One of the most dangerous and widespread addictions of mankind is smoking. Many men and women every day, smoking cigarette after cigarette, lose their he alth. Of course, whether to smoke or not to smoke, on the one hand, is a personal matter for everyone, but, on the other hand, the nation becomes more and more sick every year, and smoking plays an important role here. The main thing is that no one denies that smoking kills sooner or later, but not everyone can put an end to this dangerous habit. As a result, while millions of people are dying from cancer and chronic bronchitis, someone is making huge profits from the production and sale of tobacco products, without thinking about the moral side of such a business.
The concept of passive smoking
Besides, when deciding whether to smoke or not, think about your loved ones, because cigarette smoke negatively affects not only the smoker himself, but also causes irreparable damage to the he alth of people nearby. So, to date, it has already been proven that people around a smoking person, inhaling smoke, can get sick with all the diseases characteristic of a smoker. This is explained by the fact that only a quarter of harmful tobacco smoke enters the body of a smoker, while the rest of it flies into the air, harming loved ones. This phenomenon, scientists have given the name "passive smoking".
In rooms with closed windows, a dangerous concentration of smoke for the body of non-smokers is achieved when smoking only two cigarettes. Thus, even if only one person smokes, the rest of the family passively “smokes” about ten cigarettes a day.
History of tobacco in Russia
In Russia for a long time passion for tobacco was not encouraged. So, at the beginning of the 17th century, smoking tobacco was punishable by corporal punishment, and at the end of the century, smokers were threatened with the death pen alty or cutting off their nose. Moreover, tobacco could not only be smoked, but also traded in it, as well as stored at home. Tobacco use was prohibited until Peter the Great came to power. As you know, the emperor loved European customs and tried to bring them to the Russian land, and with regard to tobacco, he also lifted all prohibitions. Peter himself also became addicted to nicotine, as a result of which smoking very quickly became fashionable. He even created a series of decrees regulating the distribution and smoking of tobacco. For example, inhaling and exhaling smoke was allowed only through special pipes designed for smoking. This state of tobacco in Russia continued until the end of the 20th century.
The first tobacco processing factories were built in 1705 in St. Petersburg and Akhtyrka. Besides, inin the same year, a decree was issued on the distribution of tobacco through burmisters.
By the middle of the 18th century, smoking in Russia was already widespread. Not a single holiday and not a single meeting could do without this drug.
Ekaterina continued to encourage the use of tobacco, allowing free sale, which led to the emergence of private tobacco workshops. By the way, at that time the question of whether to smoke or not to smoke was especially relevant, since tobacco was not only smoked, but also sniffed.
It should be noted that at first imported tobacco was used, but by the end of the 18th century, local tobacco was no worse than foreign tobacco. The most popular type of smoking mixture was Ammersford tobacco, popularly called "shag".
Since then, smoking in Russia has been constantly gaining momentum, subordinating more and more people to drug addiction.
Reasons that encourage people to start smoking
Most often, people start smoking, imitating friends and acquaintances, and then a conditioned reflex is developed. If we talk about long-term smoking, then here we are talking about drug addiction.
Most people smoke simply because they are used to it. They do not get any pleasure from nicotine, however, there is not enough willpower to quit this habit. In reality, they simply do not have enough reasons to give up cigarettes. This is proved by the fact that people who are treated for serious diseases caused by smoking instantly forget about their bad habit. About 70% of people have no real need for tobacco, andso they can easily quit smoking. This is also evidenced by the numerous reviews of people who smoke before, who parted with this habit quite easily. Therefore, you need to realize the danger of this hobby as soon as possible and quit smoking.
Smoking narcotic weed
The first use of cannabis for smoking began in America in the 70s. Prior to this, the plant was used exclusively in medicine and for the manufacture of hemp oil. The young people who created the hippie movement began to practice smoking marijuana as a means of relaxation. As a result, this drug is the second most used drug in the world, second only to tobacco.
If you remember the Soviet times, hemp grew freely in the gardens of rural residents as a weed and bird food. To date, the cultivation of this plant is prosecuted by law, as it turned out that hemp contains narcotic substances "cannabinoids" that can change the mind and psyche of the smoker. In addition, after they enter the human body, there is a decrease in blood pressure, heart pain, memory loss, rapid pulse, which can lead to death. Also, long-term smoking of marijuana causes cancer of the lungs and larynx, infertility, mental disorder, a sense of the meaninglessness of life, which ends in deep depression and often suicide. The existing opinion that smoking cannabis is safe is nothing but a myth.
How tobacco affects human he alth
Before takingTo decide whether to smoke or not to smoke, you need to know that there are no organs in the human body that are not adversely affected by tobacco smoke.
Since the oxygen content in the blood of a smoker is reduced, a spasm of cerebral vessels occurs, which affects memory, performance and the state of the nervous system. The person feels irritable, suffers from headaches and insomnia.
Passing through the respiratory system, smoke containing harmful substances has a negative effect on all respiratory organs, irritating the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth, larynx, bronchi. The most harmless consequences of such exposure may be frequent colds, in more serious cases, smoking leads to cancer.
In addition, with prolonged smoking, the glottis narrows, and the voice, losing its sonority, becomes hoarse.
Permanent smokers also have a characteristic cough, which indicates inflammation of the respiratory tract, which eventually becomes chronic, causing pneumonia and bronchial asthma.
In addition, a systematic smoker suffers from various diseases of the circulatory system: he may experience high blood pressure, as well as impaired cardiac activity, including the onset of heart attacks.
The gastrointestinal system of a smoker suffers no less from the toxic substances contained in nicotine. Tobacco smoke irritates the salivary glands, causing an increased secretion of saliva, which, when it enters the stomach, has a harmful effect.impact on the digestive system. In addition, a person's teeth turn yellow, gums bleed, tooth decay and bad breath appear.
In addition, the negative impact of smoking on sexual activity and reproductive function of men is known.
The effect of cigarettes on the appearance of girls
It has been proven that the harmful elements contained in tobacco negatively affect not only the internal organs, but also the appearance of a person. First of all, women are exposed to nicotine, on whose skin the drug leaves visible traces. It has been scientifically proven that girls who smoke have dry, earthy skin that is prone to early wrinkling. In addition, the skin loses elasticity, nasolabial folds and bags under the eyes appear, cheeks droop, and the aging process begins. In women suffering from this addiction, teeth deteriorate, hair is split and dull, nails turn yellow and exfoliate.
In addition, smoking significantly reduces the production of estrogen hormones, the lack of which not only contributes to rapid aging, but also disrupts the menstrual cycle, leading to infertility.
Smoking girls should be careful with the sun, their skin under the influence of the sun's rays undergoes oxidative processes in a few minutes. For the same reason, a solarium is contraindicated for them, as well as some cosmetic procedures. For example, girls who smoke should not do face peeling using abrasive particles and various acids, as thinned skin can be severely injured.
Smoking while pregnantbaby
Smoking, in principle, is a very bad habit for any girl. It is all the more dangerous if a woman is expecting a child, since in this case she exposes not only her own he alth to an unjustified risk, but also risks the precious he alth, and often the life, of an unborn baby. Doctors have proven that while a pregnant woman smokes, the child in her womb coughs and sneezes, choking on the smoke. As a result of this, oxygen ceases to be supplied to it in an amount sufficient for normal development, which leads not only to childbirth ahead of schedule, but can also contribute to the death of the fetus. In addition, mothers who smoke are at risk of having an unhe althy, underweight baby.
There is an opinion that if a girl smoked before pregnancy, then stopping the intake of nicotine in the body can have a negative effect. Following this theory, many pregnant women continue to smoke, at best, slightly reducing the number of cigarettes. In fact, if a pregnant woman smokes, then this can always have more dangerous consequences for the child than a sharp cessation of nicotine.
Smoking among children and young people
Since the majority of people start smoking in childhood and school age, the fight against smoking should start from a very young age. Children should be aware of the harmful effects of nicotine on the body of a smoker. Talking about the harmful effects of tobacco, it is necessary to convince children that smoking is very dangerous for he alth, for whichit is advisable not only to hold talks, but also to use photographs and posters, as well as to show documentaries on this topic.
Work must be done in close cooperation with parents, teachers and community organizations. As a result, students should understand that smoking is not an indicator of adulthood and prestige, but a suicide extended over time.
Disappointing statistics
In today's world, about three million people die every year from smoking, and according to estimates, in thirty years this figure will increase to ten million. Scientists have calculated that since 1950, smoking has claimed the lives of sixty-two million people, which is significantly more than died in World War II. The problem of smoking is most acute in Central and Eastern Europe, where about 700 thousand people die from this addiction every year, which is a quarter of all deaths in the world.
In Russia, the use of nicotine is also growing every year. Thus, over the past seventeen years, the number of cigarettes consumed by the population has grown from one hundred and seventy to seven hundred billion a year.
Getting rid of tobacco addiction
The longer a person smokes, the more addicted he becomes to nicotine. In addition, every year the likelihood of self-disposal of addiction is significantly reduced. Many people, unable to get rid of addiction, smoke for decades on end. And it's not at all that they do not understand that smoking andhe alth is incompatible concepts, but at first there is simply not enough fortitude, then drug addiction to tobacco sets in, in which only medical treatment can help.
Undoubtedly, there is a small percentage of people who, once decided to quit tobacco, never return to smoking. In most cases, a smoker gives up nicotine only for a while, and at the slightest stress, or when he gets into the appropriate company, he returns to cigarettes again. In addition, relapse of tobacco dependence can occur even several years after the last cigarette was smoked. Most often this happens under the influence of alcohol or a stressful situation. And for the habit to return, just one cigarette is enough.
If for a person the answer to the question. smoking or not smoking is definitely negative, but you can’t get rid of addiction on your own, you shouldn’t waste time and put off visiting a medical institution.
Of course, there are various drugs that can be bought at any pharmacy without a prescription and a doctor's prescription, but they do not always help get rid of addiction, besides, some drugs have contraindications and serious side effects. Therefore, it is safer and more reliable to turn to specialists. As a rule, clinics that get rid of addiction to nicotine use not only drugs, but also hypnotic agents, as well as psychotherapeutic techniques. Working with psychologists is especially important becausehow suggestion sessions allow you to rebuild the mind of a smoker and teach you to enjoy life without nicotine. It is this integrated approach that allows you to permanently rid a person of tobacco addiction and restore lost he alth.
