Smoking has been around for over 2000 years and still continues today. Over 1,300 people die every day, just from smoking. On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers. Smoking is a hard habit to break because it contains tobacco which contains nicotine, which is highly addictive. Smoking is harmful to your body and to the people exposed to the smoke. Smokers and those exposed to the second-hand smoke, often die from lung cancer or other tobacco-related illnesses.

If you have a family, smoking around kids increases their risk of developing ear infections, asthma, and other breathing complication like coughs, shortness of breath, and even bronchitis. The lungs and hearts of all family members in your home are put at risk by secondhand smoke, no matter how wide you keep the windows open. It can also affect your coworkers by causing you to take more time off from work than a non-smoking colleague. One study estimated that smokers cost businesses an average of $5,816 extra dollars each year. Smoking can affect your neighbors because of secondhand smoking. It has been shown to cause cancer in humans. Breathing in secondhand smoke, whether it’s from a neighbor’s burning cigarette or from a cigarette outside your window has been shown to have instant effects on your health.

Smoking causes many different types of illnesses. It causes lung cancer, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), heart disease, stroke, asthma, and diabetes. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general. If a smoker has asthma, tobacco smoke can trigger an attack or make an attack worse. Smokers are 12 to 13 times more likely to die from COPD than non-smokers. Quitting smoking lowers your risk for smoking-related diseases and can significantly add years to your life.

Secondhand smoking causes 7,330 deaths from lung cancer and 33,950 deaths from heart disease each year. Between 1964 and 2014, 2.5 million people died from exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a report from the U.S. Surgeon General. Smoking affects yourself and the people around you. Smoking itself is also very harmful to mother nature because it causes air, land and water pollution. It can also cause fires. Therefore, smoking can be harmful to everyone even the earth.

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