Download Cause and Effect Essay on Smoking and more Study notes Technical English in PDF only on Docsity! Cause and Effect Essay on Smoking Smoki ng c an be co ns i d ere d o ne o f the m o st dang er ous ha bi t s t ha t a ny i n di v i d ua l ca n h ave . Fro m t he fa c t I h ad rea d be fo r e , smoki ng k i l l s an aver ag e of 45 0 , 00 0 peo pl e ea ch y ear . Th at i s m ore th an c a r a c c i d en ts , d ru nk dr i v i ng , an d i l l eg a l sub st an ce s . S o why i s i t t ha t pe opl e s t i l l c on t i n ue to smok e? W ha t ca use s pe opl e wan t t o sm oke eve n t he i r kn owi ng the dea dl y e f f ec t ? T her e i s n o on e rea l r eas on th at c au ses pe opl e t o s mok e b u t f rom my o bse rva t i o ns t owa rd s my f r i e nd s espe ci a l l y t o b oys ac t ua l l y s ome of th em ma y s tar t sm oki ng be c aus e t hey saw some one th ey l i ked sm oki ng an d th o ug h t i t was co ol . T her e are the r eas on s why the smo ker s sm oki ng , e f f ec t of smoki ng to hum an bo dy and t he e f fe c t to t he no n-sm oke rs . F i r s t o f a l l , t he re ar e m any ca use s w hi ch mak e peo pl e sm oke a nd the e f fe c t of smoki ng to t he i r he a l t h . A l th oug h smok er s c l a i m th at i t he l ps t hem t o re l ax an d re l eas e s t res s , the n eg a t i ve as pe c ts of the ha bi t tak e ove r th e po s i t i ve . A s i t has been s tres se d by th e s c i en t i s t s an d ex per ts , the re a re s ome ve ry s ever e rea so ns of sm oki ng b u t i t c ru ci a l c ons eq uen ce s s h oul d a l s o b e t ake n i n t o co ns i d era t i on. H oweve r , i t can d i v i de d t o two mai n c au s es whi ch i n phy s i c a l an d ps yc hol og i ca l . F i r s t ca use whi ch i s phy s i c a l co nc er ns th e hu ma n bo dy ' s n eed s s uc h l i ke n i co t i ne . N i co t i n e co n ta i ned i n c i g are t te i s a n a ddi ct i ve s ub s tan ce . I t i s t he c hemi ca l whi c h c au ses a ddi c t i o n. N i co t i ne re du ce s ten s i o n i n t he mus cl e s an d a l l ow s smoke rs to r e l ax s o t hey fee l t ha t they ca n re l i eve s t res s by sm ok i ng . A l i t t l e n i c o t i ne m ake s sm oke rs fee l m ore en erg y an d i mp rov e co n cen tr a t i o n. Se c on d mai n c aus e of sm oki ng i s p sy ch ol og i ca l whi c h seem s t o be a very i mp or t an t fa ct or f or pe opl e t o g et t he ha bi t . One of t he psy c hol og i ca l s i t ua t i o ns whi ch dr i ve p eo pl e t o sm oke i s l ow se l f . I n ad di t i on on the poi nt i s sm oki ng c au ses d i s eas e an d i s a s l o w way to d i e be cau se t he e f fe c t of sm oki ng on huma n bo dy . A s we kn ow , f r om sm oki ng i t c an g i ve t oo m any e f f e ct t o the hum an bo dy s uc h l i ke t o t he e yes , m ou th an d th ro at , l ung , hea rt , s tom ac h , p an c reas a nd i t a l s o ca n cau se t he ca n cer s . The e f fe ct o f smoki ng t o th e eye s i s sm oke rs have a tw o t o th ree t i mes g rea te r cha n ce of deve l opi ng ca tar a ct s , a l ea di ng c aus e of b l i ndn ess a nd a ca ta ra c t ca use s the ce l l s aro un d t he l ens to tu r n whi te . Be s i de s t ha t , th e e f fe c t t o m o ut h an d t hr oa t i s smoki ng c aus es the m ou th ca n cer a nd sm oki ng ca use s c an cer of th e l ary nx a nd ca nc er of th e es op hag us . F ur t herm ore , l u ng a nd hea r t g e t t he e f fe c t f rom smoki ng t oo. Sm oke rs a re a t g rea te r r i s k of l ung c a n cer a nd sm oki ng ca use s at her os cl er os i s , o r h ar deni ng of t he a rt er i es . A n d the s tom ac h an d p an cr eas a l s o g et t he e f fe c t f r om smo ki ng . Sm oke rs a re mo re l i ke l y to g e t pe pt i c u l ce rs tha n