Smoking in USA
Studies of
ex-smokers show that their risk of dying from
smoking-related disease decreases
with each year
of non smoking.
Encouraged by such evidence, more than 40
million people in the U.S. quit
smoking in
the year
following the 1964 surgeon general's report. The
proportion of males who smoke
decreased from
more than 60
percent to about 25 percent; however, the
percentage of women who smoke
cigarettes
increased.
Smoking also became more prevalent among young
adults, with about 29 percent of
high
school seniors
admitting to smoking in 1975; but by 1987 this
proportion decreased to 18.7
percent.
There are
programs that exist to help smokers quit. Some
involve group support, whereas
others use
aversive
techniques in which participants smoke many
cigarettes rapidly to the point of
becoming sick of
them.
More than 30 million persons in the U.S.
say that they
would
like to quit smoking but cannot.
One hypothesis to
explain this problem is that the smoker
craves the effect of the nicotine in
the smoke. In
a 1988 report,
the surgeon general declared nicotine to be an
addictive drug comparable to
other addictive
substances in its
ability to induce dependence. The report also
called the monetary and human
costs far
greater than
those attributable to cocaine, alcohol, or heroin.
Attempts to help persons quit smoking through
counseling,
participation in support groups, and, for those
with a strong
physical dependence on nicotine, substitution of
chewing gum containing
nicotine to lessen
withdrawal symptoms.
Drugs are generally recognized as of the
greatest problems
in
the United
States. According to the statistics, tobacco has the
highest death
rate.
Smoking is a very popular habit, even
though we all know
that
smoking is very
dangerous. Millions of people around the globe
want
to quit smoking
for medical reasons such as having already
two heart-valve
replacement surgeries. Wht did some people do
to quit
smoking? Some
people substituted eating ice-cream for
smoking.
Why is smoking a very popular habit? The
reason is you can
get
them anywhere.
All the stores are selling cigaretes. You don't
even need
an identification
card to identify your age if you want legal!
Almost anyone can
buy them! Yes, the are legal! Nowadays
,
even middle high
school students are already smoking, and willl
even lead
to using drugs
such as: marijuana, cocaine, and heroin.
Smoking causes all sorts of cancer. It
affects your brain and
it
do not prolong
your life, not only in America, but all over the
globe.
Every person knows how smoking can affect
our health.
People know
how harmful it
is. They learned how harmful the
cigarette from
their parents,
teachers, and others. Ironically, they still
continue
smoking! They are
addicted to it, and most addicts want to be
cured.
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