During the 1500s, smoking was used for

medicinal purposes and religious rituals. Dating way

back to the 16th, explorers of the New World saw on
opportunity to introduce tobacco into Europe, despite the
disagreement made by the rulers at that time. Nearing
the end of the 19th century, the demand for cigarettes
grew higher comparing to the market demand of cigars
and pipes.
Smoking is the action of inhaling and exhaling
vapor from burning tobacco in cigars, pipes, and
cigarettes. Tobacco contains

Researchers have shown that a non-smoker will

live 10 years longer than an active smoker and that
active smokers are most likely to be diagnosed with lung
cancer. Active smokers trigger the chances of them
obtaining lung cancers by factors such as: numbers of
cigarettes smoked daily, number of years the smoker has
been smoking, and the time period of when he/she started
smoking. Further more, researchers also suggested that
smoking is the main cause of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, emphysema, heart diseases(s), stroke,
and other cardiovascular diseases.
Advertisements of smoking cigarettes is now the
responsibility of The Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control; a treaty embraced by the World Health
Organizations members back in 2003. It is their job to
establish international standards for anti-smoking
measures once it is authorized.
Smoking can damage your skin because the
tobacco tapers your blood vessels. Therefore, preventing
our skin to receive insufficient amount of nutrients and
oxygen. Smokers tend to look unhealthy and pale. A
common skin condition that chain smokers usually are
diagnosed with is called Psoriasis, which is a skin rash.

The answer is...

Physical addiction to nicotine.

Why you
should quit

Cigarettes contain nicotine, a

highly addictive chemical
naturally found in tobacco.The
scent travels at such great speed
to the brain that the brain is onthe-spot programmed to think
the scent as something relaxing
and stress-relieving.
Nicotine can also boost up your
mood and speed up your heart
rate.
The reason why its so difficult to
quit is because after a long time,
the body will ask for more
nicotine if it is denied of it.
Especially
when the smoker is stressed,
physically and mentally, his/her
body will seek
out for a cigarette.

About half of all

smokers who
continue to smoke
will very likely die
caused by a
smoking-related
illness. One of which
is lung cancer. For
example, if you quit
at the age of 50 (in which earlier is better), you are
more likely to increase your life span by more than
15 years!

It is known
that second
hand smoking
is actually
more
dangerous
because

Research shows that

after 10 days of
quitting, your body
will start to regain
its strength back. It
is known that when
you smoke, you start to lose your to lose your sense of
smell and taste.
However, after

the victims who inhale it

are more vulnerable and
tare more exposed to
the vapor. Research
shows that women who
live/work with smokers
can experience still
birth and can harm
unborn babies.

youve quit, your sense

of smell and taste will
slowly but surely come
back to you.You heart
rate and blood pressure
returns to a normal
and healthy scale
almost immediately.
Plus, you will look
healthier
and less pale.

Medication to help you

At the first time youve stopped smoking, your
body will feel weird thus causing you to have
headaches, irritations, insomnia, weight gain,
drowsiness, etc. Well, that happens
because your body isnt used to not being provided
of its want for tobacco. And since tobacco has
nicotine in it, it becomes highly addictive. Which
is why there are medications that can help reduce
cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
Most of the medications actually need a doctors
consent because these should not be taken
without consulting to your doctor first. Keep in
mind that you should tell your doctors if you are
pregnant or nursing, have a serious medical
condition, is currently using other medications,
and is under 18 years of age.
Method/

Availabili

Medication

ty

Nicotine
Patches

Pharmacy It is patched onto the skin and

gives a small amount of
nicotine.

Nicotine
Gum

Pharmacy It is chewed to produced

nicotine

Nicotine
Lozenges

Pharmacy The Nicotine Lozenges are

hard rock candies and they
release nicotine as it releases

Nicotine
Inhaler

Pharmacy Liken an inhaler asthma

patients have, nicotine inhaler
is used to give the user an
amount of nicotine to inhale.

Nicotine
Nasa spray

Doctors
The nicotine is placed in a
prescriptio pump bottle and it is prayed
n.
from the nose.

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By: Rachel Lianto
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