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The Negative Effects Of Tobacco

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Here is a quick question. What is the one thing most of us see every day? There are many answers to this question. It can be the sun, cars or even you, but what this question wanted you to answer was a tobacco because it is one of the things most of us see every day, and we all learn from all sorts of sources that they are bad in many ways such as it can trigger lung cancer or robs our teeth, but it is blending in into our society. It will be better for us to make it clear whether tobacco is a good or bad thing for our future. There once was a time when tobacco was a symbol of coolness, you could not see actors in a movie without a lit tobacco. Today, not so many people consider tobacco as a friendly thing. Although there are some articles …show more content…

There are three ways how tobacco does so. One is when tobacco is produced. When tobacco are produced, it uses a lot of land some of which are forests, and that deprives the soil protection provided from the forests of the land's soil, and it is more likely to be washed away in heavy rains. This can lead to soil degradation and failing yields. As they grow tobacco, it uses a lot of wood to cure the leaves, and that can destroy more forests. In addition, tobacco use a lot of water and pesticides, further affecting water supplies. The trees are used not only for producing tobacco, but they are also used when they make the packaging of the tobacco. It is said that 5.7 pounds, that's about 2.5 kilos of trees are used just to make no more than a pack of cigarette. Tobacco production doesn't settle in making only a pack of cigarette, the production continues to make the products that are needed to consume tobacco such as cigarette lighters, and the plastic and small amount of …show more content…

One study conducted by the National Network of Smoking Prevention and Poverty shows cigarettes served as a tool for those of low socioeconomic status to deal with boredom, stress and lined up with alcohol and caffeine. Using a theme recognizable from cigarette advertising, it serves to the smoker as a loyal ""friend." In this term, low socio-economic status population includes low-income individuals with less than 12 years of education, the unemployed and working poor. They can also be prisoners, blue-collar workers and the mentally ill. Other study shows that people included in this population some unique factors to prevent from not smoking. One is that they do not relate smoking to deadly illnesses, or connect smoking to health risks and many cited that secondhand smoke is more harmful than

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