Smoking: the pros and cons. Electronic smoking: the pros and cons

Smoking is one of the most common bad habits in the world. People have been smoking since time immemorial. Historians argue that smoking mixtures and supplies are found among things in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs who lived more than a thousand years before our era. What is this habit that is attractive, that has survived to our times and is still very popular among people of different ages, cultures and nationalities? What generally can be distinguished from such a habit as smoking, pluses and minuses?

The advantages of smoking

So, smokers distinguish the following pluses of smoking:

• An occasion to have fun in company of friends, to support those who also likes to smoke;
• The opportunity to show their "coolness" and "solidity";
• A way to distract from intense thoughts, relieve stress, forget for a while.

Smoking Cessation

There are the following disadvantages of smoking:

• Absolutely all kinds of smoking cause dependence, and if there is no possibility to smoke in a stressful situation, the person becomes even worse.
• Smoking greatly worsens health, leading to diseases such as cancer, bronchitis, osteoporosis, coronary heart disease, malignant tumors, asthma. As a result of smoking all chronic diseases worsen.
• Buying smoking accessories is not cheap.
• The smoker's appearance changes for the worse, teeth, skin, nails and eyes turn yellow, hair falls out, an unpleasant repulsive odor from the mouth and from the body appears, the skin flakes and the mucous membranes dry out.
• Smoking, a person, in addition to himself, harms others, first of all his family suffers.

Nowadays there is a wide choice of methods of smoking. Let us consider in more detail how smoking, pluses and minuses of each of its species can be.

Cigarettes

A cigarette is a paper stick of a cylindrical shape, inside of which is chopped tobacco. This shape and small size fits comfortably in your pocket or purse, allowing you to carry cigarettes with you and lighten up at any time and anywhere.

Pros and cons of smoking cigarettes:

+ A person who smokes always has the opportunity to rest at work by making a smoke break. This is normally perceived by employees and often by the bosses themselves.
+ Nicotine can destroy up to a dozen types of harmful microbes.
+ Cigarettes help to relieve stress.
- Often, stopping smoking cigarettes, people begin to experience a strong sense of hunger, which leads to a rapid set of excess weight.
- Smoking in general or cigarettes in particular leads to what has already been mentioned above: health problems, appearance and others.

Cigars

Cigar is the same tobacco, but the twist itself is not made of paper, but of whole tobacco leaves. Cigars are bigger in size, more expensive and look more solid.

Smoking cigars pros and cons has these:

+ When making cigars, tobacco leaves undergo a special long process, called fermentation, which reduces the nicotine content of products;
+ Since there is no paper in the cigar, there are no products of its burning, which are very dangerous to inhale;
+ Smoking a cigar, do not need to tighten much, which is less detrimental to the condition of the lungs;
+ Cigars do not smoke during the day, at work, on the street, etc. - this is a kind of ritual that does not happen as often as the habit of smoking cigarettes;
- when smoking a cigar, a lot of smoke is formed, which is even more harmful to others who involuntarily become "passive smokers"; Unfortunately, it can often be children;
- despite the long process of fermentation, a sufficiently large amount of nicotine is still stored in the cigar; The products of its combustion are also very toxic;
- a cigar smoker expose himself to the risk of developing respiratory and gastrointestinal cancer.

Electronic smoking

An electronic cigarette is a device very similar to a conventional cigarette, simulating the process of smoking. It consists of a housing in which a battery and a small steam generator are installed. This device is positioned as an effective way to quit smoking or make smoking less harmful.

Electronic smoking pros and cons has the following:

+ Electronic smoking does not entail such changes in appearance as usual. Using an electronic cigarette, a person shields himself from an unpleasant smell, yellowness of the teeth, shortness of breath, dry skin.
+ Since there is no burning, the resins and products of this process are not released. Consequently, these substances do not enter the body.
+ Electronic smoking does not harm others;
- Electronic cigarette is a device that is not subject to certification and has not been thoroughly tested. The quality of filters and other components lies with the conscience of the producers and is not controlled by anyone.
- The transition from conventional smoking to electronic does not kill the habit itself. It is a recognized fact that by starting to smoke electronic cigarettes, many have started smoking as much (not to mention giving up altogether), and even more, since imaginary safety convinces people that now they do not run the risk of health.
- Steam, inhaled by a smoker from such a cigarette, contains harmful substances, for example propylene glycol, which causes diseases of the respiratory system.

Grass

Under the smoking of grass, smoking of such a plant as cannabis (hemp) is most often implied. Hashish, anasha, marijuana, etc. are different parts of the same plant, prepared in different ways. In the Middle Ages, the plant was used as a medicinal product. Now in a number of countries it continues to be used for medical purposes. Some use cannabis as a smoking substance.

Advantages and disadvantages of smoking grass:

+ A natural product that does not contain chemicals;
+ Helps to relax, feel relaxed;
- eclipses the mind and motor abilities of the organism;
- dispels attention and worsens memory;
- with regular use causes mental disorders;
- causes a desire to try drugs harder to feel a big euphoria.

Smoking or not smoking

Of course, any reasonable person will see the huge disadvantages of smoking and the insignificant advantages of this habit. Obviously, there are more dangers in it than advantages. Having investigated the topic: "Smoking: the pros and cons", we can conclude that those points that are in favor, do not go to any comparison with those that are "against".

Yes, nicotine kills harmful microbes, but at the same time destroys those that are necessary for the body, settles on the lungs, clogging the alveoli and creating a film that interferes with the normal breathing process. Fight with pathogens can be in other ways, it is not necessary to smoke for this.

Undoubtedly, smoking helps to relax, relieve tension. But there are many other ways to do this without harming your health and the health of others. For example, take a bath, go for a breath and take a breath of fresh air, meet friends, drink tea, read a book, sleep, etc. For each holiday there may be something of its own, depending on the nature and preferences. But the alternative to rest with smoking can always be found.

It's a myth that with the help of smoking you can get away from problems. In fact, the problems remain unresolved. When difficulties arise, it is better to find ways to solve them in a sober mind.

The person in the picture, holding a cigarette in his hands, can, and looks solid and respectable. But in real life, smokers are far from representative and are always surrounded by an unpleasant smell.

How many parents are harming their babies, forcibly forcing them to inhale this acrid smoke! Really five-minute pleasure is more dear or expensive than health of a crumb?

If we sum up the advantages and disadvantages of smoking, we can confidently say that there are a lot of shortcomings, and there are no advantages, because what seems to be pluses, in fact, is not.