Smoking is becoming more and more common among young and old individuals. Despite its well-known dangers to health, people sadly still smoke and find it extremely hard to quit this bad addictive habit. This essay will discuss the causes of smoking and possible solutions that may help to decrease the number of people that smoke in society.
To start with, nicotine which is the potent substance inside cigarettes is addictive, people start smoking from stress and peer pressure. Generally, smoking relieves stress and its easy to start by taking a cigarette during a stressful day. one cigarette leads to another, and with time it becomes a habit that they aren't able to get rid of. As for peer pressure, someone who started smoking might tell you to have one cigarette for fun, and with time the same loop ends up happening. For example, stressed university students start by having a cigarette with their friends during exam period to take a break and relieve stress from all the exams, and there you have it, a habit.
In order to reduce smoking, awareness campaigns about smoking effects on health should become mandatory for people to attend in universities, schools and companies. These campaigns not only help people become self conscious about smoking, but it can also be a possibility for people to meet other smokers that potentially would like to quit smoking. Therefore, motivate each other to do so. Another solution would be, buying nicotine gums from the pharmacy. These gums can fulfill smokers craving for smoking until they are able to completely stop.
As a conclusion, smoking is extremely bad for health and yet a lot of people smoke, there are many ways a person can help him/herself in order to stop smoking and I urge everyone to start because the earlier the better.
Smoking
is becoming more and more common among young and
old
individuals. Despite its well-known
dangers
to health,
people
sadly
still
smoke and find it
extremely
hard
to quit this
bad
addictive habit. This essay will discuss the causes of
smoking
and possible solutions that may
help
to decrease the number of
people
that smoke in society.
To
start
with, nicotine which is the potent substance inside
cigarettes
is addictive,
people
start
smoking
from
stress
and peer pressure.
Generally
,
smoking
relieves
stress
and its easy to
start
by taking a
cigarette
during a stressful day.
one
cigarette
leads to another, and with time it becomes a habit that they aren't able to
get
rid of. As for peer pressure, someone who
started
smoking
might
tell
you to have one
cigarette
for fun, and with time the same loop ends up happening.
For example
,
stressed
university students
start
by having a
cigarette
with their friends during exam period to take a break and relieve
stress
from all the exams, and there you have it, a habit.
In order to
reduce
smoking
, awareness campaigns about
smoking
effects on health should become mandatory for
people
to attend in universities, schools and
companies
. These campaigns not
only
help
people
become
self conscious
about
smoking
,
but
it can
also
be a possibility for
people
to
meet
other smokers that
potentially
would like to quit
smoking
.
Therefore
, motivate each other to do
so
. Another solution would be, buying nicotine gums from the pharmacy. These gums can fulfill smokers craving for
smoking
until they are able to completely
stop
.
As a conclusion,
smoking
is
extremely
bad
for health and
yet
a lot of
people
smoke, there are
many
ways a person can
help
him/herself in order to
stop
smoking
and I urge everyone to
start
because
the earlier the
better.