Smoking - A slow death

Smoking – A Slow Death
Do you smoke? Have you ever think about how smoking Tobacco is harmful and dangerous for health and can cause a slow death. I am a non-smoker and I think that there are three main reasons why a smoker should quit smoking. Firstly, smoking will affect the smoker body and life. It will cause a lot of serious deceases like lung cancer, emphysema, high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, reduces the flow of oxygen to the brain and even can lead to birth effects. According to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, killing upwards of 150,000 people each year. For smokers, the risk of stroke is nearly 2-1/2 times that of non-smokers. Secondly, smoking affects not only the person who inhale it directly, but also the people around that person. Those people are forced automatically to perform a passive smoking which is more dangerous when compared to direct smoking. That’s why the non-smoker hates the smell of tobacco and do not want to sit next by the smoker. Even more, smoking gives the smoker a bad breath and repulsive smell. Finally, smoking is a very expensive habit, and the price of cigarettes continues to rise in order to reduce the percentage of smokers. The addicts have to spend a lot of money on cigarettes in which he can use this money in something better for his life. A smoker should really think seriously about giving up this bad habit by going to a treatment center or by taking a serious action in quitting. (271 word)