Steemit Engagement Challenge - Season 8 Week 3: Smoking Kills ( by @dagonmaster)

Hello, steemians. Please enjoy the read and #saynotosmoking

Give your views about the phrase "Smoking Kills!".

It is more often seen that many movies or television advertisements display the phrase “Smoking Kills” or “Smoking is injurious to health”. This is an essential requirement for publishing companies should follow. Why is it so? The first thing I recall from this phrase is that it doesn’t only kills the person who is smoking but the loved ones around us who are not smoking. This prone all of us who are in the vicinity of smoking people become a smoker.

What are the main reasons why people become addicted to smoking?

According to my opinion, the main addiction component is the chemical known as nicotine is included in cigarettes (or any other similar products). But this is not the only reason behind smoking. Marketing and advertisements shown on TV are also responsible for this. There might be some genetic problems passed from generation to generation. Psychological factors like stress are also responsible for smoking. More importantly among students and teenagers, smoking habits start mainly due to the fact that they wanted to be accepted by a group of peers as they consider smoking is a cool thing to do.

Are you addicted to smoking, or is someone you may know addicted to smoking? What changing have you seen after addiction?

Fortunate enough to be my self or closer companions are currently not addicted to smoking to the best of my knowledge. However, I have seen a few of my university friends become addicted over time. The common factor I have seen from them is that they were stressed out due to studies or some personal problems so they wanted to relax for a bit the first time but they couldn't help themselves to try it out the second time, the third time and so on. Eventually, smoking became a routine for them. They became more short-tempered, they began to become physically weak, and one of them was starting to continuously cough. Their appetite for food faded and they expend more on cigars rather than food.

What should we do to reduce the rate of smoking addiction?

After seeing what happened to my friends, what troubled me was that I couldn't help them to overcome the addiction before they were addicted. Personally, a group of students including me was trying to help them via the counseling service provided by the university. And also we wanted to initiate public awareness program for school students. Further, I hope the authorities will make policies on the price of cigarettes like products. Also, there should be more strict regulations on teenage usage of tobacco-related products. There is my responsibility for everyone to help those who are trying to overcome their addictions by accepting them.