Causes and Effects of Smoking
Have you ever asked yourself what are the ingredients of cigarettes? According to
quitsmokingsupport.com “Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals.” This is a huge
number from a single cigarette, and can you imagine how many times smokers smoke per
day? Smoking has an effect on smoker mood and health. There are many causes that make
people smoke despite the harmful effects on them. The causes can be physical and
psychological. Moreover, the effects are on the health of the human body.
The first reason which is physical is that people feel that smoking fills their body’s
need. Cigarettes contain nicotine which is an addictive substance that causes addiction.
Nicotine reduces strain in the muscles and let smokers relieve stress so they feel that they can
relax by smoking. Consequently, people smoke when they feel depressed, lonely or bored.
Then the smoker’s lungs and intestines absorb nicotine. According to ucanquit2.org “Nicotine
travels through the body in the bloodstream and heads straight for the brain, arriving in 7 to
15 seconds” The rate of blood pressure and heart beat increases due to nicotine and also
stimulates the brain and some nerve types and speed of breathing. A few inhalation of
nicotine makes smokers feel more power and improves attentiveness. As a result, smoking
creates these physical effects that have a significant role in making people feel the need to
smoke.
Many people like to try new things even if it is bad for them. When it comes to
smoking it is hard to quit, because it gives pleasure to the smoker. It also makes people
addicted to it. Moreover, according to Gus Lubin from Business Insider, he identified three
types of smokers. The three types are people who believe that smoking makes them relax,
have fun, and just they like to smoke without thinking about the fact that smoking could hurt
him/her. In addition, some people like to smoke because they might have stress due to
personal and economic problems surrounding him/her. Smokers may want to lose weight
because smoking decreases appetite.
The second cause of smoking is psychological. Psychological factor seems to be a
very important for people to get the habit. First thing of the psychological status which lead
people to smoke is lack of self-confidence. Lack of self-confidence is related not only to
smoking. However, it is also drive to other behavioral problems like drug and alcohol abuse.
This person feels like he/she is not able to make decisions or do anything by himself/herself
and just do like what other people do. Thus, we can infer that the lack of self-confidence is
typical of people who smoke. Also, some people smoke to show off, and to show that he is a
free person. For example, young people smoke to be like their friends and to make himself /
herself looks like mature.
Smoking can cause so many health problems and serious diseases. According to
