Smoking can be Fatal

Smoking started back in 5000 BC. Tobacco trade started in 16^th century when Europeans came in. With the passage of time, a lot of things were tried for smoking. But tobacco proved to be most addictive. Smoking can be Fatal It is said that someone can quit high-level drugs like heroin but it’s much harder or nearly impossible to quit smoking. Addiction starts just after a few puffs.

A large number of the world’s population is addicted to smoking. To know the reason let’s have a look at the things that makes up a cigarette.

What’s inside a cigarette?

Apparently, a cigarette has two parts. The filter part and the rest is tobacco rolled in paper. Smokers fire it and inhale the smoke from the burning smoke. Pretty boring, everyone knows that. Well, something that most people are not aware of is the number of chemicals from burning tobacco.

There are a total of 7000 chemical compounds in burning tobacco smoke. Out of which 250 compounds are poisonous and 70 compounds are carcinogenic means they have the potential to cause cancer.

Why is cigarette so addictive?

Have you ever thought of why people are crazy about smoking? If you will try to find out you will know that they don’t have logical reasons. They smoke it in the morning to have an energy boost. And the same cigarette is helping them to relax their muscles and fall asleep.

Well, in reality, it’s your brain. There are a lot of addictive chemical compounds like nicotine in tobacco smoke and they all play with your brain. Tea lovers are also addicted to nicotine but tea has no carcinogenic compound. In addition to these, Movies and TV shows are playing their role. Every cool and manly person (Kind of Alpha Male) in the movie or Show is a smoker. They are feeding your brain with crap and as a result, we all have an urge to try smoke. Most of us fall for it.

Effects of cigarette smoking?

Cigarette smoking affects us in all ways. But most prominent and dangerous facts are as follows

• Hair follicles are damaged by nicotine when we smoke. It blocks the flow of blood and hormones in the scalp and causes hair loss.
• It is considered a testosterone killer. If you are mostly inactive and you smoke a lot, your estrogen levels will start to rise resulting in fewer testosterone levels. You’ll have male boobs and a spare tire. Most of the body hairs will disappear. You’ll mostly have less sex appeal and a tired body.
• It reduces anti-oxidants in our blood thus making us vulnerable to common infections like flu.
• Most of the small tissues in our lungs are damaged by smoking. This can lead to deadly diseases.

The list goes on forever.   

Is there a good alternative?

Weak smokers have found alternatives to smoking like Vape and Hookah. They are considered a safe option but in reality, they are all the same. Mostly Vape and hookah flavors have tobacco. Less or more they are still dangerous and can affect our bodies.

Vape

Vape is also known as e-cigarette. It uses e-liquid as the flavor and heats it with a coil. The Coil is heated with current from the batteries. The wattage can be adjusted by users. It yields vapors instead of smoke.

Experts consider it to be 95% less effective than cigarettes and can be used to quit smoking.

Mostly E-liquids have nicotine which makes them addictive just like cigarettes.

Hookah

Hookah is another famous alternative. Unlike Vape Hookah can be used to smoke anything. It has 3 parts. The bowl or container for the source, Body that pushes smoke from the bowl to the base for filtration through the water. And a pipe to inhale that smoke.

Hookah is more dangerous than cigarettes. The effects depend on what is used to smoke because it can be used for anything. However, in all carbon monoxide, nicotine and infectious diseases are common.

Both Vape and Hookah are addictive like cigarettes. But Vape is less dangerous than cigarettes and can be considered as a good alternative. Still, the best way is to quit it.

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