to the public. In 1975, Minnesota proposed the Clean Indoor Air Act (MCIAA) which banned smoking; “in an effort to protect public health, comfort and the environment” later MCIAA, amended by the Freedom to Breathe Air, of 2007, basically banned smoking in most indoor areas. The hazards of smoking are listed on the box. If, the facts were not concrete in science then it only proves as evidence towards an experiment. As the effort rose to protect the public, there were many opposing views of the matter to fight and/or protect their right to smoke in public. By allowing people to smoke in public, we are only lab-rats in an uncontrolled experiment awaiting the results of the tests we run unknowingly. Smoking in general, is dangerous. People, whose history is of years of smoking, will eventually cause the disease that they will die of. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), is a disease that manifests itself with the symptoms of dyspnea (a difficult time breathing) and cyanosis (lack of oxygen in the blood, causing the skin to appear blue). COPD is manifested with both emphysema and chronic bronchitis; in lawmen terms these diseases are called the pink puffers and blue bloaters (Crowley). The pink puffers usually have pinkish skin, lean forward to force the excess air out of their lungs and are skinny; the blue bloaters usually have cyanosis and generally can’t lose weight due to the low oxygen levels in their blood, therefore they can’t exercise, like a young athletic person could. These are not the only problems associated with smoking. Smoking causes problems

Cited: Crowley, Leonard V. M.D. An Introduction to Human Disease Pathology and Pathophysiology Correlations. Seventh editon. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA. 2007 Garrison, John R