Smoking is an act whereby a content is burned and the resulting fume is breathed into the lungs tasted and also absorbed into the body system. People who engage in smoking are known as smokers, they inhale smoke from burnt dried tobacco leaves or other plant materials, there a various substance or plants that people smoke such as tobacco,opium, cannabis, marijuana, synthetic weeds also know as weed, sk, loud, pawpaw, Arizona, Colorado, crack. But the most popular of all is tobacco which is smoked by billions of people world wide and its available commercially as people can get it easily but there are some common drugs which are classified as hard drugs and not are really available in commercial purpose due to their dangerous effects to the body system, examples of this drugs are cannabis, marijuana, heroin, etc.
These drugs have negatives negative effect on it users especially through one of it active ingredient which is known as nicotine,Nicotine affect your brain very quickly and makes you feel more energized for some time But as soon as that effect wears off, you feel tired and crave more. Nicotine is extremely habit-forming, which is why people find smoking so difficult to quit, it helps them to always crave for more as they will like to feel the smoking sensation always in their body system and this sensation affects their respiratory system as the smokes they're inhaling into their bodies affect their lungs over the time which can lead to cancer of the lungs, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, etc also nicotine damages the cardiovascular system of the body, it weakens blood vessels and makes blood clots easily and this can lead to stroke and other heart diseases and this shorten lifespan.
Addiction to nicotine is one of the major reason why people find it so hard to stop smoking, nicotine makes people get addicted to smoking alot and they may experince some difficulties when they try to stop themselves from smoking, these symptoms
are known as withdrawal symptoms. symptoms like depression, sleep disorders, loss of concentration, irritation,dizziness, headaches, fatigue, tight chest, high appetite, slow heart rate, etc. This feelings make it hard for smokers to quit smoking so they prefer to continue smoking so as not to get into any of this mood.
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To ease off emotional stress, many people smoke to easen their emotional stress or pain especially people living with post traumatic stress disorder also known as (PTSD) symptoms, they smoke regularly to ease their mind and also people pick up smoking to get through negative moods and stress of daily life.
Influence of others, many people are introduced to smoking through their friends, their friends make them believe about the super powers in smoking and benefits related to it so they pick up this bad habits and it becomes a daily traits in their life in no time. Also there are social situation which will make a smoker take out a cigarette and lit up like going to bar or concert or when it friends and it's also for smokers to make friends with another smoker as asking for ligether is usually a common thing among smokers. For a person to quit smoking, this types of friends must be cut off from the friendship as they're are only doing more harm in ones life by giving wrong advice. Also teenagers believe smoking transform a teenage to an adult since smoking is considered only for the grownups so they try to engage is smoking at an early stage of their life to feel superior and respected among their peers so this leads to addiction at a very young stage also kids who are exposed to smoking parents tend to be a smoker when he or she grows and also parent who allowed their children to watch rated film might regret it later cause children can be easily influenced by movies and advertisements, adverts make smokers look cooler and smarter so they might wish to be smarter and try smokig.
Smoking is also used for spiritual process, some countries especially developing countries still practices some barbaric religion where they believe in superstitions alot, there are superstitions that say smoking certain plants or substance can give passage to spiritual realm or ability to see the unknown so they still continue smoking to get more spiritual enlightenment.
Also the habits is another reason why people smoke alot, smokers have a routine they follow like smoking while watching tv or smoking when bored, etc. This routine just makes them feel like smoking also there are mental trigger is another factor of smoke addiction, people might tend to smoke when they're in a particular mood especially people who deals with anxiety thus, making them crave for a smoke anytime they're eager or anxious.
The media also encourages smoking, as we all know the media is a very powerful tool in transmitting information and people really do beloved what ever they see on the media so the media plays a significant role in influencing people's decision, the media portrays smokers as healthy and more sociable people, they use good looking people to advertise smoke brands so smoking can look more appealing and enticing also the advertisement of different brands will make smokers to try out all available brands also the movie industry really put a large number of smokers in their film to make it look like smoking is fashionable and desirable and people won't feel remorse they're damaging their body systems since other do it.
Lastly some people smoke due to their nature of work, people who work in cold area tend to smoke more often than others, they believe they're using the smoke to keep their body warm from cold and also people who engage in stressful work sometimes use marijuana or Indian hemp to gain more energy while working though they feel very tired after the effect of the smoke and also business organisation give workers breaks to smoke and this breaks allow people to get more addicted to smoking.