Like we are all aware of it, smoking tobacco product is harmful to our body and yet, millions of Americans pick up the pack of cigarette from local convenient stores. Numerous healthcare organizations and the World Health Organization, is urging that tobacco is a slow killer. The most common side-effect of tobacco is the strong addictiveness. This is due to nicotine substance in the tobacco. Nicotine is very additive drug and gives pleasing feeling making smokers to have more of it. Smoking rate among adult population has dropped substantially in the United States in the last 40 years.
Public schools are informing lessons about negative side effects of tobacco usage. The school system tries to make an environment for students to provide a smoke free atmosphere in their mind. There has been increasing amount of college campus participating in the smoke free campus campaign throughout the country. Majority of long time smokers start their first pack as young adult in their late teen years. The number one reason that young adults start smoking is due to peer pressure and the cool image that they
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“According to the National Institute of Health, the number of people who smoke daily is steadily decreasing, while the number of people who social smoke has significantly increased” (Shnayerson). The smoking rate has decreased substantially from the last decade or so but, the smoking rate has increased among young population. Public health and educating and encouraging young adults to avoid tobacco at all cost as it can cost their health in the long run. Government banned using celebrities on tobacco ads and took some measure to decrease the smoking population. “Whether you just smoke a cigarette or two on the weekend or a pack a day, you’re still risking several diseases, including cardiovascular disease, lower respiratory tract infection, cataracts and an increased risk of ectopic