How To Stop Smoking - Once and For All!

We discussed some of these earlier, but let us now break down the components of a cigarette.

A single cigarette stick is loaded with harmful toxic substances. The tobacco or cigarette has 4 main components - irritants, nicotine, carbon monoxide and carcinogen - that affect the different body systems of the human person.

Component No. 1 IRRITANTS

An average stick contains irritants like ammonia, formaldehyde and oxides. Such irritants usually cause the respiratory tract to swell.

Component No. 2. CARCINOGEN

There are about 40 kinds of chemicals, more or less, found in a
cigarette. They are considered carcinogenic, meaning cancer promoting.

Lung cancer is usally related to smoking. The respiratory system of a smoker is open to higher development of this cancer. Mortality rate of lung cancer cases is very high and found to be dependent of the number of cigarette packs consumed.

Component No. 3. CARBON MONOXIDE

The carbon monoxide component harms the circulatory system. This disables the capacity of the blood to carry oxygen to the heart.

Component No. 4. NICOTINE

It is the major component of the cigarette and it also poses a notorious threat to the body. Nicotine causes the act of smoking to be highly addicting. Nicotine in the body system could also result in an increased heart rate and high blood pressure.

The four harmful components mentioned above, all contribute to the harmful effects of smoking to the human body. The immediate effects may be manifested by coughing, burning of the nose and throat or dizziness. There is also the tendency of increasing the health risks of a person already suffering from illnesses like high blood pressure and diabetes.


Smoking results in the body being susceptible to cardiovascular or heart diseases. It was found that heart attack is the primary cause of death which the major risk factor is smoking. There are claims that smoking may not directly cause the increase in high blood pressure, but it increases the risk of suffering a stroke or heart attack.


Peripheral vascular disease is also widespread among smokers. This pertains to the disease affecting the lower limbs of the person. This is due to the atherosclerosis or the narrowing of the arteries in the blood vessels of the limb. The narrowing is caused by the building up of plaque.

Studies also showed that the vice is particularly risky to the female body. A woman smoker may have a more difficult time in getting pregnant as a consequence. A pregnant woman who smokes will definitely harm the baby inside her womb. Studies reveal that cigarette smoking actually increases the probability for the incidence of having a low birth weight, stillbirths and sudden infant death syndrome. The mother also is in danger as smoking will increase the risk of having a high blood pressure or suffering a stroke. We will discuss this further in the next chapter.

Passive Smoking

Passive smoking is the involuntary exposure to smoking. In this case, even a non-smoker’s health is put at risk. Breathing in fumes from other people’s cigarette or tobacco may cause the same adverse effects there is to an ordinary smoker depending on the regularity of exposure and endurance of the non-smoker.

Recent studies show that passive smokers, children and adults alike, even have the higher risk of developing lung and other respiratory problems. Children who are constantly exposed to the fumes are susceptible to colds, ear infections and breathing problems.

There are risks in life that are worth taking. However, one must properly discern to tell the differentiate from those that may cost one
his or her life. Totally not worth it.


The Health Risks of Smoking Part Two


Scientific evidence of the health risks posed by smoking go back to the 1950s. Figures from the US government show that 28% of males 18 years old and above and 23% of females in the same age bracket were into the habit in the mid-1990s. The percentages were even higher in 1964, when the US surgeon general first issued an official warning that smoking was hazardous to one's health.

Following that formal warning, many reports were released on the link between cigarettes and tobacco to heart diseases, lung diseases, and cancers of the mouth and other tissues. However, the habit persisted, with young smokers doing so as an expression of rebellion and strong drive to be independent.

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