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The numbers of people who smoke have increased over the years. Although they are equipped with the knowledge of how unhealthy smoking can be, people still choose to smoke. It is a personal choice and a highly addictive habit. Smokers choose to subject themselves to the health risks of smoking. It is not for the government or any third party to dictate whether or not a person should be allowed to smoke. However, smoking does not only affect the smoker negatively. It also affects all the people around those who smoke because when people smoke in public the smoke travels everywhere through the air, and the negative effects of this smoke affects all living, breathing creatures. Even though smoking causes cancer and other diseases, there should be designated smoking places in a public places where people can go smoke and not bother anyone’s delightful day.
Smoking is very harmful to people’s bodies. Almost all the organs in the human body are affected by smoking, according to CDC. The nicotine in the cigarettes makes the brain addicted. Smoking can also cause anxiety and irritability, which is stated by healthline. People can damage their senses and even lose them all together. The heart has to work harder and harder and smokers get a stressed heart. Their blood becomes thicker and blood clots happen more often. Stroke and coronary heart disease are increased by two to four times. The lungs are also heavily affected. In the lungs, there are cells called alveoli that exchange oxygen to carbon dioxide. Smoking destroys these cells and they cannot be replaced. The people who smoke get tired quicker and are not as good athletes because it’s harder to get oxygen to the lungs because of less alveoli. COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a deadly and incurable disease. This, according to copd foundation, is a term that applies to multiple lung diseases. This a major effect of smoking. Because of less alveoli, the bones also don’t have as much oxygen and can become brittle and break easier. Lung cancer is increased by 25 times. Smoking weakens the immune system, According to CDC, “Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States,” and “Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. This is nearly one in five deaths.” If there is a solution to fixing the biggest and baddest problem in our own country, the people should take steps to make that happen.
A classic stereotype of smokers is that they litter. This stereotype has some truth to it. According to Medical News Today, “The air pollution emitted by cigarettes is 10 times greater than diesel car exhaust.” Cigarette butts account for millions of pieces of litter annually and can make a beautiful place not so beautiful anymore. If smokers would dispose of their waste properly when they’re in public places, this might not be an issue, but the issue is that they don’t. The evidence is all there, from littering attractive buildings to the surrounding landscape with cigarette butts. A smoking ban would reduce litter as well as the the lingering odor of stale cigarettes. In bars and restaurants and other establishments that permit smoking, many customers and employees find the smell of cigarettes to be unpleasant and annoying. Cigarette smoke tends to last on people’s clothes and hair and takes a very long time to get rid of even after smokers have left. This also leads to the right to a healthy workplace. It is the responsibility of the employer to provide a safe and healthy environment for its employees. While many workers choose to work in workplaces that permit or limit smoking, others may prefer not to be around smoke but are somewhat forced to because they need the employment. Smokers’ unwillingness to control their urges should not force people to change jobs soley for better living conditions.
Secondhand smoking is not is severe as smoking, but can be severe over a long period of time. Most of the same effects happen, but not as quick. According to CDC, “Secondhand smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals. Hundreds are toxic and about 70 can cause cancer.” Nicotine and other chemicals are released into the air while a person smokes, and they cling to everything and do not go away. After these chemicals build up, the effects of secondhand smoking begin to happen. Second hand smoking likely will not be dangerous if someone is near someone smoking every so often. The effects of secondhand smoking will begin to show if a family member or close friend smoke everyday. Young children are most at risk from this because their bodies are developing and after being affected by secondhand smoking, they can be stopped or severely slowed down. This can lead to asthma attacks, ear and respiratory infections, and in serious cases, sudden infant death syndrome. In adults, secondhand smoking can lead to strokes, nasal irritation, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease. In one severe case, in 1998, a nonsmoking passenger on an airplane was seating three seats away from the smoking section. He had a very severe asthma attack and due the flight attendants not moving him away from the smoke, died from asthma and the amount of smoke near him. Pregnancies are also heavily impacted from smoking. More than 1,000 infants die from smoking during pregnancy, and it can also lead to a low birth weight. People are dying from this severe smoking problem, yet the government is doing very little to prevent secondhand smoking.