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Here is some info on Cigarette Smoking

Here is a good definition of nicotine. nicotine (nîk´e-tên´) noun

A colorless, poisonous alkaloid, C10H14N2, derived from the tobacco plant and used as an insecticide. It is the substance in tobacco to which smokers can become addicted.

Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.

 

 

Health Effects of Smoking

As recently as the 1940s, smoking was considered harmless, but laboratory and clinical research has since proved that cigarette smoke contains around 4000 chemicals,some of which are highly toxic.

Nicotine, a major ingredient of tobacco smoke, is highly addictive. Cigarettes may be responsible for up to 419,000 deaths per year in the United States.

According to the American Cancer Society smoking is the most preventable cause of death in America today. The mortality attributable to tobacco smoking in the United States may be about 20 times the mortality due to all other addictive drugs combined.

Smoking increases the risk of cancer of the lung, larynx, oral cavity, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas, as well as the risks of chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and stroke.

 

Effects of Smoking during Pregnancy

Smokers more frequently give birth to premature or underweight babies. Risks are also increased by environmental tobacco smoke when nonsmokers must share the same environment as a smoker.

The smoking habit and addiction to nicotine usually begin at an early age. In the United States, more than 70 percent of adults who smoke began smoking before the age of 18.

History

Tobacco was first smoked by Native Americans before contact with Europeans. Europeans took the custom to their native lands, where it became popular. The general attitude of society was that smoking relieved tensions and produced no ill effects.

As cigarette consumption increased dramatically in the United States and some European countries, epidemiologists noticed a link between smoking and the incidence of lung cancer which increased dramatically around 1930. The 1964 U.S. surgeon general’s report labeled smoking a health hazard, and millions of Americans quit.

Smoking in adults began to decline steadily after the 1964 report, but numbers have leveled off after falling about 40 percent.

 

Anti-Smoking Action in Society

Sentiment against smoking has grown in the United States, despite the resistance of tobacco companies. It is now illegal to smoke in federal and many state buildings and on most domestic airline flights. Advertising of tobacco products has been banned from radio and television since 1971, and health warnings are required on cigarette packages.

In the largest class action suit ever filed, a major tobacco consortium agreed in 1996 to compensate five states for costs incurred in the treatment of individuals who claimed to be addicted to tobacco products.

 

Here are some links for some information on cigarette smoking, nicotine, and addiction.

• * Here is the Tobacco Control Archives Collections - Excellent Site – Great site for info on the Tobacco Industry’s last days of desperation of inflicting hell on human beings
• * American Heart Association
• * Recommendations of A Task Force on Tobacco & Public Health
• * Here’s a good site. Join the Quit Smoking Campaign Club. You can find lots of helpful info here
• * Here is the world renowned Canadian Cancer Society with numerous links
• * American Cancer Society
• * American Lung Association
• * Canadian Lung Association

I tried quitting 9 times before finally succeeding, so don’t ever, ever give up. Anyone who has quit, will tell you, it is one of the very best things they have ever done in their lives. What worked for me, the final time, was combing daily cardio exercise, and self-hypnosis. I haven’t smoked in 24 years.

 

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